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Saturday, April 22, 2023

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Soaptree Yucca stalk grew 6" in one day
Dr. K, Willow, Frio and I had a nice hike this morning on a pleasantly warm start to the day; lots of sunshine and no breeze.

We followed our normal route down the LDR-A arroyo, right toward the Organ Mountains on the east/west cross trail, up the left branch arroyo, down the middle branch, and then up the right branch.  We took several short breaks along the way.

After exiting the right branch over the steep hill to the west we piled into the CR-V and drove over to the Pan Am Plaza to mail several bills.

Two Swainson's Hawks

Artsy Swainson's Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Ballooning

Swainson's Hawk again

Willow and Frio

This & next:  Ephedra trifurca

Ephedra trifurca:  Longleaf Teabush (aka Mormon Tea)

Blackfoot Daisy

Willow and Frio

This & next:  neon dove


Where neon doves live:  neon desert

 

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

I like those experiments with the neon dove and desert.

Down the Mountain

Morning sky (camera) Did a slightly shorter version of our forest hike this morning in anticipation of packing up and heading down the mount...