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Saturday, June 28, 2025

Sudden Greenery

1st 3:  recent rain has caused the ocotillos to green out
It was definitely much hotter in the desert when Dr. K, Willow and I did our morning trek.  The outstanding feature of today's hike was the myriad of ocotillos that had leafed out overnight from recent rains.  It looked like a totally different environment due to the greenery.  Also of note was the Texas horned lizard we encountered on our way down the LDR-A arroyo.  Love those critters.



This & next 2:  Texas horned lizard



One of our favorite ocotillos

Ocotillos between the left and middle branch arroyos

Willow in partial ocotillo shadow

Old Curved Bill hiding in ocotillo

 

1 comment:

Dr. K said...

I love the image of the Curved-bill Thrasher in the Ocotillo.

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