Woody et al.

1st 3:  male Ladder-backed Woodpecker on ocotillo branch

Dr. K, Willow and I took a slightly different route this morning, but pretty much did the entire trek we usually do.  We saw a pickup truck on the long dirt road just on the far side of the Tellbrook Arryo, but we didn't see any driver nor any other hikers in our section of northern Chihuahuan Desert.  We spotted some other subjects of interest, most notably a male Ladder-backed Woodpecker on several different ocotillo branches.  I even made a short video of him which is so shaky you'd think I'd been drinking beforehand.

Huge pencil cholla

Somehow this ancient Soaptree Yucca has survived drought

Seed pod of the Desert Unicorn-plant

This prickly pear has recovered from consumption and drought

Hedgehog cactus

Eastern Side-blotched lizard