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This blog displays some of my garden, nature and travel photography.
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Cholla Cactus
This Cholla Cactus (Opuntia bigelovii) is sometimes called the Teddy Bear Cholla, because its dense spines make it look rather fuzzy, especially from a distance. This cactus is native to the Sonoran ...
Prickly Pear Cactus - Close-up View
Yesterday I posted a photo of a Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia engelmannii), from the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. Here is a close-up shot of the Prickly Pear. [Click on the photo to enlarge.]Name: Pric...
Prickly Pear Cactus
The Prickly Pear (Opuntia engelmannii) is another common cactus found in Arizona's Saguaro National Park. Unlike the Giant Saguaro, which grows very tall, the Prickly Pear grows in shrubby clumps. I...
Giant Saguaro
The Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) is a large tree-like cactus found in the Sonoran Desert. In fact, the Saguaro cactus grows naturally only in the Sonoran Desert.I took this photo while hiking in the ...
Sonoran Desert, Arizona
The Sonoran Desert covers most of the southern half of Arizona, the southeast corner of California, and stretches into northern Mexico. This is not the kind of desert that is covered by a vast expanse...
Bobcat Pair
Yesterday I posted a photo of a female Bobcat. These photos, taken during the same visit to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, show the same individual with her mate. In the first photo here, the fem...
Female Bobcat
This photo was taken a few months ago when I visited the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, near Tucson, Arizona. One of the nice aspects of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is that animals are displayed...
Smile for the Camera, Mr. Hawk
Okay, just one more shot of the very photogenic Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis), and then we'll move along to other subjects. This is the same individual that was posing in profile in the previous p...
Ferruginous Hawk Close-up
The previous photo showed a Ferruginous Hawk in flight. Here are some close-up photos of the same individual. The common name, Ferruginous, refers to the bird's 'rusty' color.The photos here, taken...
Ferruginous Hawk in Flight
This is a Ferruginous Hawk (Buteo regalis), another bird of prey featured in the raptor free flight display at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, near Tucson, Arizona.I managed to capture this image of...
Barn Owl in Flight
Here is another shot of the Barn Owl (Tyto alba) that was in the previous photo. In the earlier photo, the owl was perched. This time it is flying -- or, more correctly, gliding.This owl was part of...
The Barn Owl - Not just another pretty face
This is the Barn Owl (Tyto alba). One of this owl's distinguishing features is its lovely heart-shaped white face. The Barn Owl is said to be one of the most widely distributed birds in the world, o...
Black-headed Grosbeak
While I was in Arizona in February, I saw many birds that we don't see here in Hawaii. This one is a male Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus). I was told that this species is common i...
Stagecoach at Tombstone, Arizona
And now for something completely different!When I went to Arizona with some friends this past February, one of the places we visited was Tombstone, known as a 'wild west' mining town in the late 19th ...
Black-chinned Hummingbird
In February of 2008, I went to Arizona with some friends. One place we visited together was the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, outside of Tucson. It was a nature photographer's paradise.One of the ...