Sonoran Desert Companions

 

       The Sonoran Desert covers some 120,000 sq. miles and is the largest desert in Arizona. The area includes the Southwest U.S. (Arizona and California), and Northwest Mexico. From a Google site here are some numbers: 350 bird species, 160 reptile species, and 60 species of mammals.  I take simple photographs in my Tucson neighborhood, and I’m happy to share them with you. 

I apologize for the jumble of where the images are placed and their sizes. Word Press is a challenge, and I don’t have time/interest to spend figuring things out. (Let me say, I tried for way too long. The program is, again, a challenge.) I’ll add more wildlife images in a slide format (much easier) under Sonoran Desert Companions II. I hope you like the critters that live where I live.

 

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Mourning Dove Eggs

 

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Dove and Chicks

 

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Coot – Sweetwater Treatment Plant

 

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Paper Wasp Nest

 

 

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Tarantula

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Ann’s Owl

 

 

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King Snake

 

 

 

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Bat and Verdin

 

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Sleeping Bat

Trail Camera Images

Fun time with my Browning trail camera (Model BTC-5HD). The camera sits on a tripod, and I usually clip the strap around a tree trunk. I’m waiting for a javelina or a bobcat, and either one could tip the ‘pod. I set up just after dark. Some mornings the disc has zero images.  A few days ago, the shutter had triggered 70 times.

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The desert has few watering holes. Birds fly in for a drink.

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Coyotes prowl for food during the night. Rabbits run!

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Mickey, the mouse sniffed about and ran home head first. 

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First rabbit image with trail camera.

 

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“Let’s hop on over to the water dish.”