
Sandbells (Nama hispidum) at San Pedro House, Cochise County, Arizona.

Sandbells (Nama hispidum) at San Pedro House, Cochise County, Arizona.

Panoramic lizard.
Desert grassland whiptail (Aspidoscelis uniparens) at San Pedro House, Cochise County, Arizona.

New growth on cane cholla (Cylindropuntia imbricata). At San Pedro House.

Northern rough-winged swallows (Stelgidopteryx serripennis) at a nesting site on the San Pedro.
There is nothing secretive about roughwings, but they are masters of inaccessibility.
A sad Saturday second cup of coffee song.

Fleabane.

Sitting. Thinking.
Female bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) at Black Phoebe Pond, San Pedro House, Cochise County, Arizona.

Great blue incubator.

Origami.
Folded sheath scales on an emerging soaptree yucca inflorescence.

Tender. Green.
New growth on velvet mesquite (Prosopis velutina) at San Pedro House.
Etymology note: The specific name velutina refers to the velvety hairs on the stems and leaves, visible in this back-lit photo. Pubescent foliage is uncommon in most other mesquites.