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Desert grassland whiptail (Aspidoscelis uniparens), with a bonus close crop. At Fairbank Townsite, San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Cochise County, Arizona.
Western pygmy-blue butterfly (Brephidium exilis) on cowpen daisy (Verbesina encelioides), on the river loop trail at Fairbank Townsite, Cochise County, Arizona.
This is a tiny butterfly, with a wingspan of only about 15 mm. It would fit comfortably on my thumbnail, with room to roam.
At Fairbank Townsite. The Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, has recently finished exterior preservation of the Fairbank mercantile building.

Today’s trail.

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Another look at the heron family at Kingfisher Pond.

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Chocolate daisy (Berlandiera lyrata) at San Pedro House.

Cane cholla blooming (Cylindropuntia imbricata). At San Pedro House.