
Debris flow.

Debris flow.

House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) at San Pedro House.

Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) at a San Pedro House hummingbird feeder, Cochise County, Arizona. I don’t think he’s fooling anyone.

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In praise of little brown birds: Canyon towhee (Melozone fusca) at San Pedro House, Cochise County, Arizona.

In praise of little brown birds: Common ground dove (Columbina passerina).
I love the delicate reticulated patterns their scalloped head and breast feathers make.
If you like LBBs and doves, southeastern Arizona is the place for you. At San Pedro House, Cochise County, Arizona.

Vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus),
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Cochise County, Arizona.

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Desert grassland whiptail lizard (Aspidoscelis uniparens) in an unnamed arroyo,
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Cochise County, Arizona.

Damsel.
This is a case of photographing one thing, and discovering later that I had photographed another. The cottonwood leaf the damsel is resting on has a deeply scalloped edge, from the chomping mandibles of the western tent caterpillars that chewed on it before it fell to the ground.