Mexican fence post cactus (Pachycereus marginatus), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Tag: Phoenix
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens
♀), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona. There were several pairs of these birds in the garden, but the males were too busy swooping and chasing and showing off to pause for a photo. A phainopepla’s crest is unmistakable, even in silhouette, like an untidy punk mohawk.
Phainopepla (Phainopepla nitens
♀), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona. There were several pairs of these birds in the garden, but the males were too busy swooping and chasing and showing off to pause for a photo. A phainopepla’s crest is unmistakable, even in silhouette, like an untidy punk mohawk.
Desert ironwood blossoms
(Olneya tesota), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Desert ironwood blossoms
(Olneya tesota), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus
♀) feeding on brittlebush seeds
(Encelia farinosa). Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
House finch (Haemorhous mexicanus
♀) feeding on brittlebush seeds
(Encelia farinosa). Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Blackfoot daisies (Melampodium leucanthum), Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Blackfoot daisies (Melampodium leucanthum), Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Magister.
Desert spiny lizard (Sceloporus magister), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Every day deserves a great lizard.
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