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Tag: Phoenix
Watcher.
Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) in a cottonwood tree (Populus fremontii), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Great horned owls (Bubo virginianus), roosting in the cottonwoods, at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
Soon after I spotted this pair they were also discovered by all of the local little birds, who began a futile mobbing campaign. The Gila woodpeckers seemed especially agitated to find the owls in their neighborhood. Their alarm cries weren’t very effectual, except to keep the owls alert, which was a help for my picture taking.
Newbies.
White-winged dove fledgings (Zenaida asiatica), at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
White-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica), looking for prickly pears.
At the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
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Nopales. Spines and glochids.
Infinity pool.
Western house finch (Haemorhous mexicanus), female or immature, visiting a fountain at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
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Desert spiny lizard (Sceloporus magister) at the Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, Arizona.
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