Desert senna (Senna covesii), in the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area, Phoenix, Arizona.
Other common names for this plant are Coues’s or Coves’s senna, and rattleweed or rattlebox, the latter referring to the sound of seeds in their pods.
Tag: Phoenix
Snowy egrets (Egretta thula), at the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Rio Salado project is a literal oasis, just a few miles from the skyscrapers of downtown Phoenix. Much of the wetland habitat here relies on “nuisance” sources of supply, diverting runoff from stormwater outfalls to the streambed, and to a series of constructed ponds.
In one of the wet spots I found a congregation of a dozen egrets and herons, all of which took flight as I walked by. They wheeled about a bit, then settled back to their wading and feeding.
Snowy egrets (Egretta thula), at the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Rio Salado project is a literal oasis, just a few miles from the skyscrapers of downtown Phoenix. Much of the wetland habitat here relies on “nuisance” sources of supply, diverting runoff from stormwater outfalls to the streambed, and to a series of constructed ponds.
In one of the wet spots I found a congregation of a dozen egrets and herons, all of which took flight as I walked by. They wheeled about a bit, then settled back to their wading and feeding.
Lézard du Jour:
Desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis), at the
Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area in Phoenix, Arizona.
Lézard du Jour:
Desert iguana (Dipsosaurus dorsalis), at the
Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area in Phoenix, Arizona.
Dragonfly.
At the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area in Phoenix, Arizona.
Dragonfly.
At the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area in Phoenix, Arizona.
Mr. Lucky’s.
Derelict neon sign on Grand Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona.
Mr. Lucky’s.
Derelict neon sign on Grand Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona.
Tracks: man, beast, bike.
On the National Trail, Pima Canyon, South Mountain Preserve, Phoenix, Arizona.
Dithyramb 