Scenes from a walk in the rain at Walnut Canyon National Monument. In Coconino County, Arizona. Please click any photo in the set for enlarged views.

Top: Ponderosa pines in the mist on the canyon rim.

Center: Pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) on two-needle piñon pine (Pinus edulis).

Bottom: The resinous sap of two-needle piñon pine is wonderfully fragrant – and disastrously sticky. 

Scenes from a walk in the rain at Walnut Canyon National Monument. In Coconino County, Arizona. Please click any photo in the set for enlarged views.

Top: Ponderosa pines in the mist on the canyon rim.

Center: Pygmy nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) on two-needle piñon pine (Pinus edulis).

Bottom: The resinous sap of two-needle piñon pine is wonderfully fragrant – and disastrously sticky.