During my time in Arizona over the past 9 months, I've seen many Saguaro cacti. This one, we see almost every day on our daily walk.
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| Cool Old Dude |
Normally, from what I've been told, the Saguaro don't flower until later in the year. With the exceptionally warm winter we've had and recent dry conditions, the flowers have arrived.
The Saguaro flowers are on full display for a very short time. Meanwhile, the prickly pear bloom has been prolific.
We saw another western diamondback last week, stretched out on the edge of the sidewalk. I think he was waiting for us to go by, but we waited him out, and eventually he slowly crossed ahead of us.
Some of the wildlife has been next door.
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| Bobcat |
And some of the wildlife has been at the front door.
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| Kids playing Ring and Ditch |
April in the Tucson area has been much more pleasant than March was. Temps have been in the upper 80's and low 90's, but nothing like the record-breaking 100 degree days earlier in the year. Nights have been amazing with the windows open and lows in the 50's. Before too long though, we are going to head into the high country with the Lance. We may need sweaters and jackets. That would be a real change!
3 comments:
WOW!!! Wildlife!!!
A diamondback! And a nice one! Congratulations on waiting it out. Sometimes I've had the feeling they liked seeing who'll give in first. I hear they keep the mice down.
And the packrats!
We've got plenty of packrats on the property. I move a trail-cam around from place to place and they are frequent stars of the videos. But oddly enough, even though there is one very active packrat burrow about 100 feet from The Wife’s barn, we have never had them in the buildings. Field mice yes! But we just live-trap those and drop them off a couple miles away.
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