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Monarch – we have lots of these visiting our yard right now.
Pipevine Swallowtail - This last one is titled “Tattered Wings”. Notice the proboscis or butterfly tounge going right into the flowers center. :)
Well it’s official! We do have some kind of hawk on the nest! These are not the best pictures but this old dead scraggly tree is quite a ways out in the field. Even with my kick-ass Canon Rebel camera and the 55x250 lens - I still don’t have enough zoom power! Are we photographers ever really happy with the amount of zoom we have? I’m beginning to think not. lol.
The temp gadget on my rearview mirror in my truck was reading 101. This poor bird!! You gotta feel sorry for her! Not a speck of shade anywhere.
Looks like she needed to adjust a little here. I have no clue if the eggs have hatched yet or not. Would love to be lucky enough to see a couple of babies next time I go by.
We’ve got lots of these cacti in bloom around us. Aren’t these pretty? The bees love them.
Cholla Fruit (pronounced - Choy-uh)