Some of the best things about living in the semi-rural desert is watching the wildlife and seeing the beautiful cactus flowers. There is always something going on.
I was out in the front yard spraying for weeds yesterday, when I noticed a curve-billed thrasher suddenly flush out of a nearby cholla cactus. I put down the spray bottle to investigate and discovered that the thrashers had restored their nest in the cactus from last year. I peeked in and saw three eggs in the nest. Luckily, I had my Canon SX40 still strapped around my neck and held it above the cholla to get this shot of the eggs in the nest. Click on the image to enlarge.
And people say the desert is a lifeless wasteland!
That may be true for a few hyper arid parts of the Atacama or the Sahara, but not in our deserts.
We’re having a bit of blustery weather this morning, but the quail and hummingbirds are still out in force doing their thing.