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I've found that lots of websites will vary as to species found in various areas. One of the best that I most often use is:
https://wildflowersearch.org/
But even there, I often find things I am hunting are not there, and need to keep searching by googeling a descriptive and a location and then scroll through images looking for a match. Most stuff is fairly simple because folks usually post commonly found things.
You could be right. That species wasn't picured in my "Cactus of Arizona" book.
3 years agoWe got the idea from other campers, although it started when we were at Kartchner and had put out a small plastic dish to collect the water as it dripped from the faucet. We had no idea that it would attract the bluebirds. Watching the birds everyday turned out to be a fun pastime! At first we just had the hummingbird feeder but noticed the it was attracting goldfinches. So it was back to ACE Hardware for buy seed for them. I learned quite a bit on-line about the birds that winter in the Tucson area which was more varied than I thought. Some live there year round. We actually came home with several types of feeders and seed that we'll be putting out at visits to future parks.
3 years agoMight be a totem cactus.
https://www.cactiguide.com/cactus/?genus=Pachycereus&species=schottii
I think your bird feeders are brilliant. What a great addition to the RV. Never would have thought of that myself.
3 years agoInteresting!
3 years agoFrom what I read, Engelmann's prickly pear has several varieties. That particular one with long pads (cow tongue) is from central TX, so what you see of it in AZ is introduced.
3 years agoYes, those are Rans bars. Don hasn't made any modifications to this bike. On our Screamer he did replace the original "chipmunk" handlebars with a Bachetta bars. While he liked the bars, the post ended up breaking in two on one of our tours (that was pretty exciting since we were riding it!) s he had Rans bars installed. Snow is expected here as well and cold.
3 years agoThanks again Bill. I missed seeing the cow's tongue in this photo, although I have been seening here and there on our rides. It doesn't appear to be as widespread as other varieties of prickly pear. I wonder why?
3 years agoThanks for the link Bill. Interesting that this stone is used for jewelry in place of turquoise.
3 years agoNow there's a scary thought!
3 years agoAre those RANS bars, or has Don swapped them out? We drove to Denver today and picked up my bikes. I only rode the Agio around the parking lot. I was curious what I would think about the Bacchetta bars, they seem fairly similar in position to the RANS bars. I'm hopeful. We are going to have snow off and on all week. I'm not sure about a real test ride any time soon . . .
3 years agoYour thoughts about being seen dropping your pants mirror my own thoughts! We rode one year with Sierra Vista resident, David Bain, who said the blimps have infra red and can see people moving about at night. Basically, anytime you are outside, you are being tracked by the blimp.
3 years agoYes, you are correct!
https://www.americansouthwest.net/plants/cacti/cylindropuntia-spinosior.html
Also notice the cow's tongue prickly pear cactus in the lower left.
https://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/44880/
We went to the Wilcox Playa to see the cranes about 4 years ago. They were there in modest numbers, but too far off to really appreciate. When you come to the region again, go to Whitewater Draw instead. It’s incredible. They claim up to 30,000 birds in some winters.
3 years ago