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Again, some great bird shots!
2 years agoI can't believe how lucky you have been of late. Turkey, oil change and bagel, all free!
2 years agoWho would make
A rattlesnake
With a bird growing out
Of the rattlesnake snout?
Sharp-looking dude poses before he flies,
Sharp beak, sharp talons, sharp vision, sharp eyes.
He's a little sharper than his raptor kins,
'Cuz he's the only one who has sharp shins.
Great picture.
I have not been up this way. Are there many road crossings on the path?
2 years agoSome might get "rattled" by that sculpture.
2 years agoA globe-mallow for sure. Of the 9 species I find in the area, the leaves match Emory's globe-mallow best.
https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=3805
Nice catch!
2 years agoCommenting on other’s grey hairs would be risky on my part.
2 years agoNice of you to pick up on that rather than the white sideburns.
2 years agoAlmost makes me want to come to Tucson!
2 years agoYou’ve got a serious tan going there, Scott.
2 years agoBill is just amazing.
2 years agoNice, it’s gneiss! I love it when I’m right more or less through a lucky guess. I’ve updated the text to include a good reference to the geology of the Catalina Mountains, but here’s an excerpt: “ The gneiss formed about 25 to 35 million years ago from the deformation of two kinds of rock: the 1.4-billion-year-old Oracle granite and granite and pegmatite that were injected into it as sills about 50 million years ago.”
2 years ago
Great picture!
2 years ago