Saturday, September 02, 2017

Baculite Mesa 9-2-17

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Scaled Quail went to get a drink

Mourning Dove











Velvet Ant


first tarantula


a kid on our trip decided to keep her as a pet


young Black Widow

adult Black Widow with a meal


there's a tiny caterpillar too


Western Pygmy Blue butterfly

old seafloor Methane vent


trying to coax a tarantula out

more vents






blue cap over hole to keep it from going back in for a minute

comparing molts of the two tarantulas




bye!






pretty Blue Wing grasshopper



clamshell fossil



Loggerhead Shrike





Wigeon


I hope it is just sitting and not nesting in September.

Robber fly with a meal

Baculite fossil - everywhere - I brought some home

Broadleaf Milkweed

Tamarisk


undisturbed tarantula lair

Prickly Pear fruit


young Canyon Towhee

taking the back roads home


1 comment:

TanjaB said...

I am glad I was not on that trip. I simply have never been fond of critters with 8 legs, especially when they are hairy!