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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal: Cactus Color Wheel
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal. A nature journal incorporating back yard birding observations and experiences at Tohono Chul Park, a 49-acre desert oasis in northwest Tucson, Arizona. Monday, April 20, 2015. April is a great month in the Sonoran Desert because wildflowers. Are still blooming and the cactus have begun to chime in with their gorgeous, waxy flowers. The flowers pictured here are mostly from the staghorn cholla, Cylindropuntia versicolor. "Versicolor". It was so beautiful! Do Hawks Fly for Fun?
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal: The Snake in my Guest Room
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal. A nature journal incorporating back yard birding observations and experiences at Tohono Chul Park, a 49-acre desert oasis in northwest Tucson, Arizona. Tuesday, June 26, 2012. The Snake in my Guest Room. Common Kingsnake and fingers. Leo, performing in the Ramble. Leo’s glass-sided cage. Technorati Tags: Tohono Chul Park. Labels: snakes of the southwest. Say hi to Leo for me! Cant wait for more photos. Are you feeding him? Thats a funny idea. good luck with publishing it!
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal: Late Spring Nature Quiz
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal. A nature journal incorporating back yard birding observations and experiences at Tohono Chul Park, a 49-acre desert oasis in northwest Tucson, Arizona. Sunday, May 10, 2015. Late Spring Nature Quiz. This is our first nature quiz. In quite a while. Here are five photos of plants and animals that are found in the Arizona Upland portion of the Sonoran Desert. Can you identify them? Note that all photos were taken at Tohono Chul Park. 5 What kind of lizard is this? And Gila woodp...
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal: 05/01/2015 - 06/01/2015
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal. A nature journal incorporating back yard birding observations and experiences at Tohono Chul Park, a 49-acre desert oasis in northwest Tucson, Arizona. Thursday, May 28, 2015. Tale of a Lost Tail. The Desert Spiny lizard ( Sceloporus magister. Like other members of the Iguanid family (and other lizards, including geckos), a desert spiny can lose its tail to a predator in a process called. The tail that regrows is not the same as the original, however. Instead of new verte...
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal: Is Anthropomorphism Really a Bad Thing?
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal. A nature journal incorporating back yard birding observations and experiences at Tohono Chul Park, a 49-acre desert oasis in northwest Tucson, Arizona. Sunday, June 10, 2012. Is Anthropomorphism Really a Bad Thing? It may be sentimental to care about the feelings of animals, but I refuse to view sentiment as a bad thing. Even the most hardened “rationalist” would agree that animals demonstrably experience fear and pain; but I believe they possess a much broader sp...All of th...
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal: A Late-August Rove
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal. A nature journal incorporating back yard birding observations and experiences at Tohono Chul Park, a 49-acre desert oasis in northwest Tucson, Arizona. Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Except for occasional rain, this is a quiet time of year at Tohono Chul Park. Not many visitors, few migrating birds, most snakes keeping to the shade. But there is still beauty everywhere. And sometimes excitement (see this August post from 2011. Technorati Tags: Tohono Chul Park. Writer, teacher, na...
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal: Palo Verde Glory
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal. A nature journal incorporating back yard birding observations and experiences at Tohono Chul Park, a 49-acre desert oasis in northwest Tucson, Arizona. Saturday, April 04, 2015. This is the best time of year in the Sonoran Desert: Spring, lasting from sometime in February to usually the end of April or even into May. We looked at some wildflowers. In the previous post, and I'll post pictures of cactus blooms. These gorgeous trees were flowering alongside the Rillito River.
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal: Do Hawks Fly for Fun?
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal. A nature journal incorporating back yard birding observations and experiences at Tohono Chul Park, a 49-acre desert oasis in northwest Tucson, Arizona. Friday, April 24, 2015. Do Hawks Fly for Fun? They have already started a nest, so mating seemed unlikely to me, and there didn’t seem to be any competition or hunting going on. I remarked that they just seemed to be having fun, to be told by my friend that I was veering dangerously close to anthropomorphism. Thought-provoking...
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal: 3 Reasons to love the Sonoran Desert in Spring
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal. A nature journal incorporating back yard birding observations and experiences at Tohono Chul Park, a 49-acre desert oasis in northwest Tucson, Arizona. Friday, May 09, 2014. 3 Reasons to love the Sonoran Desert in Spring. I love late spring in the Sonoran Desert. There is so much beauty now. Here are three things in particular that I look forward to from year to year, and cherish every second that they are here:. 1 Palo Verde trees. 3 Baby Gambel’s quail. Well, the foothills ...
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal: 09/01/2014 - 10/01/2014
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KL's Sonoran Nature Journal. A nature journal incorporating back yard birding observations and experiences at Tohono Chul Park, a 49-acre desert oasis in northwest Tucson, Arizona. Sunday, September 21, 2014. Kingsnake Attacks and Eats Rattlesnake. Snakes that eat other snakes are often called “kings;” for example, the King Cobra. The most common, widespread North American snake with this feeding habit is the beautiful common kingsnake,. Readers of this blog know that the kingsnake is my favorite snake.