A short, yet sweet month, one extra leap-year day to make time for The Blazer’s repairs. Sights, sounds abound. Days camping: 20. Nights spent in hotels waiting for Blazer to be repaired: 7. Days spent visiting friends: 2.
Bird species added to our year in February: 57!
White-Winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica): our constant companions through the deserts of the southwest.
Javelina (Tayassu tajacu) trotting to the feeders at Cave Creek Ranch, Portal, AZ.
South fork Cave Creek, Portal, AZ.
Last season’s nest of a Verdin (Auriparus flaviceps) spotted in a Chain-fruit Cholla (Cylindropuntia fulgida var. fulgida) on Baker Mine Trail, Organ Pipe National Monument, AZ.
Pine Siskins (Spinus pinus - not making that up!) and Dark-Eyed Juncos (Junco hyemalis) on a snowy day at Santa Rita Lodge, Madera Canyon, AZ.
Bobcat (Lynx rufus) stalking through the reeds at Whitewater Draw, AZ.
Pyrrhuloxia (Cardinalis sinuatu) in the snow, Green Valley, CA.
Winter sunflowers at Arivaca Cienega, Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, AZ.
I love the photo recaps! Minnow’s got things figured out.