Only a day after I posted a photo of cholla buds, the first flower has opened on a cactus beside the driveway. Bob, who took this photo, had to venture through some of the desert brush and terrain to get close enough to take the picture. Click on the image to enlarge.
Buckhorn cholla seem inhospitable for humans and most reptiles, but the birds do not seem to have a problem with them. We have a curve billed thrasher nest in our cholla out in front of the house, and, down the road, we found a nest that we think belongs to a pair of mourning doves. We think that we saw motion inside that nest. We may be lucky enough to get photos of the hatchlings one of these times.
Stay tuned! Spring has just barely sprung!
