This is a saguaro in our neighbor’s yard. It is really busy making spring flowers, some of which are open. The saguaro in question is about five hundred feet east of us near the paved toad. Click on the image to enlarge.
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At The Dog Park Today
The Mama and the Daddy took Cabela and me to the dog park today. I sure do love the running around and sniffing stuff.
Desert Camo Cactus Wren
After I went up on the little hill behind our RV drive to reload the bird feeders up there, I hung around the back of the patio with my Canon EOS to see if I could get some photos of birds that come to feed. It took a while, but eventually a cactus wren showed up and took a nut from the trail mix block; the bird retreated to some underbrush to deal with its prize. I captured this image as it posed with the nut in its bill.
Photo details: Canon EOS Rebel SL1, 1/400sec, F7.1, ISO 100, 300mm Telephoto lens.
Lawyer’s Tongue Pollinator
I took some photos of a lot of open flowers on and around our lot on Friday. This photo is of a couple of freshly opened flowers on the lawyer’s tongue (sometimes called cow’s tongue) prickly pear cactus at the west edge of the yard. One entrepreneurial bee, seen on the flower on the right, worked the pollen express to the best of its ability as I snapped away with my camera.
Next week, most of these flowers will have come and gone, leaving the pears behind to likely be pecked at by our bird population. Spring is a wonderful time here in the Sonoran Desert. Click on the image to enlarge.
Saguaro Flower Buds
While we were out doing yard work today, I noticed that our big saguaro cactus has several flower buds popping up on three of the cactus arms. That means before long, we will be having saguaro flowers on the big guy.
On our recent outing in the RV, we saw a lot of saguaro flowers in the wild and some on domesticated cacti like ours. We should get them all spring and summer, we’re hoping. Stay tuned and I will get flower pix of ours as soon as I can.
Prickly Pear Cactus Flower
Most of the Prickly Pear cacti in the neighborhood are in bloom. This cactus is along the road where we take our after dinner walk with the dogs. It had several flowers open already this season and this is one of two that were open this afternoon. Click on the image to enlarge.
