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Agave Flower Stalk

Agave Flower StalkThere is a giant agave flower stalk about five hundred feet down the road toward the pavement from our place. We have been watching it grow over a couple of months and now, with the top looming over twenty feet in the air, its flowers are ready to open.

I took my Canon EOS Rebel SL1 on our daily walk down the road and snapped this photo of the picturesque flower chandelier high atop the stalk. I actually had to take two images, above and below, and stitch them together to render the composite at the right.

Click on the image to enlarge.

May 25, 2016 by Arizona Flowers Panoramas Photography

Leftover Lunch

Antelope Ground Squirrel

This tiny Antelope Ground Squirrel is enjoying some of the leftover polenta from our recent Pork Stew dinner. It is our habit to distribute certain leftover food to the wash out back so the critters can come and enjoy.

I took this photo this afternoon using my SL1 camera and telephoto lens. The squirrel came close to me, within about fifteen feet, to get the tidbit. The birds and rabbits are more wary than this little guy, and generally keep a larger distance between us and them. Click on the image to enlarge.

May 24, 2016 by Arizona Critters Home & Garden Photography

Star Cactus Flower

Star Cactus Flower

My Astrophytum (a.k.a. Star Cactus) had a flower open today. We have been watching it since it was a bud a couple of weeks ago and today it opened wide. There are also some more buds that will likely produce flowers this spring. Last year, this cactus had flowers all the way into August, so we look forward to more of them. Click on the image to enlarge.

May 17, 2016 by Arizona Flowers Home & Garden Photography

Saguaro Flower Season

Saguaro Flowers and Buds

This is the time of spring when our Arizona State Flower starts showing up on the saguaro cacti. The image above is of a saguaro crown up the road from us. Flowers are also beginning to appear on our big saguaro out front.

We love our springtime cactus flowers, both in the wild and in our cactus garden. Click on the image to enlarge.

May 13, 2016 by Arizona Flowers Home & Garden Photography

Juvenile Quail Spotted at the Bird Feeders

Juvenile Quail

We saw a brood of six to eight spring quail chicks with the parent pair up by the bird feeders on the little hill behind the RV Drive. These look scruffy as chicks, but will be molting into their mature feathers soon. Click on the image to enlarge.

Photo information:

Canon EOS REBEL SL1, 1/400 sec, F6.3, ISO 320, Canon Zoom Lens @ 300 mm

May 10, 2016 by Arizona Critters Photography

Why Cardinals Don’t Hide Well in the Desert

Cardinal in a Mesquite Tree

We were on our after Dinner walk today when I heard the courting songs of a cardinal somewhere in the trees along the road. As usual, when hearing cardinals, it is not too difficult to find them because of their bright coloring; definitely not the most discrete critters in the desert foliage. Click on the image to enlarge.

May 9, 2016 by Arizona Critters Photography

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