What do you mean, “Go Away”?

A very young Fox squirrel, willing to scold and fight me over what he felt was his right to the sunseeds on the deck. I was half way out the window taking these, so perhaps not as good as they could be. He was bouncing on the branch, flicking his tail, and going into a repeated “I’ll fight!” stance. Little asshole. 1500 x 996, click for full size.

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Spot the Bird!

From Crimson Clupeidae, beautiful desert. In the first shot, you’ll definitely need to click for full size. “Can you find (and identify) the bird here?” (I found the bird right away, and my guess is Roadrunner.)

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And a beautiful shot of the sun behind a saguaro.

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35 Degrees South: Winter Green.

From Lofty:

Today was cold but sunny so I rode the bike down the quickest way to the City and back home another way. The pictures illustrate what I like most about this time of year. The fresh green grass thinly covers the sun blasted slopes of the season just past, without making the bones of the hills invisible. Down the hill I go into the lusher valley below. Even the urban park I ride through has a fresh green surface past the gnarly head height oak branch. Back up to 2000ft and the green is not always from grass, and not everything that grows is green.

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