May 2025 Vacation photographs
Photographs are shown in chronological order, until they are not.
May 2, an Acorn Woodpecker in Chiracahua National Monument.
Melozone fusca, Canyon Towhee.
Pogonomyrmex barbatus, Red Harvester Ants.
May 3, now in Big Bend NP. Echinocactus horizonthalonius, Turk's head cactus.
Agave lechuguilla.
Dasylirion texanum, Texas Sotol.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Fouquieria splendens, Ocotillo.
Echinocereus russanthus, Russet Hedgehog Cactus.
Echinocereus russanthus, Russet Hedgehog Cactus.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Echinargus isola, Reakirt's Blue.
Mammillaria meiacantha, Little Nipple Cactus.
Neltuma odorata, Western Honey Mesquite.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Echinocereus stramineus, Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus.
Echinocereus russanthus, Russet Hedgehog Cactus.
Fouquieria splendens, Ocotillo.
Ephedra trifurca, Longleaf Ephedra.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Echinocereus russanthus, Russet Hedgehog Cactus.
Asclepias asperula, Antelopehorn Milkweed.
Asclepias asperula, Antelopehorn Milkweed.
Asclepias asperula, Antelopehorn Milkweed.
Abeis nicippe, Sleepy Orange.
Efferia albibarbis, Sand Hammertail.
Leptotes marina, Marine Blue.
Phlox nana, Santa Fe Phlox.
Hemipenthes scylla.
Agave havardiana, Havard's Century Plant.
Echinocereus coccineus, Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus.
Acanthocephala thomasi, Giant Agave Bug.
Eriogonum jamesii, James' Buckwheat.
Aphelocoma wollweberi, Mexican Jay.
Grusonia aggeria, Big Bend Club-Cholla.
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, Christmas Cholla.
Piranga ludoviciana, Western Tanager.
Echinocereus russanthus, Russet Hedgehog Cactus.
Escobaria albicolumnaria, Column Foxtail Cactus.
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus.
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus flower.
Aspidoscelis scalaris, Rusty-rumped Whiptail.
Cylindropuntia imbricata, Tree Cholla.
Echinocereus perplexus, Perplexed Hedgehog Cactus.
Cylindropuntia imbricata, Tree Cholla.
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus flower.
Fouquieria splendens, Ocotillo.
Echinocereus perplexus, Perplexed Hedgehog Cactus.
Echinocereus perplexus, Perplexed Hedgehog Cactus.
Cacama valvata, Common Cactus Dodger.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Scenery shots. I am about 1 mile south of Cattail Falls.
Another view.
Another view.
Aspidoscelis scalaris, Rusty-rumped Whiptail.
These are always foraging around bushes.
Something to eat?
A juicy Cactus Dodger Cicada emerging nymph!
A little big to eat though.
Never did swallow this bug.
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus.
Echinocereus pectinatus, Spiny Hedgehog Cactus.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Scenery shots. I am about 1 mile south of Cattail Falls.
Agave havardiana, Havard's Century Plant. This was the largest I saw on the trip, almost 7 feet tall. Growing on the edge of a wash.
Echinocereus stramineus, Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus.
Echinocereus perplexus, Perplexed Hedgehog Cactus.
Cacama valvata, Common Cactus Dodger.
Opuntia engelmannii, Engelmann's Pricklypear.
Opuntia engelmannii, Engelmann's Pricklypear.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus.
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus growing next to a Prickly Pear cactus.
Agave havardiana, Havard's Century Plant.
Cacama valvata, Common Cactus Dodger.
Aspidoscelis scalaris, Rusty-rumped Whiptail.
Anaea aidea, Tropical Leafwing, in the Cattail Falls wash.
Echinargus isola, Reakirt's Blue.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cacama valvata, Common Cactus Dodger.
Cacama valvata, Common Cactus Dodger.
Acanthocephala thomasi, Giant Agave Bug.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Subfamily Asteroideae.
Ungnadia speciosa, Mexican Buckeye.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Icterus parisorum, Scott's Oriole.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cylindropuntia imbricata, Tree Cholla.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Grusonia aggeria, Big Bend Club-Cholla.
Echinocereus enneacanthus ssp. enneacanthus, Trans-Pecos Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus.
Opuntia rufida, Blind Pricklypear.
Santa Elena Canyon.
Santa Elena Canyon.
Sceloporus merriami ssp. annulatus, Big Bend Canyon Lizard.
Echinocereus coccineus, Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus.
Echinargus isola, Reakirt's Blue.
Echinocereus coccineus, Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus.
Agave havardiana, Havard's Century Plant.
Canis latrans, Coyote.
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus.
Sceloporus merriami ssp. annulatus, Big Bend Canyon Lizard.
Opuntia rufida, Blind Pricklypear.
Orthoporus ornatus, Desert Millipede.
Sceloporus merriami ssp. annulatus, Big Bend Canyon Lizard.
Uta stansburiana, Common Side-blotched Lizard.
Strymon melinus, Gray Hairstreak.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Aspidoscelis marmoratus, Marbled Whiptail.
Odocoileus hemionus, Mule Deer.
Cryptoglossa infausta, a death-feigning beetle member.
Apis mellifera, Western Honey Bee on a Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus flower.
Apis mellifera, Western Honey Bee on a Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus flower.
Spizella pallida, Clay-colored Sparrow on Opuntia phaeacantha, Brown-spined Pricklypear.
Cryptoglossa infausta, a death-feigning beetle member, in Santa Elena canyon.
Buteo jamaicensis, Red-tailed Hawk.
Equus caballus, Domestic Horse.
Murals just west of Marfa, TX displaying scenes from the movie Giant.
Elizabeth Taylor.
James Dean
Rock Hudson.
An overview.
The mansion of the movie.
Seems you can access the land.
An oil well, the theme of the movie is oil riches.
Saw a band of ~25 Nasua narica, White-nosed Coati, cross US 191 just north of Morenci, AZ.
Another.
They look like monkey-racoons.
This was one of the last to cross.
Very wary.
Stopped to look.
I think this was a child of the last one, as that bigger one called to the straggler, who crossed the road 50 yards away from me.
Odocoileus hemionus, Mule Deer, north of Hannagan Meadow.
Cervus canadensis, Wapiti, north of Hannagan Meadow.
May 11. I am hiking along the Little Colrado River near Sheep Crossing. These photos show Oeneis alberta habitat.
Another view.
Callospermophilus lateralis, Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel.
Meleagris gallopavo, Wild Turkey.
Polioptila melanura, Black-tailed Gnatcatcher in BBNP.
A very photographic Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard, at the Blue Creek Trailhead on May 7, BBNP.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Kricogonia lyside, Lyside Sulphur.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Now at Santa Elena Canyon. Copaeodes aurantiaca , Orange Skipperling.
Efferia albibarbis, Sand Hammertail.
Polistes flavus, Yellow Paper Wasp with a Pepsid wasp nearby.
Passerina caerulea, Blue Grosbeak.
Arctosa littoralis, Shoreline Wolf Spider.
Geococcyx californianus, Greater Roadrunner.
Sayornis nigricans, Black Phoebe.
Zonotrichia leucophrys, White-crowned Sparrow.
Setophaga coronata ssp. auduboni, Audubon's Warbler.
Setophaga coronata ssp. auduboni, Audubon's Warbler.
Now I am at the Rio Grand Village Campground, May 9th. Uta stansburiana, Common Side-blotched Lizard.
Aspidoscelis tesselatus, Common Checkered Whiptail.
Asterocampa leilia, Empress Leilia.
Butorides virescens, Green Heron.
Myiarchus cinerascens, Ash-throated Flycatcher.
Myiarchus cinerascens, Ash-throated Flycatcher.
Photographs are shown in chronological order, until they are not.
May 2, an Acorn Woodpecker in Chiracahua National Monument.
Melozone fusca, Canyon Towhee.
Pogonomyrmex barbatus, Red Harvester Ants.
May 3, now in Big Bend NP. Echinocactus horizonthalonius, Turk's head cactus.
Agave lechuguilla.
Dasylirion texanum, Texas Sotol.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Fouquieria splendens, Ocotillo.
Echinocereus russanthus, Russet Hedgehog Cactus.
Echinocereus russanthus, Russet Hedgehog Cactus.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Echinargus isola, Reakirt's Blue.
Mammillaria meiacantha, Little Nipple Cactus.
Neltuma odorata, Western Honey Mesquite.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Echinocereus stramineus, Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus.
Echinocereus russanthus, Russet Hedgehog Cactus.
Fouquieria splendens, Ocotillo.
Ephedra trifurca, Longleaf Ephedra.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Echinocereus russanthus, Russet Hedgehog Cactus.
Asclepias asperula, Antelopehorn Milkweed.
Asclepias asperula, Antelopehorn Milkweed.
Asclepias asperula, Antelopehorn Milkweed.
Abeis nicippe, Sleepy Orange.
Efferia albibarbis, Sand Hammertail.
Leptotes marina, Marine Blue.
Phlox nana, Santa Fe Phlox.
Hemipenthes scylla.
Agave havardiana, Havard's Century Plant.
Echinocereus coccineus, Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus.
Acanthocephala thomasi, Giant Agave Bug.
Eriogonum jamesii, James' Buckwheat.
Aphelocoma wollweberi, Mexican Jay.
Grusonia aggeria, Big Bend Club-Cholla.
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis, Christmas Cholla.
Piranga ludoviciana, Western Tanager.
Echinocereus russanthus, Russet Hedgehog Cactus.
Escobaria albicolumnaria, Column Foxtail Cactus.
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus.
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus flower.
Aspidoscelis scalaris, Rusty-rumped Whiptail.
Cylindropuntia imbricata, Tree Cholla.
Echinocereus perplexus, Perplexed Hedgehog Cactus.
Cylindropuntia imbricata, Tree Cholla.
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus flower.
Fouquieria splendens, Ocotillo.
Echinocereus perplexus, Perplexed Hedgehog Cactus.
Echinocereus perplexus, Perplexed Hedgehog Cactus.
Cacama valvata, Common Cactus Dodger.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Scenery shots. I am about 1 mile south of Cattail Falls.
Another view.
Another view.
Aspidoscelis scalaris, Rusty-rumped Whiptail.
These are always foraging around bushes.
Something to eat?
A juicy Cactus Dodger Cicada emerging nymph!
A little big to eat though.
Never did swallow this bug.
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus.
Echinocereus pectinatus, Spiny Hedgehog Cactus.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Scenery shots. I am about 1 mile south of Cattail Falls.
Agave havardiana, Havard's Century Plant. This was the largest I saw on the trip, almost 7 feet tall. Growing on the edge of a wash.
Echinocereus stramineus, Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus.
Echinocereus perplexus, Perplexed Hedgehog Cactus.
Cacama valvata, Common Cactus Dodger.
Opuntia engelmannii, Engelmann's Pricklypear.
Opuntia engelmannii, Engelmann's Pricklypear.
Opuntia azurea, Purple Pricklypear.
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus.
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus growing next to a Prickly Pear cactus.
Agave havardiana, Havard's Century Plant.
Cacama valvata, Common Cactus Dodger.
Aspidoscelis scalaris, Rusty-rumped Whiptail.
Anaea aidea, Tropical Leafwing, in the Cattail Falls wash.
Echinargus isola, Reakirt's Blue.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cacama valvata, Common Cactus Dodger.
Cacama valvata, Common Cactus Dodger.
Acanthocephala thomasi, Giant Agave Bug.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Subfamily Asteroideae.
Ungnadia speciosa, Mexican Buckeye.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Icterus parisorum, Scott's Oriole.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cylindropuntia imbricata, Tree Cholla.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Grusonia aggeria, Big Bend Club-Cholla.
Echinocereus enneacanthus ssp. enneacanthus, Trans-Pecos Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus.
Opuntia rufida, Blind Pricklypear.
Santa Elena Canyon.
Santa Elena Canyon.
Sceloporus merriami ssp. annulatus, Big Bend Canyon Lizard.
Echinocereus coccineus, Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus.
Echinargus isola, Reakirt's Blue.
Echinocereus coccineus, Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus.
Agave havardiana, Havard's Century Plant.
Canis latrans, Coyote.
Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus.
Sceloporus merriami ssp. annulatus, Big Bend Canyon Lizard.
Opuntia rufida, Blind Pricklypear.
Orthoporus ornatus, Desert Millipede.
Sceloporus merriami ssp. annulatus, Big Bend Canyon Lizard.
Uta stansburiana, Common Side-blotched Lizard.
Strymon melinus, Gray Hairstreak.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Aspidoscelis marmoratus, Marbled Whiptail.
Odocoileus hemionus, Mule Deer.
Cryptoglossa infausta, a death-feigning beetle member.
Apis mellifera, Western Honey Bee on a Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus flower.
Apis mellifera, Western Honey Bee on a Echinocereus enneacanthus, Strawberry Cactus flower.
Spizella pallida, Clay-colored Sparrow on Opuntia phaeacantha, Brown-spined Pricklypear.
Cryptoglossa infausta, a death-feigning beetle member, in Santa Elena canyon.
Buteo jamaicensis, Red-tailed Hawk.
Equus caballus, Domestic Horse.
Murals just west of Marfa, TX displaying scenes from the movie Giant.
Elizabeth Taylor.
James Dean
Rock Hudson.
An overview.
The mansion of the movie.
Seems you can access the land.
An oil well, the theme of the movie is oil riches.
Saw a band of ~25 Nasua narica, White-nosed Coati, cross US 191 just north of Morenci, AZ.
Another.
They look like monkey-racoons.
This was one of the last to cross.
Very wary.
Stopped to look.
I think this was a child of the last one, as that bigger one called to the straggler, who crossed the road 50 yards away from me.
Odocoileus hemionus, Mule Deer, north of Hannagan Meadow.
Cervus canadensis, Wapiti, north of Hannagan Meadow.
May 11. I am hiking along the Little Colrado River near Sheep Crossing. These photos show Oeneis alberta habitat.
Another view.
Callospermophilus lateralis, Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel.
Meleagris gallopavo, Wild Turkey.
Polioptila melanura, Black-tailed Gnatcatcher in BBNP.
A very photographic Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard, at the Blue Creek Trailhead on May 7, BBNP.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Kricogonia lyside, Lyside Sulphur.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Cophosaurus texanus, Greater Earless Lizard.
Now at Santa Elena Canyon. Copaeodes aurantiaca , Orange Skipperling.
Efferia albibarbis, Sand Hammertail.
Polistes flavus, Yellow Paper Wasp with a Pepsid wasp nearby.
Passerina caerulea, Blue Grosbeak.
Arctosa littoralis, Shoreline Wolf Spider.
Geococcyx californianus, Greater Roadrunner.
Sayornis nigricans, Black Phoebe.
Zonotrichia leucophrys, White-crowned Sparrow.
Setophaga coronata ssp. auduboni, Audubon's Warbler.
Setophaga coronata ssp. auduboni, Audubon's Warbler.
Now I am at the Rio Grand Village Campground, May 9th. Uta stansburiana, Common Side-blotched Lizard.
Aspidoscelis tesselatus, Common Checkered Whiptail.
Asterocampa leilia, Empress Leilia.
Butorides virescens, Green Heron.
Myiarchus cinerascens, Ash-throated Flycatcher.
Myiarchus cinerascens, Ash-throated Flycatcher.
