The Gila Woodpecker

Enjoying the fruit feeder.

Wakey wakey!

Sleepy head.

He's Back!

Watching me watching him - the king of the yard :)

Clear desert skies

Lead to magical moments and moonlight.

Bath time

The mockingbird is a daily visitor to the newly installed bird bath.

Moonlight Cholla

Still as spiky, no matter how soft the lighting!

Another Cactus Inhabitant

The beautiful Gilded Flicker surveys her property.

He's so proud

The male Phainopepla posing for the camera :)

Saguaro Skies

Holding up the clouds

It's all in the nose

An American Snout Butterfly soaks up the sun.

Life must be stressful

When you are on everyone's menu.

I Love Cactii

Well how could I not love this one? And no, I didn't cut it like that :)

I'm not fat!

I'm fluffy!

Saguaro Sunset

They stand like sentinels as the sun disappears.

But

He's not the only one!

Breakfast time

The House Finch loves the nyjer seed.

A little gem

A male Costa's Hummingbird grabs a snack 'on the fly.'

Too cool to run

This gorgeous Desert Spiny Lizard was feeling too chilly to run away which gave me the perfect photo 'op'.

Woo-hoo?

Maybe this is who the quail was looking out for!

Sunset Quail

Watching the end of the day.

OK It's official

I am totally in love with the Antelope Squirrels in the yard :)

The lookout

The Gila Woodpecker peeping out of his Saguaro Cactus home.

Good Morning Beautiful

Look who was sitting outside my kitchen window when I woke up this morning!

At last!

The Cactus Wren is a personal favorite of mine but boy are they tricky to catch for a decent photo.

Oh Riley!

OK bug people, this one's for you - a Riley's Tree Cricket. It has been said 'If moonlight could be heard, it would sound like that' of the trilling choruses of males.

Soaking it up

I might not be an ectotherm but I can totally relate, what could be better than sitting on a rock, soaking up the sun?

Eye see you

The thrasher pays a visit.

Sunset, moonrise

And of course, the magnificent Saguaro Cactus.

The villian of the piece.

Generally despised, incredibly destructive but undeniably cute.

Birds on the wire

Always the same when you take a group shot - someone looks the wrong way!

Cholla!

Respect for the spiniest one.

The bird with no name

Every species is classified with a 'scientific name', usually of Latin or Greek origins and then it usually has at least one 'common name'. But not this particular individual, it is stuck with Phainopepla! Maybe I'll start calling them Phil, or in this case, Phylis!

The eyes in the sky.

Ever vigilant.

Peep!

It's hard to hide behind a solar light even when you are tiny.

Blue Moon

Sailing in the afternoon sky.

This had to be the first image.

Lord of all he surveys.