California Sunset in the Desert

Desert Sunset

Joshua Tree Silhouette at Sunset

Scrub Jays

Here in the High Desert

Beautiful Jays but it sure doesn't hang around long enough for a really good shot. I should try some suet cake and see if it will hang for a bit.

Ground Squirrels

Joshua Tree Monument

This little fellow found me out in the high desert of California, Joshua Tree Monument.

Birds and Blooms

Magazine Cover Shot :-)

Mocking Birds and Joshua Tree Blooms

Mocking Birds

Singing for a Mate

The Mocking Birds were singing and nest building here in the Desert

Western Scrub Jay

Western Scrub Jay

First little bird to land on the feeder here in California

Arizona Wood Peckers

Gila Woodpecker

Nice looking male woodpecker on the feeder here in the Valley of the Sun

Quail

Gambel's Quail

Pretty Birds, and the first I've seen on my feeders

Desert is a Bloom

Cactus Blooms

The desert is starting to bloom because of all the rain that has fallen in the Valley of the Sun