The first and the last are my favorites. The rattlers are interesting
too. I have no size reference in the photos but they do look like
sizable fellows... or are they perhaps a pair since they seem to be
together. I don't mind the either as long as I know where they are.
Getting bit 3+ hours from help would not be good.
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/10/2012 11:04 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
> Yesterday was probably my last opportunity to visit low altitude desert
> areas, and it certainly was not disappointing, adding two more species to my
> check list. The first of these was Shaggy Dwarf Morning-Glory (Evolvulus
> nuttallianus):
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7170942056/in/photostream
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7170944750/in/photostream
>
> and the other was Parish's Indian Mallow (Abutilon parishii):
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7170965340/in/photostream
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7170962944/in/photostream
>
> Not commonly seen is White Ball Acacia (Acacia angustissima), and this
> was a nice specimen at the peak of flowering:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7171007858/in/photostream
>
> The early part of the morning was accented by a pair of Western
> Diamondback rattlesnakes, the first of whom was not the least bit camera-shy:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7171030122/in/photostream
>
> Since this species can generally strike to one body length, I don't mind
> getting within twelve feet or less to get a good photo. The second of these
> was not as accomodating, being a bit grumpy and arrogant (Reptile
> Dysfunction?):
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7171033032/in/photostream
>
> A possibility of thunderstorms had been forecast for the late afternoon
> and evening, and in this area the weather can change abruptly when an
> unstable airmass arrives. These two photos show the storms as they appeared
> in the distance around noon:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7171097578/in/photostream
>
> and as they gathered quickly about 90 minutes later:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7171094482/in/photostream
>
> I arrived home less than an hour before this line of storms struck the
> Phoenix area, generating a haboob (dust storm) that later reached Tucson and
> causing all sorts of damage in the Phoenix area into the late evening hours.
>
> Chris
>
>
> Chris
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