
Javelina sleeping below an underpass…
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Javelina sleeping below an underpass…

When you start seeing mouse ears on saguaro cacti, you realize how badly your pattern-recognition algorithm is corrupted. A feeble excuse, but we went to Disneyland a few months ago…

Monet photographing a desert bighorn. I found the sign funny and it made me think that whenever you shoot a critter in “nature,” a sign should pop-up (from off screen or from a trapdoor, etc.) that describes exactly what you are seeing…

Which is better, small and wise, or big and dumb?

Water in the desert.

Amazing how near I got to this mountain lion. Also notice how the lion has adapted to blend into the faux concrete rock formations of the Desert Museum.