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Javelina, Tortolita Mountains, Arizona.

The two baby javelina are still alive and growing!  This was last night at sunset.  The night before, the gray fox showed up on my game cam at this same time, so I was hoping for him, but this is a great consolation prize!

I’m excited to see my water feature working.  The drip, made from steal pipe appears to be javelina proof – no small task  But more importantly,  I wanted a nice background which I think I have.  I also wanted to control the access to the water so that the birds and mammals would all have to approach from the same direction.  This way they would be facing the blind and the nice evening light. I had given this a lot of thought and so far it is working – even the birds are facing the camera almost every time!

Recent sunset from the Tortolita Mountains, Arizona.

I’m such a sucker for these beautiful Arizona sunsets!  This was Monday night’s.

Harris antelope squirrel.

These cute little guys look like a chipmunk, however chipmunks live at higher elevations.

I spilled a little bird seed in my portable blind and had one of these guys come inside and eat it at my feet!  Good sign that you don’t need a blind to photograph these guys!

Black-throated sparrow.

This is a cute little ground bird.  Experimenting with blind locations with a temporary blind at my water source last night.

Cows, Tortolita Mountains, Tucson, Arizona.

Although I don’t like cows, I couldn’t resist photographing this family on a rainy New Year’s Day.  In the last week or so, we have received a lot of rain really greening this area up!

Stormy skies, Tucson, Arizona.

We have received a lot of rain and some beautiful stormy skies over the last few days.

Northern Cardinal

Even though I have a lot of photos of cardinals, I keep taking more – it is such a colorful bird!