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Tortolita Mountains, Arizona.

Saturday night from our campsite.  Had to work hard for this one – turned off the bar-b-q, set my glass of wine down and grabbed the tripod.  🙂

I love the fact that our home is Alaska is surrounded by large mountain rising up right from town.  However, because of this, we don’t see too many sunsets – I think I have seen more sunsets here in the last week in Arizona as I do in a year in Alaska.  So you can see how this has been a real treat for me – hope you don’t get tired of sunsets!

Ring-tailed cat, Tortolita Mountains, Arizona.

I typically won’t post such a bad photo – but then again, I typically don’t see such a rare animal!  These guys are usually nocturnal and rarely seen.

I always keep my camera ready to go by my chair except for today and it cost me a head on close-up. My camera wasn’t handy and then didn’t have a card in it, but still encouraging for future photo opps. I was pretty sure I have seen this guy at night with my flashlight, but I never could get a good look and thought it might be be a cotimundi.

Tortolita Mountains, Arizona.

Another recent Arizona sunset.

Sunset, Tortolita Mountains, Arizona.

I have climbed the hill behind our camp a few times in the evening hoping for a sunset with this saguaro – finally was rewarded with a great sky!

American Kestrel.

Here is a better look at this beautiful bird as it sits just outside our rv on a Ocotillo.  I was shooting almost straight into the sun, so I made sure I exposed for the bird even though it would mean blowing out the background.

American Kestrel, near Tucson, Arizona.

Most of the time we have a lot of birds at our feeders, but sometimes we just have one.  🙂  We have a pair of kestrels hanging around the property, and on occasion they will swoop by the feeders looking for a possible meal.  Actually saw one fight with a loggerhead shrike!  Both eventually flew away.

Sunset, Tortolita Mountains, Arizona.

The view from our RV during a recent sunset – pretty sweet!