Elegant Trogon male (Photos by Narca)
For one, you may glimpse an Elegant Trogon descending to the creek bottom for a drink. This male was hover-sipping from a rill of water spilling between boulders, just as he would hover before a tree to pluck fruit.
For another, you might find new blooms of Butterfly Milkweed...
Butterfly Milkweed, Asclepias tuberosa
...or of Scarlet Penstemon.
Scarlet Penstemon, P. barbatus
For a third, an Apache Fox Squirrel could scamper across your path. In the US, this mammal lives only in the Chiricahua Mountains.
Apache (or Mexican) Fox Squirrel
A Variegated Fritillary could cross your path...
Variegated Fritillary, Euptoieta claudia
As the poet Rumi wrote, "The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don't go back to sleep.... The door is round and open. Don't go back to sleep."
Now, that was a good walk, was it not?
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Did not know the scarlet penstemon, thanks for the ID. Several guests recently commented on them while walking in the canyon.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you had a great walk in South Fork , great picture of the Elegant Trogon.
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