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The Sun has Set. Between Marathon and Alpine, Brewster County, Texas, USA. Looking west down US Hwy 90 just after sunset. Chihuahuan Desert and the Davis Mountains in view. September 2021
Blanco Viznagita also known by many other common names (Echinomastus intertextus: Cactaceae) Photographed in the foothills of the Davis Mountains, north of Alpine, Brewster County, Texas, USA. Mountain savannah area with mixed desert grasslands interspersed with oaks at ca. 1,402 m (4,600 ft)...
Living-rock Cactus (Ariocarpus fissuratus var. fissuratus: Cactaceae) Photographed south of Alpine, Brewster County, Texas, USA. They lay on the surface of the ground and are colored in the manner of rocks making their detection very difficult unless in flower. The genus is represented by six...
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) Photographed in Alpine, Brewster County, Texas, USA. Disturbed Chihuahuan Desert grassland at ca. 1,341 m (4,400 ft elevation). Chihuahuan Desert, Trans Pecos Vegetational Area.
Golden-mantled Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis: Sciuridae) Unlike Chipmunks they have no facial stripes. Their bodies range from 23-30 cm (9.1-12 in) long. Photographed near Alpine, Arizona, U.S.A. in an area strewn with granitic rock and boulders near a confier forest at 2,450 m (8,050...
This bird was foraging at ~2800 m asl along a rocky alpine slope. It kept returning to the same locale, and may have been bringing its catch to its brood in an underground nest.