Yesterday we took a ride down to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument to see what we could find. There have cactus there. Lots of it, too. This image is the namesake species for the monument. They don't really remind of organ pipes me all that much but hey, they give other forms of life odd names too. The monument is another to go on the list of places I would love to visit in the Spring, especially if they have had a wet winter. I have learned some things about the area here that will probably result in a little commentary regarding the borderlands - we have (if you are not already aware) some serious problems. I'll try to get to that topic sometime soon.

This little critter might possibly be a competitor for longest common name: Harris' Antelope Ground-squirrel (also called simply Harris' Antelope Squirrel). They seemed to be about the only thing moving other than a few birds (and one Side-blotched Lizard). Speaking of birds, I did manage to (finally!) get some images of my most recent nemesis bird while I was down there. The lofty position of Kevin's Nemesis du Jour
will likely be taken by those thrashers (Curve-billed??, didn't get a good enough look to say for certain) that kept ducking back into the brush.

We are on the move again today and heading toward Yuma.