The desert has some beautiful flying creatures. This Vermillion Flycatcher is one of them.
A local birder knew just where to tell me to go and find him and sure enough, he was there. No, it wasn't at a zoo, but the edge of a group of soft-ball fields near some trees.
Outside our hotel another sign of Spring... doves nesting in a nearby tree.
What would the desert be without Quail.
This one high-tailed it out of here when it saw me. Looks like it's Easter Bonnet is already purchased.
This Curved Billed Thrasher has a beautiful song like his Northern neighbor.
The Acorn Wood-pecker already made a debut on the blog. I spotted him in the Madera Canyon south of Tucson.
I don't know that I had seen a Verdin before. They seem to be nectar drinkers and was going at this bloom on a cactus.
They are tiny birds with a patch of reddish-orange on each wing.
These flying things aren't really part of the desert but were cruising around in preparation for an airshow. They are the F-4 Phantom, the P-38 Lightning; and the P-51 Mustang.
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