Photo Essay : Saguaro National Park

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 Dreaming of the Deserts of Arizona

Rincon Mountain District

Saguaro Cactus & Bee (Carnegiea gigantea) Saguaro National Park • Rincon Mountain District. Arizona, United States of America. Busy pollinating the large flowers of the cactus.

Saguaro National Park is a large two section park, East & West of Tucson, Arizona, USA. Rincon Mountain District in the East is inundated with the large Saguaro Cacti and so the Park is apply named. The Desert Squirrels abound here & I spent hours chasing them without a successful capture to be had. But I did see a great many things in these Desert Cacti Gardens.

Texas Prickly Pear Cactus (Opuntia engelmannii) Saguaro National Park • Rincon Mountain District. Arizona, United States of America.

Hedgehog Cactus (Echinocereus engelmannii) Saguaro National Park • Tucson Mountain District. Arizona, United States of America. Sometimes called the Strawberry Hedgehog Cactus.

American Snout Butterfly (Libytheana carinenta) Saguaro National Park • Rincon Mountain District. Arizona, United States of America.

Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus) Saguaro National Park • Rincon Mountain District. Arizona, United States of America.

Unknown little Lizard of the Desert. Saguaro National Park • Rincon Mountain District. Arizona, United States of America.

Tucson Mountain District

Crissal Thrasher (Toxostoma crissale) Saguaro National Park • Tucson Mountain District. Arizona, United States of America.

Cactus Wren (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus) Saguaro National Park • Tucson Mountain District. Arizona, United States of America.



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