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| no partners | | I originally was not planning on going to Joshua Tree this week, but after the success that i had last week in Josh Tree, I couldn't stay away. Plus, it gave me a great excuse to finish my audiobook (At Home by Bill Bryson).
I didn't have the success that I had last week in photographing any home-grown critters, but I managed to find a few: 4 sidewinders, 1 shovel-nosed, and a plethora of lizard, and of course, sun spiders. I think I'm burned out on sun spiders. I'm not burned out on the sidewinders tho. Temps were perfect for my ectothermic friends, but unfortunately time and luck were not on my side. I left late on Tuesday and got there in the evening and left Wednesday evening to attend a staffing meeting at work.
The show-stopper on the trip was the female leopard lizard sporting her mating colors, turning her spots orange to signal to her male counterparts that she ready to mate. I love leopard lizards, and this one preferred to fight than flight. 
After Joshua Tree, I drove to Anza Borrego State Park to hit up some areas I haven't explored yet to expand my knowledge of SoCal. I didn't see much (a sidewinder on road near Borrego Springs, a coachwhip, 3 ospreys along the way in and out). I heard some bighorns in the distance kicking up some rocks and might have seen a kit fox, but it could have been a rabbit. I got a small taste of Anza Borrego and it is worth checking out again, so I shall return at a later date. |
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