Summer.
The Prickly Pear pads can be eaten. Somewhat like green beans when sliced and cooked.
Prickly Pear fruit. Once you carefully remove the skin and tiny thorns you can eat the fruit.
The fruit has tiny hard seeds that you can not bite through but you can swallow.
Roadrunner.
Gambel's Quail
Gila Woodpecker. Has a red spot on the top of the head.
One of my favorites so beautiful.
Arizona Cardinal.
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Quail and bunny cooling off in the damp earth.
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Here is your pretty for the beginning of the week.
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Here is your pretty for the beginning of the week.
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The wild Arizona Scotty in his natural habitat.
I have posted this before but it makes me so happy !
cheers, parsnip
Hi, Gayle!
ReplyDeleteI ate prickly pear meat at a Tucson restaurant when Mrs. Shady and I traveled through your area five years ago. As thehamish would say, "It tastes like chkikin'" :) I love the pictures of wildlife seen around your desert home in the summertime. That a great pic of the wild Arizona Scotty in his natural habitat, basking in a patch of sunlight on the cool tile floor. It always amazes me how dogs search for that patch of light in the house. My Toto got up every five minutes and moved a few inches to stay within the light zone.
Have a wonderful week, dear friend Gayle!
Not that many people have ever seen the Wild Arizona Scotty
DeleteI love the pictures of your birds! I've always wondered what cactus tastes like.
ReplyDeleteHave a great day!
It's Ok Best in tacos it can be slimy
DeleteLovely photos of prickly pears, critters, and wild Arizona Scotty :-) Great job capturing roadrunner and I love the quail photo - so adorable!
ReplyDeleteI was so very lucky with the photos
DeleteLovely bird photos - and it goes without saying Lovely Scottie.
ReplyDeleteI love watching all my birds as I call them
DeleteLots of bird company for Arizona Scotties and professional stuffed animal surgeons to keep an eye on!
ReplyDeleteThey love watching everything
DeleteLove those photos, especially that splendid looking quail and the bunny chillin' out with a flock of the quail's friends! The wild scotty in his natural habitat made me laugh out loud.
ReplyDeleteWe getting ever closer to an adoption! Looks like it's to be a 4 month old rescue puppy...a wee girl with lovely golden red hair. No official name yet, but her foster mom has nicknamed her "crazy legs" and "oh, no puppy, NO!" Lol. I think we're in for wild days ahead. Can't wait. Will keep you posted!
I am so excited to read this. is she a westie like Pip or something different.
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ReplyDeleteI miss those roadrunners. That last Found flyer is adorable!
ReplyDeleteRoadrunners are very bad bad bad birds but I love watching them
DeleteAwesome bird pics! We sure don't get many roadrunners in Michigan!
ReplyDeleteIt is much to COLD ! have you finally lost the last snow bank ?
DeleteI love the birds of the desert. Roadrunners are so comical.
ReplyDeleteThey are very funny.
DeleteLove the birds, especially the quail.
ReplyDeleteQuail always remind me of Japanese Samurai.
DeleteHa!
DeleteI really enjoyed the photos of your wildlife and loved reading about the edible cactus- so different to anything we have here. And of course, the dear Wild Scottie :o)
ReplyDeleteWild Scotty are gud dugs but never quite tamed
DeleteReally interesting to see and read about the prickly pears.
ReplyDeleteAlso great to see all the colourful birds.
All the best Jan
I like prickly pear but you have to be SO careful not to get even one spine out of place!!!!!!
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