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More Rain and a Little Snow

It has been a long stretch of cool to cold, wet and windy weather. Just a couple of days ago, the area got an inch of rain and some snow on the mountains. However, I think we have finally turned the corner on winter and spring is going to take over. This has certainly been the coldest winter I’ve spent in the Sonoran Desert. I entered eleven photos in the Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association Sonoran Desert Photo Show. I found a good place to get photos printed right here in Ajo so I picked out some of my favorite Sonoran Desert photos. All the entries will be on display for the month of March.

What’s that white stuff? It didn’t last long. Snow on Child’s Mountain.
There are more swifts and swallows starting to show up. I still keep trying for a good shot of a White-throated Swift and was rewarded with this one.
After one of the recent storms, I checked Lake Ajo and found this Herring Gull on February 22. This is a pretty rare bird for Pima County and some birders were on the way to see it, but it flew off about 30 minutes after I saw it and never returned.
I have had absolutely no good weather for astro since my last post. This is M63 that I imaged last spring while at Granite Gap. I spent a lot of time reprocessing this image. I think this version is much improved. Also known as the Sunflower Galaxy.

One reply on “More Rain and a Little Snow”

The snow seemed to have made the saguaro stand out on Child’s mountain. There sure are a lot of them. Are there elf owls out there?
That’s a good pic of a White-throated Swift. I remember you saying how hard they are to photograph.

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