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1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:57pm wrote:
  And a different red-tailed hawk on one last power pole, this one near Ranchita
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:56pm wrote:
  A red-tailed hawk on yet another power pole
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:55pm wrote:
  A European Starling on top of another power pole
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:53pm wrote:
  Red shouldered hawk on a power pole
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:50pm wrote:
  A northern harrier glides over borrego springs.
  Hoping to get a better shot, I circled the valley a few times, but never saw it again.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:50pm wrote:
  A side view of the black harvester anthill, showing its elevation.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:49pm wrote:
  A closer look at the harvester ants at the entrance to an anthill. Note the wide variety in sizes - for example, just left of the tunnel opening, a very small harvester ant crawls on top of another ant more than twice its size.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:48pm wrote:
  A perfect ring of litter surrounding a harvester anthill.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:48pm wrote:
  Desert sand verbena Abronia villosa
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:47pm wrote:
  Leaves on the Dyeweed (Emory's indigo) bush Psorothamnus emoryi. The name 'dyeweed' comes from the persistent iodine color that stains your fingers if you damage a leaf.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:46pm wrote:
  Close-up of flower on a Dyeweed (Emory's indigo) bush Psorothamnus emoryi
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:45pm wrote:
  Dyeweed (Emory's indigo) bush Psorothamnus emoryi
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:40pm wrote:
  Catclaw Leaflet Gall Midge creates these purple growths
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:22pm wrote:
  This Orcutt's woody aster Xylorhiza orcuttii was pointed out as having unusually white petals.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:22pm wrote:
  This Orcutt's woody aster Xylorhiza orcuttii was pointed out as having unusually white petals.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:21pm wrote:
  Skeleton Weed Eriogonum deflexum var. deflexum
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:20pm wrote:
  A much tougher rock, which showed very different color on its flat face than on its outer surface.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:19pm wrote:
  An extremely brittle rock, which could be easily broken into fragments by hand.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:19pm wrote:
  Vulcan Mountan's radio transmitter pokes up above mountains in the distance behind a near ridge of Coachwhip Canyon, lined with Ocotillo Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens and other plants.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:18pm wrote:
  Playing with the tone mapping highlights the shape of the bottom of these storm clouds as they pass over the Laguna Mountains towards Anza-Borrego Desert
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:16pm wrote:
  Stormclouds roil beyond an Ocotillo Fouquieria splendens ssp. splendens lined ridge.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:15pm wrote:
  Panorama of Coachwhip Canyon from a peak at the end of the wash.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:14pm wrote:
  An ocotillo emerges from behind a boulder
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:13pm wrote:
  A forest of Cryptantha leaves sprout among small rocks
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:13pm wrote:
  Wider view of a Desert Lantern Eremothera boothii ssp. condensata, showing its rosette of leaves spread out around its base.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:12pm wrote:
  Desert Lantern Eremothera boothii ssp. condensata
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:11pm wrote:
  Desert holly Atriplex hymenelytra flower buds
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:11pm wrote:
  Desert holly Atriplex hymenelytra
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:11pm wrote:
  Top-down view of a Rush Milkweed (Ajamete) Asclepias subulata flower
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:10pm wrote:
  Close-up of a Rush Milkweed (Ajamete) Asclepias subulata flower.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:10pm wrote:
  Close-up of an aphid sucking sap from the Rush Milkweed (Ajamete) Asclepias subulata
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 4:09pm wrote:
  Aphids cluster around Rush Milkweed (Ajamete) Asclepias subulata flowers.
  This milkweed is one of 3 possible origins for the name of the canyon, with its long curved stem said to look like a buggy coach's horse whip. The others are the coachwhip snake, and the ocotillo which once counted 'coachwhip' among its common names.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 3:29pm wrote:
  Rush Milkweed (Ajamete) Asclepias subulata behind a few Brittlebushes Encelia farinosa
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 3:28pm wrote:
  Smoke tree Psorothamnus spinosus
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 3:28pm wrote:
  Holes left in the canyon walls, probably by large rocks falling out and later smoothed by wind.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 3:20pm wrote:
  Big galleta grass Hilaria rigida
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 3:19pm wrote:
  White rhatany Krameria bicolor bush with dozens of little flowers.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 3:18pm wrote:
  Seed pod of a White rhatany Krameria bicolor, with its grappling-hook tips.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 3:18pm wrote:
  An open flower on a Schott's indigo bush Psorothamnus schottii, with its bright orange pollen
1. Matthew Fedder on December 27th, 2019 at 3:17pm wrote:
  Schott's indigo bush Psorothamnus schottii
1. Matthew Fedder on December 26th, 2019 at 6:59pm wrote:
  Close-up of Spanish needle Palafoxia arida var. arida
1. Matthew Fedder on December 26th, 2019 at 6:59pm wrote:
  Probably Silver cholla Cylindropuntia echinocarpa
1. Matthew Fedder on December 26th, 2019 at 6:33pm wrote:
  Spanish needle Palafoxia arida var. arida
1. Matthew Fedder on December 26th, 2019 at 6:32pm wrote:
  A slightly more mature fruit on an Schott's indigo bush Psorothamnus schottii.
  The latin-ish name "Psorothamnus" seems to refer to these scabies-like scales that cover the fruits on this species.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 26th, 2019 at 6:25pm wrote:
  Schott's indigo bush Psorothamnus schottii
1. Matthew Fedder on December 26th, 2019 at 6:20pm wrote:
  The surrounding burrs revealed by a close-up of the flowers on the Burro bush Ambrosia dumosa elucidates why it is also called "white burr sage".
1. Matthew Fedder on December 26th, 2019 at 6:19pm wrote:
  Dyeweed (Emory indigo) bush Psorothamnus emoryi
1. Matthew Fedder on December 26th, 2019 at 6:19pm wrote:
  Dyeweed (Emory indigo) bush Psorothamnus emoryi
1. Matthew Fedder on December 26th, 2019 at 6:18pm wrote:
  A young Brittlebush Encelia farinosa, whose leaves have not yet acquired the fine hairs that give them their white color - not surprising, since that is a summer drought adaptation, and it is neither summer nor dry at the moment.
1. Matthew Fedder on December 26th, 2019 at 6:14pm wrote:
  Burro bush Ambrosia dumosa

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