Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

At Tucson Mountain Park on the way the Desert Museum.


















Nothing friendlier in the desert than a Saguaro Cactus that waves hello.

The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a world-renowned zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden, all in one place. The Sonoran Desert Region--an area encompassing parts of Arizona and California and the Mexican states of Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur, and the Sea of Cortez.










These two were in the hummingbird aviary.












A pair of White-winged Doves

Female Norther Cardinal

Male Cardinal

Black-headed Grosbeaks

Band-tailed Pigeon

Greater Roadrunner

Joshua Tree, not common to the Senoran desert, found mostly in the Mojave desert of California, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah.

Bighorn Sheep



Male center and a female lower right.

Ocelot
I think somebody wadded him up and threw him here, one could not possible get into this position by himself.

Click on the picture to open it to full screen, check it out for yourself.

Javelina, this picture was taken on the ranch in front of the Motor home.


Bear chased a herd of them and got bit for his efforts.

This one is was taken in bow season by our neighbour. Bear won't miss it.

Check out the teeth on this guy, take a good look at those k9's. Not only are they sharp at the points, but as they open and close the mouth the k9 teeth rub against each other sharpening the sides and acting like scissors.

Looks kind of cute doesn't he. Remember this is just the head and pelt.

Javelinas, or Peccaries are medium sided animals with a superficial resemblance to pigs. Also like pigs they have feet similar to deer. There the similarities end, they have fur and other physiological differences.

Prairie dogs

Cougar, Puma, Mountain Lion

Good kitty, nice kitty, Ok, there is a health piece of glass between me on the cat.

And this would by why the Indians painted and carved Bears this way.

A few of my favorat shot from the ranch.

What says ranch better than a windmill.

Maybe a windmill with a rainbow.

How about horses and a rainbow.

Did I forget to mention it had snowed?

Acutely three times, but it usually melts off by noon.

Our elevation here at ranch headquarters is 4800 feet.




Looking across the ranch at the Huachuca mountains. With Miller Peak at 9500 feet there has been some snow accumulation.

The Huachuca Mountains are East of the ranch. Picture was taken at sunset.

Looking West to the Patagonia Mountains with a fresh coat of snow.

The Santa Rita mountains looking across the headquarters of the Ki He Kah Ranch.

Santa Rita's, windmill, cattle, fog, and snow, cold on the ranch. Picture taken from the road across the Vaca Ranch.

Nothing says ranch like a wind mill horses and the sun set.