Photos from Alamo Canyon in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
April 5
, 2017

This female Rufous Hummingbird was going right into the water. I've never seen a hummingbird do that before. I don't know if it was drinking or eating something.

She did this several times.

A Pacific-slope Flycatcher. Although it did not vocalize to separate it from the very similar
Cordilleran Flycatcher, the Pacific-slope is far, far more likely to be here in migration.

A real treat for the day was this Zebra-tailed Lizard in breeding colors. First time I've been able to
 capture this species in breeding colors and it was very cooperative.

It is very hard to get light in the eye of a lizard and I couldn't get it in any of these.

Ventral view

Clio Tiger Moth from a few days ago. Just got it ID'd from BugGuide.net.

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