The animal displays are strictly the animals of the Sonoran desert. I got a good picture of one of their mountain lions (Forry got one of the Mexican wolves that I'll post tomorrow.) --
The museum is located adjacent to the Saguaro National Park. My cacti book says this kind of formation on the top of a saguaro is very rare - and they really don't know for sure what causes it --
They have a rather large prairie dog town and as it was warm today, several of the inhabitants were out lounging in the sun --
The ocotillos are beginning to bloom VERY early. The book says they generally bloom in mid-April (which is when we saw them last year!), but they are well on their way.
And look at how green and leafy the plants are! Last year, the ocotillos we saw in bloom looked like dry brown sticks with red on their tips.
It was a long, but very good day. When we got back to Mesa this evening we went to Tia Rosa's for a scrumptious dinner of chicken enchiladas with mole' sauce.
I got a good chuckle this morning when I got a call from Sister Roxy after she had read yesterday's blog about the HP Mini. She and Rich had also gone out and bought one yesterday! LOL
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