
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area– Image by kenne
Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.
— Hunter S. Thompson
Sabino Canyon Recreation Area– Image by kenne
Freedom is something that dies unless it’s used.
— Hunter S. Thompson
Gila Woodpecker On Saguaro Cactus In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
— kenne
“I’ll Take A Saguaro On The Rocks” — Image by kenne
Phoneline Trail In Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
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Blue Skies Above Star Pass Trail — Panorama by kenne
Death On A Sabino Canyon Trail — Image by kenne
Sabino Canyon Saguaros — Image by kenne
— Paulo Coelho
A Dead Saguaro in the Darkness of a Full Moon — Image by kenne
The Listeners
— Walter de la Mare
Lower Ventana Canyon (02/20/15) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
The Bighorn Fire has been burning for days in Ventana Canyon.
I love hiking in this beautiful narrow canyon. The lower part of
this canyon contains a lot of desert plants, such as the saguaro cactus.
This Sonoran Desert signature cactus is not adaptive to fire.
Thousands have already been destroyed by the Bighorn Fire.
It may take hundreds of years to return, if at all. Sad, very sad.
— kenne
Ventana Canyon (Note Invasive Grass in the Foreground) — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Twin Saguaro Towers — Image by kenne
Crested Caracara — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Crested Caracaras are large birds with wingspans up to four feet. Males and females have the same plumage:
a black-topped head, a bare, reddish-orange face, and a white neck. The back and wings
are dark browns to black; the legs and talons are yellow. The underside of the wings has white tips.
The underside of the blacktail has white at the rump. In-flight, caracaras could be mistaken for black vultures.
(Arizona Daily Independent)
Recently, my friend and fellow Sabino CanyonVolunteer Naturalist Ned Harris shared some of his recent
images of crested caracaras. He is an amazing photographer!
Check out Ted’s Flickr account. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ned_harris/
Crested Caracara On A Saguaro — Image by Ned Harris
A Majestic Saguaro On Photoline Trail, Sabino Canyon — Image by kenne
— kenne
Saguaro Cactus — B&W Image by kenne
Arizona Morning Cactus Wren On A Saguaro Cactus — Photo-Artistry by kenne
— kenne
Saguaros In Sabino Canyon — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit,
and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.
A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild,
the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins
and betraying the principle of civilization itself.”