April 22, 2012 ~ Sunday Birds, Bugs, Critters

Abert's Squirrel (Flagstaff, AZ)

(I think there must be a Chihuahua in the genetics....look at those ears!)

Western Fence Lizard   (Walnut Canyon, AZ)

Ornate Tree Lizard (Walnut Canyon, AZ)

Mountain Cottontail (Quartzsite, AZ)

House Finch (Quartzsite, AZ)

Mourning Dove

(Quartzsite, AZ)

Porcupine Prickly Pear (Quartzsite, AZ)

Not identified yet (Quartzsite, AZ)

Prickly Pear Cactus (Quartzsite, AZ)

Not identified yet (Quartzsite, AZ)

We stopped at a rest area between Quartzsite, AZ and Cottonwood, AZ and several people were looking up into a tree.  I walked over and asked what they were looking at.  They said there was a Ringed Turtle Dove sitting on eggs in a nest and that you don't see that very often.  I got my good camera with the telephoto lens and discovered she wasn't sitting on eggs, she had babies up there and was feeding them.