Flowers and Birds, Orilla Verde Posted On: May 31, 2019 By: Steve Miller Filed Under: Nature Tagged In: blazgreen hedgehog cactus, blazing star, claret cup, globemallow, prickly pear, spotted towhee, Western kingbird Springtime on the Rio Grande Flowers and Birds, Orilla Verde. The remarkable bloom continues. Kathy and I walked around Orilla Verde Recreation Area (Rio Grande del Norte National Monument) for a while a couple of days ago, to see what was new. As for the cacti: the green and claret cup hedgehogs can still be found in the shadier spots, the yucca are running riot and the prickly pear is starting up. Green hedgehog Cjaret cup hedgehog Read More…
Spring Flowers, #4 Posted On: May 29, 2019 By: Steve Miller Filed Under: Nature Tagged In: evening primrose, goldfish, hedgehog cactus, maravilla, mariposa lily, prickly pear, rinconada, yucca Spring Flowers, #4. The hedgehogs have stopped flowering, but the yuccas are still out, and the prickly pear are beginning. Kathy and I took a walk up the dirt road that starts out on the hilltop just east of Rinconada. This road parallels the dry wash seen in an earlier post: “Rinconada Scenery”, and provides a view of the top of the Chimney, a tower of soft sedimentary rock that sits at the head of the drainage shown in that prior post. The top of the Chimney Evening primrose Read More…