Along the way

Classic Sonoran Desert. Saguaro, organ pipe, senita, cholla, prickly pear, hedgehog, and barrel cactus, creosote, ocotillo, agave, ironwood, cat claw acacia, mesquite, and palo verde, inhabited by gambel’s quail, mourning doves, inca doves, anna’s and costa’s hummingbirds, gila woodpecker, verdin, cactus wren, black tailed gnatcatcher, mockingbird, curvebilled thrasher, abert’s towhee, and lesser goldfinch.