July 20th
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 Sunset colors |
 It was quite buggy out! |
 Saguaro Sunset |
 I was taking a closer look at the water on the grass and I saw this tiny fella Some sort of hopper |
 A tiny tiny spider |
 Tarantula in burrow |
 The hairs! |
 A spider munching on an ant. I believe it is a kind of wolf spider |
 Another bigger wolf spider |
 BIG Tarantula! Beautiful dark black legs. Appears to be a "Oklahoma Brown" |
 He was an active one, running to and fro. |
 Another wolf spider. I like their helmets. |
 Woah what do we have here? Some unmoving mass of fur in the middle of the trail? Could that be a skunk? I throw a twig. No movement. Is it alive? |
 I walk closer and start talking to him. He moves! Its a skunk! A common hog-nosed skunk! He's alive! Although man, he looks in bad shape. Dirty and groggy. Either he was in some major deep sleep, had a major hang over, or he just got the crap beat out of him. |
 But this guy was cool. Very mellow. This picture is from about 6 feet away. He would flinch a little when the flash would go off and seemed to be a bit anxious if I thought about moving closer than 6 feet so I backed off and talked to him some more. I told him he was cool, I would find another way And then he walked into some tall grass next to the trail, so I walked by I was about 4 feet away! Woot! What a nice guy. Hope he is ok. This story brought to you by your friendly neighborhood skunk! |
 Another tarantula! This guy was a bit smaller though. |
 But still a catch. I believe this is a Desert Blonde |
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