Monday, September 14, 2015

Palm Desert, CA ~ The Living Desert

Today's plans included a visit to The Living Desert.  This is a zoo and botanical gardens. Jim, Dawn and I visited here in 2013. I loved the numbers of butterflies and was excited to go again.  I suggested that I go off on my own and just join up with everyone later.  I was disappointed in the butterflies as there numbers were very low but I was told that the temperatures need to be cooler before the butterflies return.  Since we are here almost 2 weeks earlier I guess that makes sense.  It was 111 degrees when we arrived on 9/11.  I was happy to get great looks at a close Bewick's Wren and some Costa's Hummingbirds.

Queen Butterfly

Orange Sulphur

Bewick's Wren


















Costa's Hummingbird







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