The Colorado Dessert

In March we went to see the wild flowers in the Anza Borrego State Park! It was beautiful! In Coyote Canyon the ground was just covered in flowers!

The yellow is Dessert Dandelion, the other two I am not sure!




This is a Dessert Lily, they were really beautiful!!

This an Ocotillo tree, they only have leaves during the rainy season, and of course flowers only if all the conditions are right!!

Ocotillo leaves!

Brittlebush.

I LOVED this flower, so delicate compared to most desert flowers! I think this is the Desert Mallow!

Not sure about this one...

Beavertail Cactus.

This is half way up Palm Canyon!

Male California Quail, it was fun to tell the kids this is the Calif. state bird!

Another one, there was actually a couple but I was not fast enough to get the female!

Barrel Cactus!

The ocotillo's flowers!

Teddybear Cholla.

I thought this was a type of sage, but I can not find it in my field guide!

I thought this was just beautiful!! It is a Fairy Duster, in the pea family! Funny hu!!

We got this great book, Cactus Desert check it out!

If you ever have the chance to see the desert in bloom TAKE IT!!!!!