Normally when you think of the desert you think of blah brown rock, sand, and prickly cactus. My favorite part of going in the spring is seeing the beautiful flowers that actually bloom off of those painful looking things!
And even more amazing than those pretty flowers are the baby owls! The mama owl lays her eggs in this huge cactus right on the side of the road every year and it is so cool to see these big little eyes peeking out over the top! Everytime we drove by there were people set up with there tripods and zoom lenses to capture this awesome sight. Of course I had neither of those but I did my best to keep a steady hand and got as close as I could. When we were getting in the car we saw the mama owl watching us carefully from the roof nearby. The craziest part is where she chose to make her nest...not out in the middle of the desert but on a main road through the neighborhood! We are all sure glad she did though...it is always one of the highlights of our trip!
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