openspacer: Panoche Road
openspacer: Surrounded by brown hills
openspacer: Finding gypsum crystals next to Panoche Road.
openspacer: Finding gypsum crystals next to Panoche Road.
openspacer: Finding gypsum crystals next to Panoche Road.
openspacer: Finding gypsum crystals next to Panoche Road.
openspacer: Dipodomys sp. KANGAROO RAT
openspacer: Creek crossing, Panoche Road
openspacer: Atriplex sp. SALTBUSH
openspacer: Atriplex sp. SALTBUSH
openspacer: A very well camouflaged moth.
openspacer: Getting some mesquite beans
openspacer: Red tailed hawk in Prosopis sp. MESQUITE.
openspacer: Red tailed hawk in Prosopis sp. MESQUITE.
openspacer: The ranch owner gave us permission to walk on the property.
openspacer: Lots of hay.
openspacer: The ranch still has cattle.
openspacer: Looking for snakes
openspacer: Lifting rocks to search for snakes underneath.
openspacer: Pepsis sp. TARANTULA HAWK WASP
openspacer: Unidentified red bug
openspacer: Aesculus californica, CALIFORNIA BUCKEYE
openspacer: Eriogonum sp. BUCKWHEAT provides a bright splash of color
openspacer: Eriogonum sp. BUCKWHEAT provides a bright splash of color
openspacer: Lichen-covered rock
openspacer: Lichen-covered rock
openspacer: Dry creek, Panoche Valley.
openspacer: Pica nuttalli, YELLOW-BILLED MAGPIE
openspacer: Sayornis saya, SAY'S PHOEBE.
openspacer: Sayornis saya, SAY'S PHOEBE.