Mark's Scenic Arizona

Arizona Trail = March 28, 2009

An out-and-back hike starting from Reavis Canyon Road

Butterflies, lizards and my third rattler of the year

Almost to the top
That's the road we traveled up
That's what the road is like
What's around the corner?
Must go through ravine down the middle
Road goes through ravine at left
Blind corner with drop off on left
Much steeper than it looks
Dropping down 150' and back up the other side
AZ Trail - Start of our hike
Variable Checkerspot?
Still trying to find what kind of butterfly
Weidemeyer's Admiral butterfly
Another Variable Checkerspot?
Fulvia Checkerspot butterfly
Variable Checkerspot again?
Hanging upside down
Weidemeyer's Admiral butterfly
Mating Admiral(?) butterflies
Common Buckeye missing part of it's wings
Another unidentified butterfly
Mourning dove eggs
Male Common sideblotched lizard
Male Common sideblotched lizard
Male Common sideblotched lizard
Ornate Tree Lizard who lost his tail
Ornate Tree Lizard
Agave growing out of dead tree
So-far nameless four-winged butterfly
Bird dropping smiley face?
Lavender butterflies
Snapped this as rattler was heading into brush
Coiled after making it to safety
He held position after I lifted his body with a stick
With stick in left hand & camera in right...
Yellow Paper Wasp
Road runs through wash
Picketpost Mountain
Picketpost Mountain

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