Desert Willows are some of the only flowers still blossoming in this 100 plus degree heat while The Desert Waits for rain. Taken 6-3-10.
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A journal about nature, birds and wildlife in Sycamore Canyon of the Scenic Santa Ritas Mountains in Corona de Tucson, including birding in the Tucson area. "Hold fast to your dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly." Langston Hughes
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- Kathie Brown
- Waldoboro, Maine, United States
- Hello! My name is Kathie and I am a passionate eBirder. I first started documenting the bird species I was seeing in Sycamore Canyon, a neighborhood in Corona de Tucson, Arizona in 2007. In 2008 I started my first blog. Since then I have moved several times and I now bird all over the United States. I submit all of these sightings to a program called eBird administered by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. I hope you enjoy your visit here to Kathie's Birds, and will visit my other blogs, Sycamore Canyon, Sycamore Canyon Birds, and Kathie's Poet Tree! I was also a guest contributor on Birding is Fun until it retired in 2015. All material on these blogs is copyrighted by Kathiesbirds. If you would like to use any work of mine, please email me at Kathiesbirds AT gmail DOT com
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11 comments:
Beautiful photo! I took some pics of the smoke tree blossoms and the red bird of paradise.
Nice to see something blooming in that heat.
oh wildlife so near! a beautiful place you have there!
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fickle
Skywatch at Taman Dasau Desa>
I love this pink flower. very beautiful...
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Gorgeous blooms and a perfect sky! Awesome photo, Kathie!
This is lovely, and I thank you for sharing Desert Willows with skywatchers.
To be able to display such lively color in such scorching heat is a testament to Mother Nature.
Fabulous new hair style Mrs A-B.
I can't believe that these seemingly fragile flowers are still blooming in that heat.
I've never seen one before. What a delicate flower, does it have a scent?
thank you everyone for your comments!
In answer to your question, Arija, yes, they do have a lovely and delicate fragrance that perfumes the night air. It attracts nectar feeding moths at night. The flowers also come in different colors on different trees from light pink to a deep wine or purple.
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