
I treat badgers like I treat rattlesnakes: carefully and with respect.

Pretty little ball of energy. Does anyone know what kind of hummingbird this is?

Rufous hummingbird? That orange! When it turned its (his?) head even slightly away, that glittering orange completely disappeared.

Did someone mention rattlesnakes? … Carefully … and with respect. 🙂
Not all from the same day or same areas of Disappointment Valley.
In big news: We’ve had rain! Finally, Mother Nature is shedding some tears of pity over us, and Tuesday night, there was (I think) pretty widespread rain over the valley. Because of intermittent rain throughout the day (!), I didn’t make it into Spring Creek Basin, but I look forward to soon documenting the run of water through Spring Creek. Hallelujah!