Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

Location Description

31 photos

Catherine with a "baby" saguaro at the Arizona-Sonora...
Another cactus mutation that occurs every 200,000...
Dislocations occur in the ribs of the cactus (sorry,...
Teddy bear cactus: so cute and so cuddly.
A very pretty little bird, the species of which I cannot...
Not the awesomest of pictures, but it shows a bit of the...
Truly baby saguaros.
Thirty year old saguaro in a pot. I would like one of these.
Turns out that a cactus is not actually a cactus unless...
Mr. Falcon says hello.
Ms. Roadrunner is sitting on her nest.
Butterfly. One of the ways to distinguish a butterfly...
River otters. So very, very cute.
I'm not sure what this animal is.
Big-horned sheep. As John pointed out, however, they...
Unhappy pacing wolves.
The black bears just laid there, asleep.
So did the mountain lion.
John apparently no like the organ pipe cactus he...
A furry old-man cactus.
Porcupine cacti.
More fur.
An ocatillo. NOT a cactus.
The big-horned sheep came down from their rock and...
Very cute little beasts, these were.
A joshua tree. Not native to the area, but still neat to see.
In the walk-in aviary. These little mice had no fear.
Neither did the birds.
A Harris Hawk during the raptor free flight at the...
We are still in debates as to whether these birds are...
"What good is a woodpecker if he doesn't peck wood?" -...