Could this be Tucson?? This is a floodplain, though there is no water flowing in the wash,
and things are pretty green and humid here thanks to what locals call the monsoons,
a rainy, humid period that last about a month and a half.
In a couple more weeks the skies will be clear and blue.
And here is the dry, though muddy wash (riverbed).
Aren't the mountains great?!
This is a big, gross lizard we saw, about 14 in. long!
During a hike we were able to coax this tarantula out of his hole,
our legs were shaking after that!
and things are pretty green and humid here thanks to what locals call the monsoons,
a rainy, humid period that last about a month and a half.
In a couple more weeks the skies will be clear and blue.
And here is the dry, though muddy wash (riverbed).Aren't the mountains great?!
This is a big, gross lizard we saw, about 14 in. long!
During a hike we were able to coax this tarantula out of his hole,
our legs were shaking after that!
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Ewwwww...snakes. Maybe I won't come visit you, after all.
I know Michaela! There are supposed to be lots of them here, but so far we have only seen lizards.
That is no joke about the abundance of rattlesnakes. In the warm daytime, they usually are in some type of shade (vegetation, holes, and under rocks), except on cloudy and cooler days they will come out into the sunshine to warm-up their 'cold-blooded' bodies. Beware at dusk, because they start to come out to feed on rodents, lizards, & birds; and they stay out all night in the warm months until the sun gets too hot.
In cool weather they'll be in warmer locations and be out in the daytime to feed and get warm in the sun.
Each of you would be wise to keep long walking stick with you and to poke aroung the areas ahead of you as you walk. I did this the year I spent as a field biologist with the Forest Service in AZ and roused quite a few rattlers.
That was a collared lizard. Their head and body total about 4.5 inches, but with the tail, the record length is 14 inches.
lu, Mom Cogar
Here's a link to an even grosser looking lizard - the chuckwalla.
http://www.desertusa.com/sept96/du_chuckwalla.html
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