A black-throated sparrow on a branch at Flat Cat Canyon.

A black-throated sparrow from Flat Cat Canyon (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A California quail on an ocotillo branch.

A California quail on an ocotillo at Borrego Palm Canyon (Sicco Rood).

A raven chases a cottontail rabbit at the Reserve. The bunny got away (Photos: Sicco Rood).

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Northern mockingbird on branch.

Northern mockingbird at Flat Cat Canyon (04-05-26).

Flame skimmer on a twig.

Flame skimmer on twig.

A flame skimmer in Borrego Palm Canyon last Sunday.

Sure, I'll put it on Fine Art America and will get back to you with the link tomorrow.

A desert iguana standing in partial shade.

A desert iguana near Flat Cat Canyon this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Purple desert hairy verbena flowers visible from space during their peak Sentinel-2 satellite imagery.

Purple desert hairy verbena flowers were visible from space during their peak around 02/09/26. Photo: Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. Sarah Payne, a visiting researcher who stayed at the Reserve used ENVI to make the colors more visible through a process called Band Mapping.

Wile E. Coyote sitting on a chair contemplating in front of the full moon.

Someone in the previous post asked why the roadrunner was not being chased by the coyote... It appears Wile E. Coyote was still in the Borrego Badlands absorbed in contemplation (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A roadrunner was observed running north (away from the heat perhaps) in the clouds. Snow capped mountains in the background.

A roadrunner was observed running north (away from the heat perhaps) in the clouds. West of Bishop, CA last week (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A hillside with flowers from the "flash" bloom with a dirt road running through it.

A hillside with flowers from the "flash" bloom (2-6-26).

Tough prairie sunflowers on a dune in the Borrego Badlands

The record breaking March heatwave continued with a high of 106F yesterday recorded at the official ABDSP park headquarters weather station. Some hardy plants on the desert floor (like these prairie sunflowers on a dune in the Borrego Badlands) have not yet dried up from the heat.

Borrego Badlands with early sunlight last Saturday.

Temps reached a high of 106F today at Anza-Borrego Desert Park HQ (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Bristly Langloisia with a lot of flowers growing out of bare sand.

Desert broomrape with a few remaining flowers.

Bristly Langloisia and a crab spider holding onto a fly in an Orcutt's woody aster flower

Orcutt's woody aster flower dried up.

Bristly Langloisia and a crab spider with lunch in an Orcutt's woody aster flower in the Borrego Badlands last Saturday (Photos: Sicco Rood).

Desert verbena and brown-eyed primroses growing out of sandy soil at sunset

Flowers are rapidly disappearing on the desert floor with this heatwave. Some hardy ones can still be found though like these desert verbena and brown-eyed primroses at sunset (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Ewe on rock

Ewe and lamb on rock surrounded by ocotillos

Moon behind rocky slope with ocotillos

A bighorn ewe and lamb above the Reserve last week (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Clouds and sun partially obscured and ocotillo in front

Cloud cover coming south from Baja created this moody sunrise this morning over Anza-Borrego Desert (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Ca tree frog on wet rock

maidenhair fern

desert dandelions and palm log

Roadrunner on old palm log , brittlebushes flowering in foreground.

A few more photos from Borrego Palm Canyon last Sunday, including a California tree frog on a rock near maidenhair ferns, and a roadrunner on a washed down California native fan palm trunk (Photos: Sicco Rood).

Common side-blotched lizard looking at viewer on a rock

Common side-blotched lizard looking at viewer on a rock

Common side-blotched lizard in Borrego Palm Canyon last Sunday (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A queen butterfly on a brittlebush flower.

Queen butterfly on a brittlebush flower in Borrego Palm Canyon last Sunday (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Monday's hazy moonrise with a silhouette of a barely-hanging-on dune evening primrose.

Monday's hazy moonrise over the Borrego Badlands as seen by this barely-hanging-on dune evening primrose (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Yes, they smell great!

Flowering desert lily growing out of hard packed sand surrounded by rocks at sunset.

Another flowering desert lily at sunset Wednesday evening (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A roadrunner holds a stick in it's bill for nest building in one of the native California Fan Palms out front.

A roadrunner couple at the Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center has begun the work of nest building in one of the native California Fan Palms out front (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Flowering desert lily underneath yesterday's spectacular sunset lenticular clouds. The lily sits on bare compact soil with rocks.

Flowering desert lily underneath yesterday's sunset lenticular clouds (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Desert dandelion up close

Desert dandelion flower field in front of Toro Peak, with ocotillo on the right

Desert dandelion flower up close

A desert dandelion flower field bounced back from a full day of sun with snow-capped Toro Peak (8716 ft) in the background (Photos: Sicco Rood).

Borrego Palm Canyon at sunrise with palms in front and snow above 4000 feet.

Borrego Palm Canyon even more impressive with snow at higher elevations (2/19/26).

The Reserve and Research Center with snow-capped Toro Peak in the background this morning.

The Reserve with snow-capped Toro Peak in the background this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A solitary dune evening primrose weathered these storms and winds, yet still "stands tall" in front of snow covered San Ysidro Mountain in the west this morning.

A solitary dune evening primrose weathered these storms and winds, yet still "stands tall" in front of snow covered San Ysidro Mountain in the west (Photo: Sicco Rood).