A desert path lined with cacti and sparse vegetation, leading to a group of people gathered in the distance. The background features mountains under a clear blue sky with wispy clouds. A shaded area is visible in the foreground.

Waiting for the raptor free flight at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Used to not have cell service this far into the park. It’s really not a museum. It’s a zoo that has all the plants and critters you find in the Sonora Desert. They do have some museum […]

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Two Museums Outside of Tucson Arizone Arizona, Museum, Tucson, Sonora-Desert, Titan Missile, history, nature, zoo, botanic garden

Museums near Tucson AZ
#Tucson #AZ #Museums #history #nature #titanmissles #sonoradesert #zoo #botanicalgarden #desertmuseum #coldwar

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#caracaracrested #falcon
#arizonahighways #desertmuseum

Invasive Plant Volunteer Events

February is 🌵“Save Our Saguaros” 🌵month here in Tucson. There will be events around town starting this Friday 2/6. I’ll be helping at the #DesertMuseum hosted event on A-Mountain on Sat 2/7. You can sign up to help through the Desert Museum website. #tucson

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Wulfinite

Got a few nice minerals yesterday at the #desertmuseum “Rockin Minerals” sale. These are Wulfenite crystals. Wulfenite is the state mineral of Arizona. #macro The actual size is about 2” long.

One of the fabulous murals with native plants in the city

Organ pipe cactus at the Desert Museum with my hubs😍

Walking down Sabino Canyon

Saguaros in Sabino at moonrise

A year ago we were in Tucson. It's so very different from Michigan, but amazingly beautiful just the same. I'll miss the saguaros #carnegieagigantea this year and all the wonderful culture and murals in the city. And the FOOD😋 #nativeplants #sabinocanyon #travel #desertmuseum #TucsonArizona #mural

Dot the Otter at the #desertmuseum always makes me happy😀 Kinda reminds me of #westies - Always happy to see people. #tucson

Harris Hawk.

Harris Hawk

Raven

Great Horned Owl.

Took a photography 📸 class at the #DesertMuseum today. The class included access to the “Raptor Free Flight” rehearsal. Got some great rare practice photographing flying 🦅 birds. Harris Hawks, Chihuahuan Raven, Great Horned Owl. The public demonstration is highly recommended. #tucson #birds #arizona

#wingedbeauty #harrishawk #raptor #desertmuseum #arizonahighways

Phainopepla on yucca

Soaptree Yucca, Phainopepla and the waning gibbous moon this morning at the Desert Museum. #tucson #moon #desertmuseum #sonorandesert

Strawberry the black bear. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. #arizona #tucson #desertmuseum

Prairie Falcon, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona.

#photography #raptors #birds #falcon #southwest #desertmuseum #arizona #tucson

Great Horned Owl, raptor free-flight show, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona

#photography #raptors #birds #owls #southwest #desertmuseum #arizona #tucson

Spring! Either it means flowers are starting to bloom or your allergies are exploding. Maybe both!

#arizonasonora #desertmuseum #flower #spring #photography #nature

The news these days is mostly bad/absurd, so here's a bird eating some watermelon

📍Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

#tucson #arizona #desertmuseum #bird #photography #sortawildlife #birb

Flowers that like to stab

📍Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

#cactusflowers #arizona #flowers #nature #photography #desertmuseum #tucson

#arizona #desertmuseum #pictureart

In search of many corms

#arizonasonoradesertmuseum #desertmuseum #tucson #arizona #bird #photography

Harris's Hawk at Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum.

#Parabuteounicinctus #harrishawk #desertmuseum #raptors

Our BorderLens/SW new exhibit opens this Friday at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum @desertmuseum Baldwin Gallery with a reception from 3-5. I’m grateful to have 3 images in the exhibit along 16 of our collective’s talented artists. #borderlenssw #desertmuseum #desertmuseumarts #tucsonphotographer

Blooming cactus - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
#blooms #desert #desertmuseum #flowers #nature

I met these baby tortoises at school
Science night last night and ‘bout lost my shit LOOK
HOW LEEEETLE #desertmuseum