Met a noisy friend hiking in the Mecca Hills of Chuckwalla National Momument yesterday #socal #SonoranDesert #TravelBloggersCommunity

Ooh. Not to be outdone, the desert willow is now blooming. Spring is wonderful in the #SonoranDesert.

Hanging out with the ancestors in what the Tohono O’odham call Yellow Month. #sonorandesert #tucson #arizona #oodham

From my walk yesterday. Spring in the Sonoran Desert. Music by Daniela Mlcuchova
#sonorandesert #flowers #cacti

#rattlesnake #sonorandesert #tucsonaz #wildlife

There was a massive rainfall at the beginning of this year. It brought flooding to the desert.

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This prickly cactus is shaped like spiked elbow macaroni with magenta flowers rising from its curves.

Acacia is yellow and looks like tiny bottle brushes.

Scared datura is a giant trumpet-like flower without any petals - one continuous flow like an 1800s belle skirt.

A two-armed saguaro buddies up to a blooming ocotillo, with its medusa-like, twiggy branches.

For those who think the desert is "dead" and worth sacrificing to foreign mining ... this is just along ONE portion of the wash near my house. #SonoranDesert 1) Hedgehog #cactus 2) #Acacia 3) Sacred #Datura 4) iconic #saguaro and #ocotillo

A yard on a corner, in the heart of town, is scruffy but colorful and civic minded.

A corner slice of our small, scruffy, piece of the #SonoranDesert 🏜️
#Scape
#Tucson

Photo of a desert landscape with a large Palo Verde trees in full bloom with pale yellow flowers. Slightly cloudy sky and pinnacle peak in the far background. Photo taken by Jenifer Hanen, msjen.com, on Saturday March 28, 2026 outside of Parker. AZ.

Happy Easter!

A week ago Saturday, we went on a drive out Shea Road along the wash outside of Parker, Arizona to go searching for big blooming Palo Verde trees. This one was lovely.

#Easter #PaloVerde #SonoranDesert #Arizona
#Photography

These guys welcome you at Saguaro National Park.

#saguaronationalpark #arizona #sonorandesert #wanderlust #travel

The hill behind our house is covered in yellow-blooming palo verdes with saguaros reaching toward a sky that looks like pink popcorn from the sunset lighting a sheet of broken-up clouds beneath.

Our gorgeous #SonoranDesert sunset last night. Blooming #paloverdes create a magical touch.

stinknet and saguaro

Pretty, no? A shame they're #invasive. Stinknet, native to South Africa. They really do stink, too. Taken in Apache Junction #Arizona
#photography #ecology #sonorandesert #bloomscrolling #darktable

two Eschscholzia californica flowers and seedpod

Mexican gold poppies. Taken at Oracle State Park

Do we have a hashtag for when there are bugs in the photo you didn't see when you took it? #photoBugBombing #arthropodSurprise

#photography #Arizona #nightphotography #bloomscrolling #darktable #spider #sonorandesert

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#cactus #cacti #Sonora #SonoranDesert #California #Mexico #desert #art #curator #ArtCurator #hallway #home #house #wow

If you missed our last speaker series of the 2025-2026 season, you can now watch the recording on our YouTube channel (@centralazconservationalliance) 😀🎉

🌱 Watch here: https://youtu.be/UKLMig3iduE 

#AZ #Arizona #SonoranDesert #Conservation #Wildfire #InvasiveSpecies

Lightning storm over saguaro cacti, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, United States

Lightning storm over saguaro cacti, Sonoran Desert, Arizona, United States
© Jack Dykinga/Nature Picture Library
#UnitedStates #Arizona #photography #SonoranDesert

I am also suffering from allergies. Choosing to live in the #SonoranDesert
is unfortunate for me as I am severely allergic to our beautiful native trees, the Mesquite and Palo Verde.
🫤🤧

South Mountain Park and Preserve, 9 Mile Trail run loop to Goat Hill Peak. 8 miles, 1,500 feet of elevation gain. #nature #sonorandesert

Sonoran Desert landscape with mature barrel cacti clustered on rocky ground, saguaro cacti and mountains in background under blue sky

Mature Fishhook barrel cactus viewed from above showing dense red-pink hooked spines radiating from center

Close-up of curved red and white spines on mature barrel cactus, showing distinctive fish hook shape

Detailed view of barrel cactus areoles with red central spines and white radial spines, woolly texture visible

Remember that baby cactus? This is what it grows into. Aging like a fine wine that won't get you hooked — unless you count the depth of texture. Same cactus, different decade. #Cactus #NaturePhotography #DesertPhotography #SonoranDesert #CactusLove #Ferocactus #DesertLife

Mark your calendars for March 28th! The AZ Native Plant Society will be hosting a *free* native plant garden tour 🌵 Learn all about the very special plants of AZ from experts and maybe get some inspo for your yard 🤩

#AZ #Arizona #SonoranDesert #Conservation #NativePlants

It's already baby season in the #SonoranDesert. This is a canyon #towhee being fed by mama. Volume up!

Always cracks me up when baby #birds can clearly eat on their own, but let mama do it for them.

Costa’s Hummingbird in Ocotillo

Costa’s Hummingbird in Ocotillo

Verdin in Ironwood

Costa’s Hummingbird on Ocotillo

Went out to Ironwood Forest National Monument this morning. Not alot of birds or blooms, but there was a nice Ocotillo attracting Costa’s hummingbirds and a Verdin in an Ironwood tree. Also found petroglyphs and pot shards. #tucson #sonorandesert #birds

#WILDFLOWERS
#SONORANDESERT
#SaguaroNatlMntEast
ENJOY A TOUCH OF SPRING!
Love To All🥰💕🌵🌹☮️💟
Today will be our peaceful day💙

This area of Henderson Canyon during a bloom is arguably the most popular attraction of Anza-Borrego State Park. (continued...)

#photography #anzaborrego #coloradodesert #sonorandesert #clouds #cloudscape #mountains #landscape #landscapephotography #desert #desertphotography #flowers #wildflowers

Flowery day at Joshua Tree National Park CA. #publiclands #MojaveDesert #SonoranDesert

Sunlight filtering through some ocotillo and saguaro. #Ocotillo #saguaro #SonoranDesert #ArizonaTrail #landscapes #photography

A shot of the head of Camelback Mountain, in Phoenix, Arizona, with a bright blue sky above that has wispy clouds strewn through it. There are two different types of tall palm trees in the foreground, along with some other trees, and a brown colored castle is visible in the middle of the shot.

The head of the camel of Camelback Mountain, with a glimpse of the Copenhaver Castle tucked into the middle of the shot.

#MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday #BlueSky #Arizona #Phoenix #Scottsdale #SonoranDesert #Southwest #Scape #Photography

A close-up photograph of yellow desert sunflowers blooming in the landscape of Anza Borrego Desert State Park. Rain can be seen falling in the background.

Desert sunflowers on a rainy morning at Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California.

#sandiego #flowers #wildflowers #superbloom #anzaborregodesertstatepark #borregosprings #california #southerncalifornia #landscape #macro #photography #photographer #desert #nature #sonorandesert #color #flower

A photograph of a desert sunflower sprouting from dry, cracked mud at Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California. Clouds light up at sunrise above mountains in the background.

Desert Sunflowers at sunrise in Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California.

#anzaborregodesertstatepark #desert #california #sandiego #borregosprings #landscape #flowers #wildflowers #sunrise #photography #photographer #southerncalifornia #blooms #blooming #sonorandesert #plants #nature

Mountain Spirit
Work in progress

#desert #azart #smallartist #sonorandesert #arizonaartist