Two barrel cacti and a young saguaro
beneath a creosote bush
Staghorn Cholla
Another kind of prickly pear
Saguaros dominate the landscape; they can only
be found here in the Sonoran Desert. The holes you see have been pecked into
the saguaros by birds (Gila woodpeckers and Gilded Flickers), who build their
nests inside.
Altar to the Virgin Mary at the base
of a saguaro
Saguaro spines up close and personal!
Barrel Cactus close-ups. The spines are in the
shape of fishhooks:
