![We had dinner with Jill and Carla the night before, then walked Dead Horse Ranch State Park our first full day in Arizona.
Plant is possibly:
tanseyleaf tanseyaster,
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917629.564xXovD.jpg) DSC_1779b.JPGWe had dinner with Jill and Carla the night before, then walked Dead Horse Ranch State Park our first full day in Arizona.
Plant is possibly:
tanseyleaf tanseyaster,
Machaeranthera tanacetifolia |
![Wildflowers in Dead Horse Ranch State Park near Cottonwood, AZ
Salsola sp.,
Russian thistle](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917630.Ho4bcRUZ.jpg) DSC_1783b.JPGWildflowers in Dead Horse Ranch State Park near Cottonwood, AZ
Salsola sp.,
Russian thistle |
![American Coot
On a pond at Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917631.rSsjUvFz.jpg) DSC_1790b.JPGAmerican Coot
On a pond at Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ |
![Raven
Flying over Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917632.BvNIYiYD.jpg) DSC_1792b.JPGRaven
Flying over Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ |
![DSC_1802b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766139.oQiOSGDy.jpg) DSC_1802b.jpg |
![Flower with Honeybee
Datura sp.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917634.judzLfwd.jpg) DSC_1820b.JPGFlower with Honeybee
Datura sp. |
![Flowering bush.
Salsola sp.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919636.aqcdhtVO.jpg) IMG_0395b.JPGFlowering bush.
Salsola sp. |
![Interesting flowering bush.
Salsola sp.](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919637.hmdV2XDQ.jpg) IMG_0396b.JPGInteresting flowering bush.
Salsola sp. |
![Habitat](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919638.06E5ceTt.jpg) IMG_0397b.JPGHabitat |
![Habitat](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919639.dWckaovE.jpg) IMG_0400b.JPGHabitat |
![Steve looking for a Verdin](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919640.2qL2aTcw.jpg) IMG_0404b.JPGSteve looking for a Verdin |
![Habitat](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919641.qX0YfSn7.jpg) IMG_0405b.JPGHabitat |
![Habitat](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919642.jxnf5aBk.jpg) IMG_0406b.JPGHabitat |
![Yellow grasshopper on wildflower](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919643.tZZw4W8I.jpg) IMG_0418b.JPGYellow grasshopper on wildflower |
![Beetle
Eleodes suturalis](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917635.ApsJgJZn.jpg) DSC_1828b.JPGBeetle
Eleodes suturalis |
![DSC_1853b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766140.3GDxMRAE.jpg) DSC_1853b.jpg |
![DSC_1855b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766141.SlXGfYDW.jpg) DSC_1855b.jpg |
![DSC_1872b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766142.Pzg92Ez9.jpg) DSC_1872b.jpg |
![DSC_1873b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766143.OpoZXA6k.jpg) DSC_1873b.jpg |
![DSC_1876b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766144.jKBIlNUz.jpg) DSC_1876b.jpg |
![Mary beside big cottonwood tree in Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917640.PwJH2OBG.jpg) DSC_1879b.JPGMary beside big cottonwood tree in Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ |
![Mary in the cottonwood](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919645.t4KCImJP.jpg) IMG_0423b.JPGMary in the cottonwood |
![Mary in front of a big cottonwood tree](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919644.q9Teb6pd.jpg) IMG_0422b.JPGMary in front of a big cottonwood tree |
![Mary at Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917671.J9khbH3g.jpg) DSC_2029b.JPGMary at Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ |
![Steve on the path at Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919635.d1AMxefr.jpg) IMG_0389b.JPGSteve on the path at Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ |
![Another picturesque tree](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919646.4Qqg01A7.jpg) IMG_0424b.JPGAnother picturesque tree |
![Yellow wildflower
Evening Primrose
Oenothera sp.
Probably Oenothera elata](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917641.Zq06cbbv.jpg) DSC_1880b.JPGYellow wildflower
Evening Primrose
Oenothera sp.
Probably Oenothera elata
|
![DSC_1881b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766145.x0hpYACu.jpg) DSC_1881b.jpg |
![DSC_1883b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766146.ydRh04zQ.jpg) DSC_1883b.jpg |
![DSC_1894b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766147.gTyPCaFC.jpg) DSC_1894b.jpg |
![DSC_1898b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766148.2fRY53Jg.jpg) DSC_1898b.jpg |
![DSC_1903b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766149.2ZPhGih1.jpg) DSC_1903b.jpg |
![DSC_1979b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766164.VatZw2mG.jpg) DSC_1979b.jpg |
![DSC_1921b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766151.XHW1slBc.jpg) DSC_1921b.jpg |
![DSC_1932b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766152.kivuyQnu.jpg) DSC_1932b.jpg |
![DSC_1934b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766153.sn3x4dSw.jpg) DSC_1934b.jpg |
![DSC_1938b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766154.WGPSUOgC.jpg) DSC_1938b.jpg |
![DSC_1949b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766155.79QSNocz.jpg) DSC_1949b.jpg |
![DSC_1951b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766156.FbIhjf23.jpg) DSC_1951b.jpg |
![DSC_1954b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766157.hpy3yYO5.jpg) DSC_1954b.jpg |
![DSC_1957b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766158.2QnwnUVL.jpg) DSC_1957b.jpg |
![DSC_1913b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766150.mKHTi4cS.jpg) DSC_1913b.jpg |
![DSC_1960b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766159.Ocw0t1tG.jpg) DSC_1960b.jpg |
![DSC_1961b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766160.buVG76rn.jpg) DSC_1961b.jpg |
![DSC_1966b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766161.1v2piHlP.jpg) DSC_1966b.jpg |
![DSC_1973b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766162.61IWXvBx.jpg) DSC_1973b.jpg |
![DSC_1977b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/o11/05/982805/1/168766163.CEBADLsq.DSC_1977b.jpg) DSC_1977b.jpg |
![DSC_1986b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766165.92qGuKnZ.jpg) DSC_1986b.jpg |
![DSC_2055b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766171.1rNKF8ct.jpg) DSC_2055b.jpg |
![DSC_2056b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766172.C5D3xvCI.jpg) DSC_2056b.jpg |
![DSC_2057b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766173.5kUJ1D3n.jpg) DSC_2057b.jpg |
![DSC_2058b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766174.HIPsVgl1.jpg) DSC_2058b.jpg |
![DSC_2059b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766175.Jbb5RrOk.jpg) DSC_2059b.jpg |
![DSC_1988b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766166.o7pGFuQr.jpg) DSC_1988b.jpg |
![DSC_2001b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766167.2fUSYt2Z.jpg) DSC_2001b.jpg |
![DSC_2006b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766168.FpNsZgM4.jpg) DSC_2006b.jpg |
![DSC_2025b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766169.VoPjJW7h.jpg) DSC_2025b.jpg |
![American Coots](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917672.mMVfz7s3.jpg) DSC_2032b.JPGAmerican Coots |
![Habitat at Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917673.0mSFgUPz.jpg) DSC_2045b.JPGHabitat at Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ |
![Common Raven](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917675.wCGExIQp.jpg) DSC_2063b.JPGCommon Raven |
![Habitat at Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917676.tgw7Llg8.jpg) DSC_2066b.JPGHabitat at Dead Horse Ranch State Park, AZ |
![Wildflowers
golden crownbeard,
Verbesina encelioides](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917677.rGYkIzkD.jpg) DSC_2073b.JPGWildflowers
golden crownbeard,
Verbesina encelioides |
![Picturesque tree](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917678.mTKwnlBG.jpg) DSC_2074b.JPGPicturesque tree |
![Quince-type fruit](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917679.1iG9A2Nb.jpg) DSC_2077b.JPGQuince-type fruit |
![A pair of American Kestrels sitting atop a highway sign outside of Cottonwood, AZ](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917680.tzW5YaN7.jpg) DSC_2079b.JPGA pair of American Kestrels sitting atop a highway sign outside of Cottonwood, AZ |
![DSC_2085b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766179.l4KdRfxM.jpg) DSC_2085b.jpg |
![DSC_2087b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766180.PUScBZVD.jpg) DSC_2087b.jpg |
![American Kestrel and Greater Roadrunner sitting on the sign for the Coconino National Forest, AZ](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158917682.7r1dSN2W.jpg) DSC_2088b.JPGAmerican Kestrel and Greater Roadrunner sitting on the sign for the Coconino National Forest, AZ |
![DSC_2103b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766181.RatOsQgw.jpg) DSC_2103b.jpg |
![DSC_2104b.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g11/05/982805/3/168766182.8M8KTVHu.jpg) DSC_2104b.jpg |
![A colorful VW bus, probably in Jerome, AZ](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919647.diw6d7fV.jpg) IMG_0432b.JPGA colorful VW bus, probably in Jerome, AZ |
![A colorful yard, also probably in Jerome, AZ](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919648.7SjQ6JVD.jpg) IMG_0434b.JPGA colorful yard, also probably in Jerome, AZ |
![A green front yard in Jerome, AZ](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919649.jnIcJqxy.jpg) IMG_0435b.JPGA green front yard in Jerome, AZ |
![Pink flamingos with a twist](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919650.VMbkc3x7.jpg) IMG_0436b.JPGPink flamingos with a twist |
![Pink flamingos in disguise](https://a4.pbase.com/g9/05/982805/3/158919651.0YoV5KJa.jpg) IMG_0437b.JPGPink flamingos in disguise |