Kaibab National Forest – Flora & Fauna
“There can be no doubt that the existing Fauna and Flora is but the last term of a long series of equally numerous contemporary species, which have succeeded one another, by the slow and gradual substitution of species for species, in the vast interval of time which has elapsed between the deposition of the earliest fossiliferous strata and the present day.”
– Thomas Henry Huxley, The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century
Prickly Pear (Opuntia)
Thread Agave (Agave filifera)
Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa)
Circle of Life
Odd Partners
Compare and Contrast
Prickly Pear (Opuntia)
Leaning Right
Young and Old
Alligator Juniper (Juniperus deppeana)
Scarlet Hedgehog Cactus or Needle-Spined Claret Cup (Echinocereus coccineus)
Maricopa Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex maricopa ) Mound
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) – male
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) – male
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) – female
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
Desert Stink Beetle (Eleodes spp.) in downward-facing dog position.
