Harris Hawk & Bald eagle fledgling

 Harris Hawk

Bald eagle fledgling

Desert Tortoise & Shovel-nosed snake

 Desert Tortoise in his cave

Shovel-nosed snake

A sampling of AZ encounters

 Bald eagle fledgling.

 Great horned owl and chick.

 Gambel's quail.

 A tent visitor.

 Sonoran whipsnake (dead on rd.)

 Gila monster.

Texas horned lizard on the Mogollon Rim.

More Arizona catch-up

I heard an shrill cry, and there under a cholla was this large Gopher snake coiled around a still struggling young cottontail.