Bosque del Apache Snow geese and Sandhills, Nov. 18.

Bosque del Apache, November.

 Snow goose snowstorm, 11/17.

 Sandhill cranes dropping in.

Sunset at Bosque pond, 11/17.

Critters at Cochise Stronghold.

 Granite(?) Spiny lizard, 11/15.

Javelina,11/15.

Cochise Stronghold, Arizona.

 View east from Cochise Stronghold, 11/14.

 Coral bean.

 Butterflies in November!11/14.

Wild grasses.

El Golfo de Santa Clara, Sonora.

 Murre? skull.

 Lizard tracks in the dunes, 11/10.

 Western or Clark's grebe.

 Hundreds of caterpillars eating the flush of plants from the first winter rains.

The blooming desert, 11/11.

Into Sonora, to El Golfo de Santa Clara.

 Flat-tailed horned lizard, El Golfo, 11/8.

 Badlands at El Golfo.

 Eroding cliffs at El Golfo, 11/9.

Sand dollars.

Around Yuma.

 Ocotillo with fresh flush of leaves, 11/5.

 Beetle tracks, Gila Mtns.

 Side-blotched lizard, Kofa Mtns.,11/6.

Castle Dome Mtns.

The road to Yuma, Arizona.

 Ripe dates at Palmdale, 11/3.

 Gila River at Yuma, 11/4.

 Black-crowned night heron, Gila R., Yuma.

The Colorado River at Yuma, 11/5.

Changing latitudes and seasons. North to south in November.

 Sandhill cranes at their wintering grounds in the Uvas Valley, southwest NM, 11/2.

 A mantis on the side of the highway near Benson, AZ., 11/3.

 Desert campsite, near Eagletail Mtns. AZ.

A late blooming shrub, 11/3.

Going south, leaving too soon.

 Quarteles, 10/30.

 My favorite cottonwood, Canyon Rd., Santa Fe. This year left unpainted, 11/1.

Alameda cottonwood, 11/1.

Last looks, moving south, October's end.

 Pilar morning.

 Male Kingfisher, Pilar.

 Portal, 10/30. The road south.

Velarde, 10/30.

Leaving the canyon, Oct. 30th.

 Rio gold, Rinconada, 10/30.

 Leaving too soon, 10/30.

 Finale!

Embudo Station, 10/30.

Beauty all around. October's finale.

 Pueblo Peak, 10/29.

 Rinconada, 10/30.

 Sopyn's peach orchard, 10/30.

Truchas, El Salto, El Valle views.

 Truchas Ridge, 10/22.

 El Valle, 10/22.

 Penasco pear tree,10/23.

 El Salto road, 10/23.

Truchas Peaks, 10/25.