I saw this interesting "fellow" while I was hiking to a hot
springs in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The Ostrich is the
largest bird and this this one weighed over 200 pounds.
They can easily outrun anyone so we tried not to upset him.
He was very curious but was very nervous and didn't hold still
very long.
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Morning light on Bougainville flowers in Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico.
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Door from Old Town Mazatlan, Mexico. Old Town is known for
its interesting architecture.
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Sunrise over the Panama Canal seen from the Atlantic side of the
Canal.
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La Paz Waterfall, Costa Rica
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First tulips of the season, Scottsdale Arizona
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This Alligator Juniper tree is part of the Cypress Family.
This very large and very old tree is found on the Barnhardt
hiking trail above 4,000 feet about 15 miles from Payson,
Arizona. Some of these trees can be 4 feet in diameter.
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Daffodil bloomed in our backyard window box
in Scottsdale Arizona.
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A seldom seen Crested Saguaro Cactus. This Crested Saguaro
is near Cave Creek Trail #4, South of Seven Springs. You must
hike two miles from the trailhead to see the cactus and then
climb about 500 feet up a steep mountain to get close enough to
see the detail of the cactus.
According to the Saguaro National Park in Southern Arizona, only
one Saguaro cactus in 250,000 is crested.
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Water fall, Cave Creek, Arizona
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A small portion of the fifteen-mile stretch of the rugged Na
Pali Coastline on the North West shore of Kauai island,
Hawaii. Na Pali literally means "the Cliffs" in Hawaiian.
Shown here is the red dirt cliffs at Awa,awapuhi. Much of
the coast is inaccessible because of the way the cliffs drop
straight down into the ocean.
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Sunset on Phoenix Mountains Preserve Trail #100.
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US Flag as seen from US transport ship as it was leaving the USS
Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
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Butterfly at the Phoenix Botanical Garden.
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Yellow Columbine, from the Buttercup family, at the Phoenix
Botanical Garden.
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Swallowtail Butterfly at the Phoenix Botanical Garden.
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Red Rocks of Sedona, Arizona. Looking West from Vultee
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Prickly Pear cactus at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden
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Sunset on Phoenix Mountains Preserve Trail #100.
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Butterfly at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden
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Geese at sunrise on a lake in Papago Park in Phoenix.
Papago has a rich modern history as an Indian Reservation,
National Monument, WWII Concentration Camp, Military Reserve
Base, and since 1959, a public park.
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Butterfly at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden.
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Sunset on Phoenix Mountains Preserve Trail #100.
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Butterfly at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden.
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