{"id":176,"date":"2012-05-24T11:13:35","date_gmt":"2012-05-24T18:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/mscblog\/?p=176"},"modified":"2012-05-24T11:13:35","modified_gmt":"2012-05-24T18:13:35","slug":"spotted-in-the-north-preserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/mscblog\/spotted-in-the-north-preserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotted in The North Preserve"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are a lot of exciting things going on in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve<\/a><\/strong> at the moment! The Tom’s Thumb Trailhead is well on it’s way and is going to be a spectacular starting point to several new trails. I eagerly await the new Marcus Landslide Trail but did you know there is now a new trail to Rock Knob?! In my capacity as a Steward and with my various permits in hand, I hiked it several times last week with hopes of documenting reptiles, flora, mammals and birds. Here is what I found this past week and the weeks since my last post:
\nREPTILES<\/strong>
\nMy most exciting find was just a few days ago on the Rock Knob Trail when this guy came walking toward me.<\/p>\n

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Gila Monster on Rock Knob Trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Western Patch-Nose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Diamondback<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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4ft Coachwhip<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nBIRDS<\/strong>
\nBird photography is my latest passion. I knew it would be difficult but I underestimated just how hard it is to get a clear shot of a bird. Most of the time, birds are too far away but even if they are closer, you have to be very fast or they are gone before you can capture them. I was able to document some, though. Here are my favorites.<\/p>\n
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Cactus Wren and Loggerhead Shrike<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Loggerhead Shrike and Fledgelings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Black-headed Grossbeak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are a lot of exciting things going on in the McDowell Sonoran Preserve at the moment! The Tom’s Thumb Trailhead is well on it’s way and is going to be a spectacular starting point to several new trails. I eagerly await the new Marcus Landslide Trail but did you know there is now a … Continue reading Spotted in The North Preserve<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,5,3,32,4,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/mscblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/mscblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/mscblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/mscblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/mscblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=176"}],"version-history":[{"count":48,"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/mscblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":232,"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/mscblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/176\/revisions\/232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/mscblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/mscblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ezpixels.com\/mscblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}