2012-12 Big Bend National Park

Chisos Basin Road View

Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Phainopepla

Phainopepla nitens - record shot from very far away.

Sam Nail Ranch, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Adobe Ruins

Sam Nail Ranch, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Parry's Agave

Agave parryi parryi

Sam Nail Ranch, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Turk's Head Cactus

Echinocactus horizonthalonius

Mule Ears Viewpoint, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Strawberry Cactus

Echinocereus enneacanthus

Mule Ears Viewpoint, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Santa Elena Canyon

Santa Elena Canyon Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Santa Elena Canyon

Santa Elena Canyon Trail, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Sublett's Stone House

Castolon, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Chisos Mountains

Castolon, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Steam Engine

Castolon, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Steam Engine

Dealer Plate

Castolon, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Castolon Peak

Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Mule Ears Peaks

I used to backpack in the area of the peaks.

Mule Ears Viewpoint, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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View

Mule Ears Viewpoint, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Goat Mountain

Mule Ears Viewpoint, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Purple Prickly Pear

Opuntia macrocentra

Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Cholla

Grusonia specie

Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Carousel Mountain

Sotol Vista Overlook, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Green Sotol

Dasylirion liophyllum

Sotol Vista Overlook, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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View

Sotol Vista Overlook, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Vernon Baily Peak

Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Ward Mountain

Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Window, Chisos Mountains

The Window pouroff is located in a notch between the massive peak on the left and the pointed peak on the right.

Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Wooly Paperflower

Psilostrophe tagetina

Grapevine Hills, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Rocks

Very chunky, fragmented hillside.

Grapevine Hills, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Grapevine Hills Trail

Looking back on the trail we have walked so far.

Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Rock

Interesting layers.

Grapevine Hills, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Rock Wren

Salpinctes obsoletus - record photo, not very good.

Grapevine Hills, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Rocks

The Rock Wren is on the right side of the photo.

Grapevine Hills, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Balancing Rock

The walk to see this rock is a bit long, but interesting along the way.

Grapevine Hills, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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View

We are headed back to the trail head and vehicle.

Grapevine Hills, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Evening Hillside

Grapevine Hills, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Sunset, The Window

Chisos Mountains Basin, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 7, 2012

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Bobcat

Lynx rufus

Rio Grande Village, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 8, 2012

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Bobcat

Lynx rufus

Rio Grande Village, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 8, 2012

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Greater Roadrunner

Geococcyx californianus

Rio Grande Village, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 8, 2012

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Greater Roadrunner

Geococcyx californianus - fluffed for the morning sun.

Rio Grande Village, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 8, 2012

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Greater Roadrunner

Geococcyx californianus - in the final stage of swallowing a lizard.  The tail is visible in the beak.

Rio Grande Village, Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 8, 2012

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Chisos Mountains

Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 8, 2012

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Opuntia rufida & Chisos Mountains

Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 8, 2012

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Kevin

Our UK friend who lives in a lush valley in Yorkshire.  What does he think of the desert?

Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 8, 2012

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Chisos Mountains

Big Bend National Park, Texas, December 8, 2012

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