2014-04 Big Bend National Park

  • Pitaya
    Pitaya
    Echiocereus enneacanthus
    Dugout Wells, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 17, 2014
    2014-04-17#1183
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Brown-spine Prickly Pear
    Brown-spine Prickly Pear
    Opuntia phaeacantha
    Dugout Wells, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 17, 2014
    2014-04-17#8960
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blind Prickly Pear
    Blind Prickly Pear
    Opuntia rufida
    Dugout Wells, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 17, 2014
    2014-04-17#8967
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Queen
    Queen
    Danaus gilippus
    Dugout Wells, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 17, 2014
    2014-04-17#1189
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chisos Mountains
    Chisos Mountains
    Dugout Wells, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 17, 2014
    2014-04-17#8969
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Blind Prickly Pear
    Blind Prickly Pear
    Opuntia rufida
    Dugout Wells, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 17, 2014
    2014-04-17#8971
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Lost Mine Peak
    Lost Mine Peak
    Basin Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 17, 2014
    2014-04-17#8975
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Casa Grande
    Casa Grande
    Basin Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 17, 2014
    2014-04-17#8978
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cactus Wrens
    Cactus Wrens
    Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus - at nest.
    Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 17, 2014
    2014-04-17#1203
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Cactus Wrens
    Cactus Wrens
    Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus - at nest.
    Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 17, 2014
    2014-04-17#1212
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Sunset
    Sunset
    Chisos Basin, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 17, 2014
    2014-04-17#8984
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Chisos Mountains & Clouds
    Chisos Mountains & Clouds
    Thankfully, Debbie spotted this photo opportunity.
    Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#8993
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pink Prickly Poppy
    Pink Prickly Poppy
    Argemone chisosensis
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#8995
    Larry L. Jackson
  • White Prickly Poppy
    White Prickly Poppy
    Argemone albiflora texana
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9000
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Desert Willow
    Desert Willow
    Chilopsis linearis
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9003
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Beaked Yucca
    Beaked Yucca
    Yucca rostrata - with a bloom spike.
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9005
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Big Bend Dog Cholla
    Big Bend Dog Cholla
    Grusonia densispina
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9008
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Scalloped Hillside
    Scalloped Hillside
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9012
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Calcite Veins in Clay
    Calcite Veins in Clay
    The harder Calcite erodes more slowly than the clay, leaving this pattern.
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9020
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pink Prickly Poppy
    Pink Prickly Poppy
    Argemone chisosensis
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9024
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Pink Prickly Poppy
    Pink Prickly Poppy
    Argemone chisosensis - with 4 bees.
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9027
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Mariscal Mine
    Mariscal Mine
    Ruins of a Mercury mine.
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9033
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dry Stack Rock House
    Dry Stack Rock House
    Residence of some of the miners.
    Mariscal Mine, River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9034
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Window View, Dry Stack Rock House
    Window View, Dry Stack Rock House
    Looking toward the Chisos Mountains.
    Mariscal Mine, River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9037
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Dry Stack Rock House
    Dry Stack Rock House
    Mariscal Mine, River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9040
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Elephant Tusk
    Elephant Tusk
    I used to backpack in the vicinity of the peak, but the road in is very difficult.
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9041
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Shrub Daisy
    Shrub Daisy
    I haven't identified this flower.
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9044
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Shrub Daisy
    Shrub Daisy
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9045
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Bladder Sage
    Bladder Sage
    Salazaria mexicana
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9046
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Desert Marigold
    Desert Marigold
    Baileya multiradiata
    River Road, Big Bend National Park, Texas, April 18, 2014
    2014-04-18#9047
    Larry L. Jackson