This blog post is going to put the wraps on Arizona, a trip that ended April 17, 2017.

This photo is of an unidentified lizard hanging out in a parking lot island where we stayed just outside Tucson for our last couple of nights in Arizona.

While I’m on the subject of unidentified species, here’s a flycatcher working the same parking lot as the lizard.

These Cactus wrens both had nests and were bringing food to young.

My big find was a grouping of grasses which attracted a male Lazuli bunting.  Until I posted this I had assumed that I was photographing a single male over two days, but after viewing these photos I’m inclined too believe that I actually photographed more than one male.  The male was a steady customer and I have many really good photos of it in the grasses and in the immediate area.  

I’ll depart Arizona with one last photo of a Cactus wren.

I’ve been spending substantial time in the yard lately but unless something really interesting appears I’ll be on to Central Texas next (late April, 2017).