by Rich Leighton | May 4, 2018 | American Southwest, Interesting Nature Facts, Landscape, Natural History, Texas
Big Bend National Park is located at the northern end of the Chihuahuan Desert. The Chihuahuan desert is the wettest of the four North American deserts, though it rarely receives more than 10 inches of rainfall. The rainy season in the desert is usually from mid-July...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 9, 2017 | American Southwest, Mammals, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel, Utah
I was hiking through the hills in Southern Utah in April when in the early evening I came upon a large band of about thirty individual desert bighorn sheep, including other rams, ewes, and lambs. It took me many hours of stalking and staying put to get this close for...
by Rich Leighton | Aug 8, 2016 | Arizona, Birds, Herps, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Reptiles, Travel
My last trip out to Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, I was adamant about finding the United States’ only venomous lizard – the gila monster. I wasn’t going to leave until I found one and got it on camera. Unfortunately, my luck was terrible and I...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 8, 2016 | NANP, Native Orchids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Washington
Imagine my surprise a few days ago as I was wandering through the dry, hot sagebrush desert of Central Washington State in rural northern Grant County flipping rocks in search or scorpions, spiders and reptiles to photograph when at the edge of a series of lakes there...
by Rich Leighton | Sep 29, 2015 | American Southwest, Arizona, Birds, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography
One of the many pleasure on my last visit to Southern Arizona was seeing the Chihuahuan raven in its natural habitat. I didn’t even have to go look for it, this one found me and watched me for about 30 minutes! Slightly smaller than other raven species found...
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