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#4 from my "Memories of Tucson" Series
Mt Lemmon Scenic Byway is the only paved road that leads to the upper reaches of Mt. Lemmon and the Santa Catalina Range. It is one of the most scenic drives in southeast Arizona. It provides access to a fascinating land of great vistas, outlandish rockscapes, cool mountain forests and deep canyons spilling out onto broad deserts. Because the road starts in the Lower Sonoran vegetative life zone and climbs to the high forests of the Canadian zone, it offers the biological equivalent of driving from the deserts of Mexico to the forests of Canada in a short stretch of 27 miles. Here you'll find plants and animals and geology that exhibit some of the most wide-ranging natural diversity to be found in any area of comparable size in the continental United States.
As you drive up the mountain, every turn seems to reveal something new. In some places that may be a community of trees, shrubs, and wildflowers different from the one just around the previous curve. In others, it may be a new gallery of natural rock sculptures even more impossibly perched than the last, or a broader panorama that stretches in an entirely different direction than the one that caused you to stop and snap a photo just a few moments before.
www.go-arizona.com/Mt-Lemmon-Scenic-Byway/
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Daryl Knarr
Knarr Photography
The snow is above 6000 feet, about 1.8 kilometers above sea level.
I shot this from central Tucson in the valley. Tucson's elevation is 2000 feet, about 0.61 kilometers above sea level.
Leaves of Southwestern coral bean. Each triangular leaf is actually a leaflet, part of a group of three. On the Mt. Lemmon highway north of Tucson.
As we drove up Mount Lemmon along the Catalina Highway in Tucson, AZ, we passed through five ecosystems of this beautiful forest. Desert scrub became stands of Saguaro cacti, blending into a deciduous forest, which then morphed in pine groves, then finally to small scraggly bushes that sprang up from rock as we rose above the tree line. Wonderful!
Mount Lemmon is a very wonderful place to capture some great views near Tucson Arizona.
The most popular spot on the mountain is Windy Point Vista which offers an expansive view of the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains.
As everyone's attention was on watching the sun setting over the foothills, I turned around and noticed the eastern sky took on this muted pink hue.
Thank you for having a look, wishing you a wonderful day ahead!
Had a great trip to SEAZ. It had been 9 years since I was out there during Spring migration. The first two days we devoted to warblers on Mt Lemmon. We had 14 warbler species the whole trip, including all the local breeders. The only possible usual western warbler we missed was a migrating MacG1llivray's.
Mount Lemmon. Arizona.
This was the first of four warblers we photographed on Mount Lemmon our first morning there. The other three I have already posted here. We had good weather which helped. Even though it had been nine years since I was there that knowledge helped a lot in knowing where to look and my extensive experience with the eastern warblers did translate well. The Townsend's which hit this same perch was a remarkable bonus. I was gratified to get the other three in song. Also we were fortunate to stop just once for each of these warblers (three different locations) to get our images. It was a great morning.
With every shoot I ask myself three questions. 1) What did I do well? 2) What did I learn? 3) What can I do better based on that 'next' time?
What I could have done better was background management. However given the location and the position of the sun the options were limited and we had so many targets and so little time in comparison! So given a future opportunity with this species on breeding grounds I have a plan.
Mt. Lemmon. We were working with a Grace's Warb1er and suprisingly this handsome migrant followed him to the perch.
Mt. Lemmon. SEAZ.
Migration was delayed in SEAZ this year with marked decreases in numbers of singing warblers found compared to my last trip at the same time nine years ago. This was the most common warbler we found at the higher elevations but thankfully we still found and photographed all our target warblers.
Not as high as the Rockies or the Alps, the Santa Catalina Mountains near Tucson, AZ, still provide an imposing spectacle after a heavy snowfall.
#3 from my "Memories of Tucson" Series
Mt Lemmon Scenic Byway is the only paved road that leads to the upper reaches of Mt. Lemmon and the Santa Catalina Range. It is one of the most scenic drives in southeast Arizona. It provides access to a fascinating land of great vistas, outlandish rockscapes, cool mountain forests and deep canyons spilling out onto broad deserts. Because the road starts in the Lower Sonoran vegetative life zone and climbs to the high forests of the Canadian zone, it offers the biological equivalent of driving from the deserts of Mexico to the forests of Canada in a short stretch of 27 miles. Here you'll find plants and animals and geology that exhibit some of the most wide-ranging natural diversity to be found in any area of comparable size in the continental United States.
As you drive up the mountain, every turn seems to reveal something new. In some places that may be a community of trees, shrubs, and wildflowers different from the one just around the previous curve. In others, it may be a new gallery of natural rock sculptures even more impossibly perched than the last, or a broader panorama that stretches in an entirely different direction than the one that caused you to stop and snap a photo just a few moments before.
www.go-arizona.com/Mt-Lemmon-Scenic-Byway/
Knarr Gallery
Daryl Knarr
Knarr Photography
Adult female/first spring male plumage.
Mount Lemmon. Arizona. 5/2/2016.
Fully mature adult males have a deep orange face instead of the yellow tones.
Taken in Arizona with my friend Greg McCown. No monsoon storms were popping so he took me to one of his favorite haunts. I'll tell you this, it is a strange environment up there. Cactus and Hoodoos living together high up above the city lights of Tucson. It was otherworldly.
Scouting out my neighborhood for a scenic vista for fire sky sunrises and sunsets as well as thunderstorms and lightning, I found this locale that more than meets my requirements (about 2.5 miles from my house). Mt Lemmon (elevation 9157' @ center) is 12.2 miles away.
However, the Arizona-Sonora Desert setting in full of dangerous wildlife, such as Mojave Rattle and Arizona Coral snakes, coyote, Javelina (Tayassu tajacu) also known as collared peccary, Bark Scorpion, Tarantula Hawk (wasp), etc.
When I took this panorama, a pack of coyotes was no more than 250 feet from me and my car. My two Border Collies after hearing these predators, literally flew into the car and I was right behind them.
So as with everything, I will be taking the necessary precautions and plan to get the most exciting images possible. Stay tuned. The monsoon is expected to intensify during the 2nd half of July!
Picture of the Day x 3
I didn't realize this would be my last visit to Mount Lemmon...for months! Pretty sure this cactus was in the path of the fire. I hope it survived as it was a beauty!
After struggling to photograph this bird on the feeder, he finally perched in good light in a more natural setting for just long enough to get this perfect shot.
Note: This shot got featured on the front page of EBird!
Largest of the hummingbird species that nest in the United States, ranging between 4.4-5.0 inches in size. These birds will mob predatory birds as big as Northern Goshawks, sometimes working cooperatively to drive away the predator.
Mount Lemmon, Tucson, Pima County, AZ
Tiny, thumbnail-sized leafhoppers. They tap into a plant's xylem fluid for food and every day drink immense quantities of it. In regards to their name, one possible theory is that it refers to the rapid firing of liquid waste from their rear end similar to the rapid firing of a sharpshooter.
This is another high elevation species of the extreme southwestern United States and a real challenge to get down at eye level.
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Taken with Impossible Project Color Round Frame Film for SX-70
Always a treat to drive to the top of scenic Mount Lemmon in Tucson. Views around every corner. Love the shadows and light that the late afternoon brings. To me scenes like this speak to a loving Creator who blesses us in so many ways. Here are a few more photos from that day: flic.kr/p/2pKgaAR and flic.kr/p/2pKhpxy .
After posting this photo on EBird and asking for some ratings it blew up to 29 five star ratings to become the top photo of the species! Thanks everyone! You can see it here: ebird.org/species/brthum. What I loved so much about this shot is the details, the color of the bird, and the warm lighting.