Russ
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Short ride 2/22/12
Needed to go pick up the laundry in Palo Verde this morning so I took Bubba and the camera along.
The old road out:
BigOly what are these birds?
Washed out old road
Drag for new road. It's ready for repairs I think
A trail I took
And found the abandoned tomato farm
[Edited on 2-23-2012 by Russ]
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BajaBlanca
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I just love the red of desert flowers.
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jbcoug
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Can't help with the birds, but the plant with red flowers is a Euphorbia sp., often called Crown of Thorns. That sure was a lot of square footage to
grow tomatoes. What happened? Thanks for sharing your photos, I really enjoy them. Wish I could fit in the occaisional trip to the laundry that was
that interesting and beautiful.
John
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shari
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the red flower bush is Palo Adan I believe...and the pronghorn antelopes favorite snack! things sure are greening up there eh!
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Russ
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That was my first look at the tomato plant. Since the funds ran out many visitors have gone in and borrowed stuff. This is a huge complex with
housing, warehouses, the whole meal deal. But alas, no power to the site and certainly not enough water for such a huge operation in this area.
I thought the red flower bush was an ocatillo. If not what does the ocatillo look like?
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Mula
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Shari is right - that is a Palo Adan. It has branches sprouting from branches.
The Ocatillo has all long branches sprouting from the trunk and not from the branches.
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BigOly
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Morning Russ, first bird is a logger-head Shrike. The black one is a Phainopepla. Nice shots.
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Russ
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Thanks all for the ID's
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Thanks for the tour ... interesting stuff, just walking around .. thanks.
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Bajamatic
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eerie place that abandoned farm.
yuletide
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajamatic
eerie place that abandoned farm. |
Dreamers and schemers
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