Sonoran Desert...

...teems with life. Birds, raptors, songbirds, waterfowl, wading birds, you name it show up, sometimes in mind-boggling large numbers where suitable habitat exists.

Rock Wren's are constant companions in nearly every rock pile.

Desert bighorn sheep, mule and whitetail (Coues) deer, javelina, coyote, gray fox, bobcat and mountain lion, while not easy to find, are nonetheless common enough sightings are not all that rare. For example, Shawn's Brittany, Zoie, treed a large bobcat and saw a couple others (both smaller) over the course of this season's quail hunt. I got a fleeting glimpse of one (all widely separated by the way) one the last days of season.

Smaller mammals such as this antelope ground squirrel can be seen scurrying about nearly everywhere.

Naturally all pale in comparison when the dogs uncover this guy...