Flower Power in Arizona
With all the rain we have had during the last few weeks, the results are an amazing palette of wildflowers popping up all over the state. The ideal way to experience the desert lupines and purple owl clover is firsthand on a wildlife hike. Here are a few of my favorites.
Bajada Trail – South Mountain Park, Phoenix
In the heart of metropolitan Phoenix, South Mountain provides desert marigolds, brittlebush, globe mallows and Mexican gold poppies. The Bajada Trail is an easy to moderate two...
March 9th, 2010 | Heather Wright Schlichting | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: hikes, Phoenix, Tucson, wildflowers
The M25 – an unexpected wildlife haven
... near London – an equivalent of the Eden Project.
For the time being, though, the butterflies and other insects will be heading for the wildflowers of the M25.
Photo by Jason Rogers on flickr
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August 12th, 2009 | Andrea Kirkby | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: butterfly world, m25, wildflower meadow, wildflowers
Out of Vegas: Trekking Iowa
... with a deer resting on the ground a football field away and listen to the song of the meadow birds calling each to each. Stumble on a drift of wildflowers in the shadowy dappled sunlight of the woods or cross one of the numerous streams sparkling in the sun. Iowa’s beauty isn’t spectacular, but it is amazingly lovely.
Lynn and Alexander Goya are exploring Iowa for the upcoming book, Easy Hikes Iowa City, Cedar Rapids and Cedar Falls/Waterloo, by Falcon Press, due spring 2010.
Photo courtesy...
June 10th, 2009 | Lynn Goya | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Iowa, Scenic & Short Trips, state parks, Tours, trails, wildflowers
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