Next stop - WHY in Arizona

 Thursday morning we packed up and moved further 

on to a small town called: WHY (Arizona). The roads were lined with a lot of flowers.

Wild Lupines along the highway

 Searching out online I found a page from AZDOT where there was information that this is made on purpose. Between 1980 and 1993 they planted a lot of native seeds. 

More about this in the following 

Link: Sowing-seeds-beautiful-highways

Globe mallow, Penstemon and Brittle Bush

Crossing the flood swollen Gila River, near Buckeye, AZ

Lots of flowers after the rainfalls

Rain brought out the green colours in the desert

Ajo, AZ Church "Immaculate Conception"

Driving through Ajo, AZ we recognized this small church from our last visit in the area in 2012.

Nearby "Why", AZ there is a BLM area where we can stay  up to 14 days. We visited this area 11 years ago and I am glad that I get another chance. 

Now I can go looking for different birds around here.

The rain has made the desert incredibly green and lots of birds were busy in the shrubbery. While walking only a short while right before sunset and in the early morning I found:

Phainopepla, Mockingbirds, Black-throated Sparrows and a Lincoln's Sparrow

Phainopepla, male

Phainopepla, female

Mockingbird

Black-throated Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Don't read further if you hate snakes!

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I got a photo of a beautiful Ornate Tree Lizard 

that was waiving good-bye at me before we left our spot in Quartzsite. 

Ornate Tree Lizard, including tail up to 21 inches long (55 cm))

Bye-bye!