The Friends of Ironwood Forest Spring 2013 Newsletter including The Saguaro, Sonoran Desert Icon: Its Status and Outlook by Bill Thornton and A Flood of Memories on an Arid Homestead about the Lord's Ranch.
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Page 2 from Saguaro National Monument, Arizona - Natural History Handbook Series No. 4.
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Cover Page from Saguaro National Monument, Arizona - Natural History Handbook Series No. 4.
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Cover Page from Friends of Ironwood Forest Newsletter - Spring 2013.
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Fall Color in Posta Quemada Canyon.
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Saguaro and Sunset.
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Smoke over the Tucson Valley.
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Great Horned Owl on Saguaro 01.
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Sunset.
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Saguaro Flower near the Linda Vista Trail.
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Saguaro Fruit 01.
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Peaking Thru.
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The unusually prominent side blooms this year are the result of drought/stress on the Saguaros.
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In an Small Canyon.
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A Saguaro Flower near the Linda Vista Trails earlier in the month!
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Desert Stream 01.
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Exposed.
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Set of Three.
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Blooming Ironwood and Saguaro 02.
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Reaching Arms.
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Leaving the Nest.
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Saguaro into the Sky.
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Saguaro Ribs.
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Fall Color with Saguaros in the Background.
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Great Horned Owl on Saguaro 02.
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Red Canyon Walls.
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Looking over Whillock Ranch Land towards Wasson Peak.
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Late In the Day Near the Arizona Trail Pistol Hill Trailhead.
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Open Saguaro Fruit.
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Sombrero Peak from Panther Peak.
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Agua Caliente Hill.
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Against a Fading Sky.
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Curve-billed Thrasher and Saguaro 01.
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Saguaro Fruit 02.
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Under the Cottonwoods in Colossal Cave Mountain Park - amazing insect buzz, fallen husks and color up high in the trees!
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Sun and Saguaro in the Picture Rocks Area.
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Saguaros and Cloud Break Light.
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Watery Sky.
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Saguaros.
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On the day I visited the cliff house the structures themselves didn't seem nearly as interesting as simply taking in the view and wondering about living in this spot 1000 years ago.
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Bee Hunter.
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Saguaro Flowers and Bees 02.
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Fallen Over the Trash.
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Silverbell Saguaros Oddities 02.
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Colossal Cave Mountain Park.
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Saguaro Flowers.
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Saguaro.
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Fallen Saguaro.
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Saguaro Flowers and Bees 01.
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Silverbell Saguaros Oddities 04.
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Saguaros and Storm Clouds.
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Saguaro in Ironwood Forest National Monument.
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Sentinel Butte.
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Giant.
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Ironwood Saguaro Cholla and Creosote.
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View From Pink Hill - see '2023 November Pink Hill Pano' for a similar view from 10 years later!
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Water and Saguaros.
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Curve-billed Thrasher and Saguaro 02.
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Amid the Blooms.
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Saguaros and Mountains in the Distance.
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No longer functional but at one point was fed by a windmill upcanyon.
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Forgotten Days.
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A Favorite Bend.
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A Rainbow for the New Year.
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Ragged Top from the slopes of Malpais Hill.
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Blooming Ironwood in the Samaniego Hills.
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Fallen and Flooded.
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Curve-billed Thrasher and Saguaro 04.
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The Silver Bell Mine is visible on the right side of the photo.
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Pool and Cloudy Skies.
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Saguaro.
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Arm.
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On the path up to the Lower Cliff Dwelling.
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An old board lays in the canyon bottom with a spot of red strangely close to the fading desert cotton.
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Sun and Saguaro below Ragged Top.
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After the Rain.
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Saguaro and Grass.
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Mesquite and Saguaro.
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Many Suns.
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No name, no history I can find - perfect.
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Nice view - looks like I bumped the car (I had just set the camera on the hood) during this shot, but I liked it too much to delete it!
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End of a Stormy Day.
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Agua Verde Creek, Flowers, Saguaros and Clouds.
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Last Season.
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Interesting Saguaro.
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Milky Way and Fireflies from Garwood Dam.
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Saguaro Fruit near Silver Bell Road.
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Saguaros Above a Small Canyon.
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Dos Titos from Agua Dulce Road.
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Blemish.
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Close to Sunset near Gates Pass.
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Top Boot.
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Snowy Prickly Pear.
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Thrasher on a Saguaro with Samaniego Ridge in the Background.
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New and Old Giants.
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Rocky Canyon.
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Clouds Bending Around Saguaro.
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Saguaro National Park Sunset.
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Rock, Tree, Saguaro.
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Reflected Saguaros.
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Sun over the Tucson Mountains.
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Rincon Valley Giant.
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Bighorn Sheep in the Samaniego Hills.
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Saguaro and Cloud Break Light.
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Saguaros 02.
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Small Pool.
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Silverbell Saguaros Oddities 03.
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Saguaros In the Storm.
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Silverbell Saguaros Oddities 01.
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Last Light below the Cat Mountain Ridge.
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Reaching.
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Hail Accumulating in a small Wash.
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Saguaro and Grey Skies.
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Forked Saguaro and Canyon.
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A Saguaro filled landscape below with Newman Peak (light) and Picacho Peak (dark) in the distance.
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Saguaro and Desert Cotton.
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Blooming Ironwood and Saguaro.
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Saguaro Flowers.
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Connectors.
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Canyon Scene.
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Pool.
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Curve-billed Thrasher and Saguaro 03.
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An unusual day with the fog in the Rincon Foothills lasting into mid-day.
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Great Horned Owl on Saguaro 03.
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Blooming Ironwoods, Saguaro Flowers and Petroglyphs in Ironwood Forest National Monument.
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Photos from Agua Dulce Road in Ironwood Forest National Monument with some information on Lord's Ranch.
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Ending 2022 in smaller places...
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