Saguaro National Park has an East Side and a West Side. The East side is larger and has many more trails. The Saguaros are older and have more "arms" (fire on the West Side some 90 years ago). Since the East Side of Saguaro Park is just five - ten minutes from us, it's the one we go to. We had a very early "continental" breakfast the other day, so went out to the park for a hike after breakfast (round 7:00 am). What a delight! We were first met (on the Shantz Trail) by three large Black Tailed Jackrabbits. They delighted us with their antics for a good 10-12 minutes. They were interested in eating the pods from a less common species of Mesquite Tree (red pods). So, they would stand on hind legs to reach the pods. Every once in a while they would wander around -- or, chase each other around.
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| Black Tailed Jackrabbit getting Mesquite Pods |
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| Here's another one. |
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| One was sitting by a Saguaro which I thought made a good picture. |
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| As I was snapping photos, another one came running right in front of my camera. |
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| This one I just had to add. It shows the difficulty sometimes in Wildlife photography -- same with sports photography -- of getting the moving target in the frame. What a great --- okay --- ALMOST great photo, though. |
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