Flora and Fauna of The Azure Gate Bed and Breakfast

The Black Headed Grosbeak is an occasional visitor to The Azure Gate. Often he comes around in the Spring and Fall but usually only stays for a couple of days and then is off -- either to the mountain ranges for the summer or south for the winter.

Black Headed Grosbeak Male

Black Headed Grosbeak Female

Flora and Fauna of The Azure Gate Bed and Breakfast

We have a wide variety of cactus, agaves, and aloes along with desert trees such as the palo verde, mesquite, desert willow, eucalyptus etc. Spring is incredible colorful with all in bloom. But the last to bloom -- and usually not until August is the barrel cactus. Here is a Fishhook Barrel Cactus in bloom:

Fishhook Barrel Cactus