Anza-Borrego DRC

University of California, Irvine Steele/Burnand Anza-Borrego Desert Research Center. Located in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park - Borrego Springs, CA

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One of the juvenile long-eared owls in the park (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Full moonrise over Borrego yesterday evening (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Looking towards Fonts Point and Travelers Peak at sunrise earlier this month.

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Hazy sunrise above Travelers Peak on Monday(Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Saguaros in Ca natively grow only in the eastern corner of the state along the AZ border. Somehow this individual is doing great without being artificially watered (there is one more within the park boundary, but that is a homestead memorial) (Photos: Sicco Rood).

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A prairie sunflower on 1-20-26 (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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A full moon above an ocotillo last Thursday (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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@robertsantosvo Yes thanks! Yes, in the middle of the park.

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Long-eared owl with 2 nestlings (Video: Sicco Rood).

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Lenticular clouds timelapse and sunset from mid-March this year. Toro Peak in the far distance (Video: Sicco Rood).

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View of Mescal Bajada this morning with Golden Pacific Powerlink 500-kV high-voltage transmission line. These towers will cut through the middle of Anza-Borrego Desert (if this SDGE plan is executed).

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@JimS2022 Not on this hike but did see a sidewinder last week in the evening crossing the street near the reserve.

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A nameless canyon near Rattlesnake Canyon yesterday afternoon. Daytime high topped out at 70 F (video: Sicco Rood).

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Timelapse of stacked lenticular clouds above the Santa Rosa Mountains yesterday afternoon (Video: Sicco Rood).

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Yesterday's colorful sunrise above Anza-Borrego Desert (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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A master blister beetle chewing up brittlebush flowers (video: Sicco Rood).

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A black-throated sparrow from Flat Cat Canyon (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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@observer1006 A piece of grass or brush. :-) Someone else might have photoshopped it off, but we like the realism more.

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A California quail on an ocotillo at Borrego Palm Canyon (Sicco Rood).