Desert Surprise

The Queen butterfly

I took a little road trip down to the desert in Southern California. While wandering at the Sonny Bono Salton Sea Wildlife Refuge, I sighted my first Queen Butterfly. It was a lovely surprise that brought a smile to my face as I delighted in its beauty.

Spring wildflowers came and went kinda early in my world this year.

Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia): Species of Concern in California. That’s the whole reason I drove over to this refuge in the first place. I used to see these owls in various spots in my area, but lately they haven’t been around in their usual spots, and that’s made me a little bit sad to think they might have disappeared. More than 70 percent of the California population is found within the Imperial Valley, were this refuge is. I was hoping to find more than one together, but that didn’t happen. Instead, I saw around three individually when I was there. Which was awesome just the same!

Click here to learn more about the Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge https://www.fws.gov/refuge/sonny-bono-salton-sea/species

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My name is Andria, and I am a Nature and Wildlife photographer living in the Central Valley of Northern California. Most of my wanderings are in the Foothills, Sierra Mountains, or Yosemite. This is my blog site for all my adventures out and about in this great big world.