Southwest Wild Side

Mexican Gray Wolf (3) (Published as front cover on "The Peak" magazine, Scottsdale, AZ)

Bear playing with stick.... photograph by my friend, Marsha Bedford, a true nature lover.

Black Bear (143a)

Mexican Grey Wolf (079a)

Red Fox (172a)

Badger (184a)

Javalina mom and her baby. Photo taken in Central Arizona (2) (Published as front cover on "The Peak" magazine, Scottsdale, AZ)

Mountain Lion (Published as front cover on "The Peak" magazine, Scottsdale, AZ) With purchased photographs, the LiddellImages.com watermark will be removed.

Mountain Lion (7)

Mountain Lion in central Arizona (4)

Mountain Lion (5)

Mountain Lion "I wonder if this photographer would taste like chicken".

Mountain Lion on alert (18) (Published as front cover on "The Peak" magazine, Scottsdale, AZ)

Grey Fox (1) (Published as front cover on "The Peak" magazine, Scottsdale, AZ)

Desert Tortoise, central Arizona (28)

L-R Screech Owl standing at attention.... with baby Burrowing Owl . Screech says...." Stand still Little Fella, while you get your pitcher taken". (29)

Yes, thank you for the carrot....

Baby Screech Owls (12) So young they are still in their baby "down stage" (Wild at Heart Rescue & Rehabilitation, Cave Creek, AZ)

Great Horned Owl in central Arizona (8) (Published as front cover on "The Peak" magazine, Scottsdale, AZ)

Great Horned Owl in Arizona (9)

Great Horned Owl..."Hey photographer...take my good side"

"I see you"

Barn Owl

Barn Owl closeup...Note the bill hidden under the hair.

Purple Finch feeding babies

Red Cardinal on agave in central Arizona

Red Harris Hawk (11) (Published as front cover on "The Peak" magazine, Scottsdale, AZ)

Tiny hummingbird eggs less than one half inch long....... they will hatch and leave the nest in just 23 days. Amazing!!!

Baby hummers. Note the baby on the right... it still has it's "beak tooth" on. Nature provides this as a means to help the baby break out of its shell. It will fall away in a few days.

Baby hummers just about 5 days old. Their "beak tooth" is gone.

Baby Hummers,15 days old. As mentioned, they will leave the nest when 23 days old.

Canadian Geese enjoying the afternoon (15)

Canadian Geese.."Where did they go?" (13)

Canadian geese in the Fall (14)

Gambrel Quail eggs.... camo colored eggs..

Baby Gambrel Quail just born.. 15 minutes old... mom is screaming for him to come. He does get his legs... finally... and takes off.

Baby Gambrel Quail... just 15 minutes old. Note his little distinctive "top knot"... already in place.

Adult Gambrel Quail, Scottsdale, AZ (22)

Kestral....... in rehab at Wild at Heart, Cave Creek, AZ

Kestral "showing off" for the camera.

Kestral portrait......