Billy Wardle Happenings

There is a cholla  cactus bush on the corner by our house which often shelters different animals.  Most commonly is quail, but one time I saw a couple roadrunners there, and also a little mammal--squirrel or mouse.   Behind this bush there are prickly pears, which are currently blooming.  I worry about this area as I know development is slowly encroaching and this will all be scraped away for houses or businesses.  This is the area behind KRMC Santa Rosa and they have already cleared away the other side for houses.   I was very wary for rattlesnakes as I took these pictures.  I never did see any however.  Sheri saw one a couple weeks ago and that has me skittish.   skull of some animal about two inches in length.

 I ventured on a hike starting from our residence.  This is as far east as you can go in Kingman on the north of I-40.  I went east on Diamond Joe past were the residences end.  I then cut through int the wash, but got out of the wash onto the dirt road when I heard lots of cooing and wanted to investigate.  There was a flock of doves but they took off when they saw me.  I continued north on the dirt road until I hit Airway.  This is where a new Kingman City Park is being developed.  I have heard it is to be a soccer complex.  As of now it is a pile of bushes.  However they have been improving the drainage on Airway in preparation for developing the area.  I then walked back going past Desert Willow Middle School and then south on Prospector. flowers yucca type plant ants cholla future park Desert Willow Middle School rocks I picked up beetle This shows the road east of town, future park is north of Airway by the middle school The r...