Hadn’t stopped to notice on other pics you’ve shared, but there is a LOT more vegetation than I’d have suspected in AZ.

Shame we can’t all get to put feet in other areas of this diverse country.

I always pictured the more “desert” to be the norm in AZ.

SWEET! Good luck. Both in getting a crack at one of those boys and getting pics of a jaguar… and by that do you mean a TRUE S. American/MX jaguar or a mt. lion??

I surely wasn’t challenging you, just curious if it was truly a jaguar. Lions have so many “common” names from various areas, I just was curious!

I’ve seen some pics of SA Jaguar and they are incredible animals. All the big cats are amazing, but the SA Jaguar is truly impressive… Neat they’re filtering up into the SW.

I heard they’re really hammered in SA and near extinction or something??? I could be mis-remembering on that point.

If you do post, I’ll be looking for that one to come up! Wow!

I have a friend in NW who sends me pics of places he hunts and it looks pretty, but very “different” than anything I’ve known even living in MT although we had plenty of Prickly Pear in the Helena Valley and near-desert conditions.

Sites like this showing all the subtle differences in terrain and vegetation we’d normally not see is quite a learning experience! Thanks for all your neat posts!:D