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Welcome to Picture the Amazing! I’m Shauna, a certified dog trainer and full time RVer living with my partner and our dog. This website is a place to share some of our adventures, usually animal focused, with some local travel and other goodies as well. Living in nature means experiencing […]
Continue readingThat feeling when the hummingbird visits you.. ❤️💜❤️ #annashummingbird #hummingbird #picturetheamazing #birdphotography #bird
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Continue readingThe Power of the Desert Rain
When you think of a desert, you probably think of dry, sandy areas with cacti and little rain. You may think of rain as something that doesn’t happen in deserts, let alone cause rivers of floods washing through the lands. I wouldn’t have believed it without seeing it myself, but […]
Continue readingAnna’s Hummingbird
I finally was able to get a close enough look at the hummingbirds around Quartzsite to be able to identify them – these hummingbirds as the Anna’s hummingbird. This bird is the most common hummingbird found along the Pacific coast, from Mexico all the way up to BC, Canada! Out […]
Continue readingGila Woodpecker
The Gila Woodpecker is a desert bird native to the Sonoran desert, particularly due to its abundance of saguaro cacti. This bird is a greyish-tan colour with black and white barring down the wings, back, and tail, with males also having a red coloured patch on the middle of the […]
Continue readingKangaroos in Quartzsite?!
Okay, there are no Kangaroos in Quartzsite – but there are Kangaroo rats! If you walk through the Sonoran desert, which Quartzsite is a part of, you may notice many small holes in the sand, similar to gopher holes, and wonder what creature may inhabit it. There are many possible […]
Continue readingCollection: Creatures of Quartzsite, Arizona
This is a collection of creatures I discover while in Quartzsite. This collection will be updated; primarily between November and April! Also, for now, I won’t be posting tarantula pictures. As interesting as they are, they still are far too scary and creepy! Maybe in a separate post, with warnings!
Continue readingWinter Home 2023
We’re back for round 2 in Quartzsite! This marks the end of our winter migration, as this is our “home” of the South. We plan to travel some this winter, but until then, expect to see lots of Arizona desert wildlife posts coming soon! The trail cam will be running […]
Continue readingWinter 2023 Migration Timeline
Coutts, Alberta (Oct 20-21) Clark Canyon Reservoir, Montana (Oct 21-23) Sand Mountain, Utah (Oct 24-25) Highway I15 Las Vegas Freeway (Oct 25-26) Lake Mead, Nevada (Oct 26-Nov 1) Flying Js, SLC, Utah (Oct 23-24) Quartzsite, Arizona (Nov 1+)
Continue readingLake Mead, Nevada
Lake Mead is America’s largest reservoir, created by the Hoover Dam’s construction. The area we visited here is in the Overton arm, and it’s just a small, tiny portion of the entire thing, which has over 750 miles of coastline! With mostly soft sands as terrain, as it once was […]
Continue readingSand Mountain, Utah
We rarely stay in paid campsites, but this state park was a must-see on our list, as we wanted to see some of the famous sand dunes that are found all over around here. For $18 USD, we were able to stay almost anywhere within the area of Little Sahara […]
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