There are 3 genera of pocket gophers in North America and close to 20 species. In southern Arizona, Botta’s Pocket Gopher (Thomomys bottae) is found in the low desert and up to the tip top of our sky islands. What a range and what a marvelous creature. 
Petey talks about the moon and coyotes and a beautiful wildflower found in the nearby mountains.
One of the positive sides of isolating and staying very close to home during the pandemic is that I am discovering new places and...
It took a visiting niece to get Petey back out into the Sonoran desert and remind him that the desert is beautiful.
