Rock Wren (Salpinctes obsoletus) - Photo by Roy Harrington. There was an area with 15 rock wrens rock hopping/flitting around! They were in more spread out in other areas of the mesa.
Panamint Rattlesnake (Crotalus stephensi)
two very big Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis)
a grasshopper, possibly a Pallid-winged Grasshopper (Trimerotropis pallidipennis). There were thousands there! Dozens jumped out of the way with each step.
A Checkered White Butterfly (Pontia protodice) and a Northern White Skipper (Heliopetes ericetorum)
Coyote tracks in the snow show that coyotes are at Conglomerate Mesa too!
home of a woodrat
A Cactus Chimney Bee (Complex Diadasia australis) in seventh heaven in a Beavertail Pricklypear cactus flower.
A caterpillar on an Apricot mallow plant. Species unknown.
A rather large entrance to a burrow. Whose?
And there are animals that lived in the ancient seas here millions of years ago: brachiopods, crinoids, gastropods, sponges, corals, bryozoa, and fusulinids.
A dust bath and scat--both are evidence of rabbit. We observed deer scat at Conglomerate Mesa as well.
Western Side-blotched Lizard (Uta stansburiana ssp. elegans)
