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The Bell Rock Courthouse Butte Loop and Other Sedona Trails -
Wildlife and Flowers
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The following wildlife and flowers were seen on the trail:
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A well hidden rabbit.
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Agave - "Plant of the Century". The agave lives for decades
but only flowers once. The plant just before it dies grows a
mast and flowers. The mast may reach 20 feet tall.
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Yucca Plant.
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Stag Beetle
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Prickley pear cactus with yellow flowers.
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Prickley pear cactus with red flowers.
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Bluejay dive bombing out of a tree.
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Dove hiding in the grass.
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A mule deer in Boynton Pass
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A squirrel on Boynton Canyon Trail
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A strawberry hedgehog cactus with a purple flower on Huckaby Trail.
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A desert wolf spider can be seen in is burrow.
Note the web which he has spun. The spider spins a funnel
shaped web which forms a tunnel, leading into the burrow. The
"Funnel-Web Wolf Spider" is common to Arizona.
http://fireflyforest.net/firefly/2008/09/21/funnel-web-wolf-spider/
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A lizard on Brins Mesa Trail.
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A snake on Brins Mesa Trail.
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A humming bird on Soldier Pass Trail.
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