Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) nest with two chicks behind the Reserve. This same nest was used a few years back by ravens as well (Photo: Sicco Rood).

While most of the flowers in the valley have finished, there are still some really nice areas around dunes with flowers. This is around Clark Dry Lake with Toro Peak in the background, from the past weekend (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Diana Hews, Prof. Emerita @ Indiana State (staying at the Reserve) took several photos of the partial solar eclipse w. her cell phone through two telescopes set up at the Park Visitor Center. The red photo was taken w. a filter allowing only hydrogen alpha through.

Snow and a wind chill in the higher parts of Anza-Borrego Desert this morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Another low rainbow scene over a small flowering ocotillo (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Cold wind and some sprinkles blowing into Borrego Valley earlier, creating this low rainbow above an ocotillo forest (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Brittlebushes are peaking in the valley right now, but still getting started on the mountain slopes around the Reserve up to 3000 feet (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A stack of lenticular lens shaped clouds on Saturday morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).

There are a few small desert five-spots (Eremalche rotundifolia) on the Reserve this year. They tend to open around noon on a sunny day like today (Photos: Sicco Rood).

Snowing in the mountains above 4000 feet and sticking to the road above 4500 feet at this hour (video: Sicco Rood).

Cholla stormy sunrise this morning near the Reserve (Photo: Sicco Rood).

Toro Peak had a fresh dusting of snow again this morning. This photo from last Tuesday (Photo: Sicco Rood).

A few closeups of desert sunflowers (Geraea canescens) here in Anza-Borrego Desert hopefully for a couple more weeks (Photos: Sicco Rood).

Spillover rain combined with 30+ mph winds from a cold front created this low rainbow above the Borrego Valley earlier (Photo: Sicco Rood).

The Borrego Badlands is the place to check out desert lilies (Hesperocallis undulata) at this time. You can't miss them out there, if this is on your bucket list (Photo: Sicco Rood).

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Parasitic desert broomrape (Aphyllon cooperi) breaking through the surface soil in Coyote Canyon (Photos: Sicco Rood).

Henderson Canyon with clouds draping the mountains. The flower field in the foreground last Friday morning (Photo: Sicco Rood).