lizard weather

It's been several months since we've see any lizards...they slept away the chilly months....but now that the sun is warming the desert they have re-emerged and can be seen fairly regularly. Lily loves to chase the little guys and has been know to spend hours at a single bush where she knows a lizard is hiding. Luckily, they are pretty good escape artists. This little guy was spotted (get it?) during our hike on Tuesday at Lost Dutchman State Park. I put my camera on a preset for flowers and crept as close as I could without spooking him. I was surprised when I looked at the picture and saw he had orange spots-he was small enough that from a distance he just looked desert brown.