Quail On Cholla, 2020
This is a male gambles quail. If you live in the Sonoran desert, you will see them all over. I love to watch the parents when they have their young in the spring. I once had them lay their eggs in my yard and they had 13 little babies. They are adorable birds.
Owl Condo, 2020
Pygmy owl condos. This image is of two baby northern pygmy, owls, almost ready to fledge. I felt very lucky to have the two outlets looking out of their cavities at the same time. This is one of my favorite images.
Dream Team, 2020
Wild mustangs dream team this image was one of many I photographed at the salt river. They are known as the salt river wild horses. There are approximately 500 horses that live along the salt river.
Cruz, 2022
by Leslie Leathers
Photography
Desert museum mountain lion Cruz was accepted into the museum in March 2013. He was orphaned and couldn’t be released back in the wild the California fish and wildlife nursed him back to health the Arizona game and fish work together with California fish and wildlife to bring him to Tucson he is a stunning cat and I can’t go to the museum without stopping and saying hi to this beautiful cat.
Coyote Condo, 2022
by Leslie Leathers
Photography
This image was taken at the golf course at Reid Park. It’s a special image because it was published in Arizona Highways magazine. I had to go back several nights to get this photo. The parents had 13 pups and they were living in the drain pipes on the golf course. I realize mom kept them in the pipes until the sun started setting and then they would start to come out. It was a magical moment when I clicked this pic.
Burrowing Owl Duo, 2022
by Leslie Leathers
Photography
These two burrowing owls are the babies you can tell by the buff colored soft down in the front chest area. The babies are irresistible.
Burrowing Owl, 2022
by Leslie Leathers
Photography
Black background burrowing owls are one of my favorite birds to photograph every spring for the past 7 to 8 years I go looking for these little amazing raptors. The most babies I’ve seen in one season from the one pair of parents is eight a large number for the little borrowers. I have several locations to go to. I love how this image turned out this is the female parent.
Baby Bobcat, 2022
I was down Madera (Canyon) and a friend got a call from somebody that had a family of Bobcats living in their back ravine. And I went and there was a mother with four babies, and she went and got a rabbit and fed to the babies. But I took a lot of photos that day, and it was really cool. You don’t get those kind of opportunities in the wild very often, so that was very cool.