In spring, the
Sonoran Desert of Arizona
is full of activity. Look beneath the cacti, and you will find holes in the ground. So, what's in the hole? Join the animals, birds, insects, and reptiles to figure out the puzzle. Be curious!
Learn the names of
29 critters
in the languages of
O'odham
,
science
Spanish
, and
English
.
Don Burgess
took most of these
wildlife portraits
just north of Tucson, Arizona; and his daughter,
Lisa Maria Burgess
, wrote the book.
Don Burgess (1939-2022) photographed most of the wildlife portraits in this book behind his house north of Tucson, Arizona; he photographed the burrowing owls near Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua. Also on the north side of Tucson, Bryan Wilson photographed the snake on the move and the tarantula, and Lisa Maria Burgess the bunnies in the hole. With thanks to Kristin Williams for photographing Don! And many thanks to
Ronald Geronimo, Director of the Oʼodham Language Center
, for providing names in O'odham, and to the staff at the
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
for their identification review.