Rolf Nussbaumer / Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) on nest in Paloverde (Parkinsonia texana) shrub, Starr County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. May 2002

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro {Carnegia gigantea}, Paloverde {Cercidium microphyllum} and Mesquite {Prosopis glandulosa} on cliffs of volcanic tuff, Hot Springs Canyon, Arizona, USA

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cactus {Carnegia gigantea} flowering, Paloverde {Cercidium microphyllum} and Mesquite {Prosopis glandulosa} flowering on Bajada hillside, Hot Springs Canyon, Arizona, USA

Rolf Nussbaumer / Curve-billed Thrasher (Toxostoma curvirostre) on blooming Paloverde (Parkinsonia texana), Starr County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. April 2002

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Praying Mantis on Paloverde tree, Sonoran Desert, North America

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Organ Pipe Cactus (Stenocereus thurberi) and flowering Paloverde in spring, Hermosillo, Sonoran Desert, Mexico

Doug Wechsler / Sonoran desert stream with mixed cactus and paloverde community, Saguaro NP, Arizona

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae) female in nest in Paloverde tree, deserts of USA and Mexico

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) in flower beside flowering Foothills paloverde (Parkinsonia microphylla), Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, USA, May 2023.

Jack Dykinga / Saguaro cacti (Carnegiea gigantea) in flower beside flowering Foothills paloverde (Parkinsonia microphylla), Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona, USA, May 2023.

Tui De Roy / Galapagos doves (Zenaida galapagoensis) feeding on flowers of Parkinsonia shrub, Espanola Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.

Jack Dykinga / Blue palo verde (Parkinsonia florida) tree with blue-green bark, covered in yellow flowers , Sonoran desert, Arizona, USA.