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It's easy to miss little piles of cactus droppings like these as you walk over them in the Mojave Desert

3860-cactus.jpg I pass through a forest of Smoke trees on the way up Hyten Spring WashThumbnailsI hear some noise, look up, and notice an owl, noticing meI pass through a forest of Smoke trees on the way up Hyten Spring WashThumbnailsI hear some noise, look up, and notice an owl, noticing meI pass through a forest of Smoke trees on the way up Hyten Spring WashThumbnailsI hear some noise, look up, and notice an owl, noticing meI pass through a forest of Smoke trees on the way up Hyten Spring WashThumbnailsI hear some noise, look up, and notice an owl, noticing meI pass through a forest of Smoke trees on the way up Hyten Spring WashThumbnailsI hear some noise, look up, and notice an owl, noticing meI pass through a forest of Smoke trees on the way up Hyten Spring WashThumbnailsI hear some noise, look up, and notice an owl, noticing me

These cholla cactus "children" stick to your shoes and pants; have fun getting them off if you've picked them up!