“Unfortunately, nature is very much a now-you-see-it, now-you-don't affair. A fish flashes, then dissolves in the water before my eyes like so much salt. Deer apparently ascend bodily into heaven, the brightest oriole fades into leaves.”
~Annie Dillard, “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”~
Thanks so much for commenting on my photo of the Scott's oriole. We saw one of these a couple of years ago too. Both were on desert hikes.