ANEW DAY DAWNS, and morning light filters through the towering stems of an ocotillo, casting striped shadows on the ground. Although the thorny plant looks a bit lackluster, it provides an adequate perch for a zealously chirping curve-billed thrasher. An abundance of black widow spiders lurk unseen in the cracks and crevices below. By all appearances, this is a typical morning in Arizona's Sonoran Desert. In some ways it is but, in many ways, it is not.
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机译:ADAY DAY DAWNS,早晨的光线过滤穿过蜡烛木高耸的茎杆,在地面上投射出条纹阴影。尽管棘手的植物看起来有些呆滞,但它为狂热的curve弯嘴鹅口疮提供了足够的栖息地。在下面的裂缝和缝隙中看不见大量的黑寡妇蜘蛛。从各个方面看,这是亚利桑那州索诺兰沙漠中一个典型的早晨。在某些方面,它是,但是在许多方面,它不是。
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