The Arizona Game and Fish Department is going to dazzle wildlife watchers yet again. The department’s 2006 Wildlife Calendar is on sale now and features a whole new year of fantastic up-close photographs of wild animals being wild.

The calendar includes photos of a black bear taking a swim in a stream, a pyrrhuloxia feeding two hungry babies and an Arizona badger, which you do not want to mess with. These are just some of the magnificent photos we have gathered together for you for 2006.

Professional wildlife photographers submitted their best work. The calendar also features a mountain lion, bobcat and a beautiful, bugling bull elk. Useful information inside includes tips for living with wildlife, information about wildlife watching and how you can have big fun hunting small game in Arizona.

The calendar is on sale now for just $10. Order a copy to give as a gift during the holiday season, and buy one for your desk or wall. You can pick up the calendar at any Arizona Game and Fish Department office around the state beginning November 1.