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While sitting in the shade waiting for a hummingbird to arrive at the agave flowers this Mourning Dove landed on the short brick wall so I took the picture

Check out the iridescent sort of blue on the top of the head

First time captured! First time I've captured this, anyway Female Broad-billed Hummingbird feeding at barrel cactus flowers

The flowers are kind of orange. The hummingbird is mostly green with white chest. The tail, though, is dark blue.

Macro Photo of a cactus woodborer bee inside a barrel cactus flower Check out the pollen

The bee is black and white with stripes. Similar in size to a honeybee. The flower has orange petals and the central parts are red and yellow.

Macro Photo of an Arizona killer bee on a wildflower in my front yard

The Google says the bee is something else, but it is wrong. Further Google ID on the flower says it is some sort of native sunflower. The bee looks like a typical honeybee. All feral honeybees in Arizona are Africanized.

Volunteer Mexican palo verde sapling growing in my front yard Every surface is green and capable of photosynthesis

Spindly and green with little leaves. It is next to a cholla cactus that previously tipped over and is now propped up with a rock.

Brian Peterson @drbrianpet.bsky.social · 7h ago

Bundle of agave flowers with a Sonoran bumblebee feeding on the nectar

Typical fuzzy yellow and black bumblebee with its head poking into one of the flowers

Good Moring! Have a fantastic Wednesday! @panophotos.bsky.social

Brian Peterson @drbrianpet.bsky.social · 8h ago

Pete #Hegseth wants "High-T Department of War" #testosterone ... to keep them on the "leading edge of lethality" no medical groups recommend universal screening potential testosterone replacement side effect is #aggression #MAGA #manosphere #MAHA www.myheraldreview.com/news/lifesty...

Hegseth Wants a ‘High-T’ Military. Could That Pose Risks to Soldiers, or Society?

Van O’Neill started taking testosterone 20 years ago, after struggling with chronic fatigue and undergoing tests that revealed that he had low levels of the hormone in his blood. While

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Brian Peterson @drbrianpet.bsky.social · 9h ago

#Arizona is now one of the least affordable states Annual cost of basic services has increased by $19,300 since 2019 Major drivers of this are housing, utilities, and food Incomes have not kept pace #MAGA #affordability www.myheraldreview.com/news/state/r...

Report: Arizona among nation's least affordable states as post-pandemic costs outpace incomes

Arizona households needed to spend about $19,300 more in 2025 than they did in 2019 to cover basic living expenses, according to a new report that says the state has

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An immature male Gambel's Quail in the shade under the big mesquite tree in my backyard

I am guessing male, because he appears to be developing characteristic colors on top of the head and on the abdomen.

A young Cactus Wren on a patio table in my backyard

A family of Gambel's Quail came through the backyard This is an immature version of indeterminant gender

Mostly brownish gray with some stripes. Lacking most distinctive markings to blend in with the environment.

Yesterday I spotted this Clark's Spiny Lizard basking in the sun But it was mostly in shade Maybe it was just basking

Look really close to see the turquoise spots

Little Brown Bird! I made this sighting yesterday Quite a surprise I usually see them return in the fall

Closer in, you can see there is some gray and some stripes

Glen Dunlap @glendunlap.bsky.social · 2d ago

Good Morning! Have a wonderful Tuesday! @panophotos.bsky.social

Orange sunrays emanating upwards from beyond the horizon

Blue Belly in the backyard today. #Herps

Close up photo of colorful Western Fence Lizard sunning on a rock.

Julia @julia11.bsky.social · yesterday

Ruby-throated hummingbird for #TongueOutTuesday #Birds

A ruby-throated hummingbird perched in a rose of Sharon bush, its tongue slightly out.

Birding Ralph 🐦🦆🦉🦋🐞📸@birderbro.bsky.social · 2d ago

I find it difficult to put into words what it is that's so fascinating about #birdwatching & #birdphotography. Luckily, pictures say more than a thousand words... So here's one - of a juvenile Little Ringed Plover I took yesterday. It was real close. #birds #nature #photography #naturephotography

Macro Monday! Lucky for me there's a Black Widow spider who lives in my Mancave So, if I'm hurting for macro photos and it's Monday I can go out early and get pictures of her before she goes back into hiding in the stereo speaker

Black spider with the distinctive hourglass on the ventral abdomen, hanging upside down in her ragged web

The other day I took a picture of a House Sparrow Here it is This is a male He is a thug

Black chest, throat, and face. Brown top of the head, back, and wings. The abdomen is gray. His cheeks are white.

This is the exact moment the Sonoran Spotted Whiptail lizard chomped down on the grub and bloody ooze came out I think it's also the exact moment she began to swallow it

Scruffy looking Gila Woodpecker the other day on the trunk of the big mesquite tree in my backyard

This is a male. You can tell, because he has the red feathers on top of the head.

Experts call this bird "Lesser Goldfinch" She was in my backyard the other day

Mostly dingy yellow color but with black wings with white stripes

Canyon towhee taking advantage of freshly cut weeds to walk around