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Adrienne M

@adriennemac.bsky.social
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AZ Hobby #nature and #bird photographer, love to #hike, read #books, learn about #science and the world, eat dessert. Curious. Introvert. Just completed section hiking the Arizona Trail. 🥾 She/her www.adriennemcleod.com

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SFGATE @sfgate.com · 20/09/2026
"The scientific method gone mad — Dr. Strangelove, but it is not fiction."
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A secret Cold War test on San Francisco exposed millions to bacteria
"The scientific method gone mad — Dr. Strangelove, but it is not fiction."
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A group of insect pals hanging out on a spreading fleabane flower #metallicwoodboringbeetle #daisies #narrowwaistedwasps #naturelovers #macrophotography
Two brown and cream metallic wood-boring beetles in the Acmaeodera family sit on top of a white aster flower with a yellow center. On the top left there is another tiny green winged insect, which appears to be a narrow-waist wasp.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Sunset storms in Tucson #arizona #sunsets #desert #saguaro #scapes #westcoastkin
A barrel cactus and two saguaros in the desert are silhouetted against a dark stormy sky at the top and a bright orange and pink sunset sky at the bottom, also featuring a colum of rain on the right and inn the foreground there is a trail horizontally across the screen.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
How are you doin’?! Phainopepla, and you? #femalephainopepla #phainopepla #desertbirds #tucsonwildlife
A grey female phainopepla on a small branch in front of a green background.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Waiting for the monsoon to start… #westcoastkin #arizona #monsoon #stormclouds #rainbow #🌈 #🌵
A many-armed saguaro is silhouetted against a stormy monsoon sunset sky with large dark clouds and a rainbow straight down from the bottom of one bright cloud. The city of Tucson is visible in the bottom of the frame.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
A pair of juvenile bobcat siblings playing in a dry pond #bobcats #wildcats #westcoastkin #arizona #wildlife #lynxrufous #🐈
Bobcat juvenile walking in a dried pond bedA pair of bobcat siblings play fighting next to a rock. A pair of bobcat siblings play fightingA juvenile bobcat walking on a dry brown background
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
A pretty fritillary butterfly on a thistle in southern Arizona #westcoastkin #thistle #butterflies #fritillarybutterfly #nature #🦋
A bright orange fritillary butterfly perches on a pink thistle flower in a riparian canyon in Arizona
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Sad avocado makes me wanna cry. So cute!
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Hiking in the Catalina Mountains-lots of fairy duster and Parry’s beardtongue blooming #westcoastkin #springflowers #arizona
Mountains and greenery with blue skies above are the backdrop to pink fairy duster flowers. A large grey boulder and greenery with blue skies above are the backdrop to light pink fairy duster and bright pink Parry’s beardtongue flowersMountains and greenery with blue skies above are the backdrop to pink fairy duster flowers.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
One of my favorite winter bird sounds besides the black-throated sparrow is the white-crowned sparrow, always coming with the pretty songs while I’m out hiking. 🤍🩶🖤🤎
A tan, grey, brown white crowned sparrow bird with black and white markings stands on the edge of a water container in front of a dark golden brown background
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Wildflowers in Tucson Mountains
A photo of the wildflowers of the desert blooming along the trail in Tucson Mountains. The photo is of golden yellow orange poppies and creamy lyreleaf jewelflowers, plus purple flowers with some cholla cactus in the background.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Advertise your account with a gif…
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a baby girl is making a funny face while sitting on a couch .
Alt: a baby girl is making a funny face while sitting on a couch .
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14/02/2026
Democrats have introduced legislation to fund all of DHS except for ICE and CBP while negotiations on reforms continue, but at the moment Republicans think the chaos of the shutdown gives them more leverage. It’s up to us to change that.
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Tell Your Members of Congress: Halt the ICE Terror Machine
On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...
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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Donald Trump is a racist. He has always been a racist. He will always be a racist. When someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
A broadbilled hummingbird from a recent walk in Tucson AZ #🪶 #hummingbird #birds #broadbilledhummingbird
A green broadbilled hummingbird with a bright orange pink bill sits on a green branch with a pale blue sky background in Tucson AZ
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Happy new year! I hope it doesn’t suck 😆 #arizona #hiking #SabinoCanyon #🥾 #mountains #eastcoastkin #scapes
Sabino Canyon at sunset with a view of golden mountains including Thimble Peak and with trees with fall leaves of yellow and orange on the bottom sides, also some saguaros, and then above in the sky there are yellow clouds with a bit of blue sky peeking over the top A green rainy desert scene featuring some saguaros and green bushes and some mountains with stormy clouds above in Sabino Canyon
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Arizona winter landscapes are pretty serene #scapes #landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #arizona
A green saguaro and green ocotillo and green bushes are highlighted in front of shadowy mountains and a blue and cloudy sky in Tucson Mountain Park
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
A Rivoli’s hummingbird at Ramsey Canyon in the Huachuca Mountains #hummingbirds #rivolishummingbird #eugenesfulgens #birds #🪶 #southernarizona 📍Ancestral lands of the O’Odham Jeweḍ, Ópata, Sobaipuri, and Tohono O’Odham peoples
A close up of a green, charcoal, and white Rivoli’s  hummingbird in front of a white to pale orange-pink backgroundA wider view, of a green, charcoal, and white Rivoli’s  hummingbird in front of a white to pale orange-pink background and perched on a bright red hummingbird feeder edge
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Happiest holidays (at least as happy as possible that one can have in this wild world) to all! #birds #wintersolstice #yule #saturnalia #Hanukkah #christmas #Kwanzaa #festivusfortherestofus #🎄
A green black and cream hummingbird sits on a thin branch in front of red and green of a pyracantha bush in Madera Canyon AZ
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
A cootie patootie #coot #swamphen #birdsofafeather #🪶 #ArizonaBirds #birds #birding #nature #Tucson #TucsonAudubon 📍Photo made on the ancestral lands of the O'odham Jewed, Tohono O'odham & Hohokam
A black feathered coot with a red eye and a white beak stands in water in front of green reeds at Sweetwater wetlands in Tucson, Arizona
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Saguaro National Park - Picture Rocks #nature #Tucson #sunset #petroglyphs #eastcoastkin #landscapephotography #TucsonHikes #Arizona #SaguaroNationalPark #desert #🌀 #🌵 📍Photo made on the ancestral lands of the O'odham Jewed, Tohono O'odham & Hohokam
A well known spiral petroglyph on a large jagged brown boulder at sunset with pink and yellow skies and a strip of green desert behind it
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
A black phoebe in the middle of the pistache pink 🩷🖤🤍 #blackphoebe #birdsofafeather #🪶 #ArizonaBirds #birds #birding #nature #Tucson #TucsonAudubon 📍Photo made on the ancestral lands of the O'odham Jewed, Tohono O'odham & Hohokam
A black bird with a white stomach, a black phoebe, perches in front of a mass of pink berries from a Chinese pistache tree in Tucson AZ
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
"That's my secret, Captain: I'm always angry" #angrybirds #birds #curvebilledthrasher #🪶
A grumpy looking grayish brown curve-billed thrasher looks at you madly with its yellowy eye as it stands on some old wood fencing. The background is cream and khaki
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
New article! On the shutdown, a nation treated as prey, and the meaning of leverage: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-shutdown
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
This is great!
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
A view of the Milky Way from the Rincon Mountains over Tucson AZ #arizona #mountains #rinconmountains #scapes #nature #stars #milkyway #astrophotography #tucson #backpacking #landscapephotography #sony #eastcoastkin 📍Ancestral lands of the O’odham Jeweḍ Sobaipuri Hohokam Tohono O’odham peoples
The Milky Way in the night sky over the city lights of Tucson AZ with a few stripey clouds on the right side from high in the Rincon Mountains at Manning Camp.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Arizona mountain retreat #arizona #mountains #waterfall #scapes #nature #backpacking #landscapephotography #shotoniphone #eastcoastkin
Arizona mountain waterfall runs over a rock face into a pool of water while pine trees and blue skies round out the scene
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Wishing for fall and then snow. I’m over the heat! #nature #desert #mountains #clouds #tucson #arizona #🌵 #naturephotography #⛰️ #hike #scape #desertsnow #landscapephotography 📍Ancestral lands of O’Odham Jeweḍ, Sobaipuri, Tohono O’Odham & Hohokam peoples
Moody Catalina Mountains with snow on the top featuring Finger Rock are featured behind a large saguaro cactus at sunset and with grey roiling clouds in the sky
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
This is nuts!
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
The variegated meadowhawk I spotted yesterday in Sabino Canyon 📍Ancestral lands of O’Odham Jeweḍ, Sobaipuri, Tohono O’Odham & Hohokam #macrophotography #dragonflies #odonata #nature #bugs #meadowhawks #variegatedmeadowhawk #🐞
A reddish orange and tan dragonfly poses on a small branch in front of a yellow-tan blurred background with its wings downA reddish orange and tan dragonfly poses on a small branch in front of a yellow-tan blurred background
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Last night’s sunset was a banger 🧡 #scapes #sunset #monsoon #arizona #saguaro #saguaronationalpark #landscapephotography #🌅 #🏜️
A lone dark saguaro and a small strip of desert scrub against a sunset sky of bright orange to pink and light blue reflected on a huge monsoon cloud and skyA closer view of a lone dark saguaro and a small strip of desert scrub against a sunset sky of bright orange to pink and light blue reflected on a huge monsoon cloud and sky
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 15/10/2023
Sedona trail views
A light green prickly pear cactus is shown in the bottom foreground and the red cliffs of Sedona’s Cathedral Rock in soft focus in the background. The sky is overcast and the light is slightly dimmed.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Bird is the word #hummingbird #rufoushummingbird #arizona #tucson #birds #🪶
An orange, cream, and green rufous hummingbird with black and white tail feathers is caught midair with wings stretched back with a a blue and yellow background An orange, cream, and green rufous hummingbird with black and white tail feathers is caught midair with wings stretched back with a a blue and yellow background An orange, cream, and green rufous hummingbird with black and white tail feathers is caught midair with wings stretched back with a a blue and yellow background and a bit of water in the foreground An orange, cream, and green rufous hummingbird with black and white tail feathers is caught midair with wings stretched back with a a blue and yellow background
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I saw this storm hitting midtown Tucson from a mountain viewpoint #monsoon #weather #arizona #tucson #stormclouds #eastcoastkin #scape
A large column of rain with sun highlighting the right side and the left in shadow hits a valley below a ridge of rocks and trees in Tucson Az A large column of rain with sun highlighting the right side and the left in shadow hits a valley below a ridge of rocks and trees in Tucson Az A large column of rain with a pine tree on the left side and the rain in shadow hits a valley below a ridge of rocks and trees in Tucson Az A large pine tree is on the left of the image and a large column of rain with sun highlighting the right side and the left in shadow hits a valley below a ridge of rocks and trees in Tucson Az
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kdesert.bsky.social @kdesert.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
#Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Sunset #Clouds Butterfly Clouds at Sunset Tucson, AZ 8.10.2019
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
Missing the usual summer storms, we have had almost no rain this summer and it has been very hot 🥵 This is a storm at the Mogollon Rim from a past summer #arizona #summer #mogollonrim #scape #monsoon #skydrama #moody #🌧️
A small oval of blue sky shows through dark stormy clouds over a rocky landscape with bare pine trees jutting from the rocks. The sky is dark gray and yellow tinged at near sunset. This is on Arizona’s Mogollon Rim along road 300.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Ten writers by whom I’ve read at least five books: 1. CS Lewis 2. Stephen King 3. Tad Williams 4. Carol O’Connell 5. Ross Thomas 6. Lee Child 7. Michael Connelly 8. Robert Jordan 9. Blake Crouch 10. Raymond Feist Plus.. 11. James W Hall 12. Carl Hiaasen 13. JRR Tolkien 14. Nora Roberts aka JD Robb
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
June in Tucson is one of the hottest times of year, w/ clear blue skies, & hot hot weather. It’s a time when locals take advantage of school being out & head to the hills/coast. My take: mountain lake! 📍Western Apache land #lake #⛰️ #🌄 #scape #mountains #mountainlake #sunrise #landscapephotography
A mountain Lake with pine trees through the middle of the photo and a fiery orange and purple cloudy sunrise in the sky and reflected in the lake below. In the foreground, short grass and rocks dot the shoreline.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
I can’t even with these people.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
My husband and I and our two co-hikers finished the last 67 miles of the Arizona Trail the first week of June. It feels good to be done but now we need a new adventure! #hiking #arizonatrail #azt #arizona #backpacking #🥾 #tree #trail #NorthernArizona 📍Ancestral lands of the Nuwuvi and Pueblos
A brown trail heads straight through the middle of the photo, surrounded on either side by a strip of grass and other small plants and then at the edges, young aspens with white trunks and green leaves. The sky is dark blue with a few wispy clouds. In the middle at the end of the trail are two tall pine trees. This is the Arizona trail at Murray Lake in Northern Arizona.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
A black-headed grosbeak and a house finch share a snacking teapot at Paton Center for Hummingbirds in Patagonia #grosbeak #finch #arizona #patagoniaarizona #patoncenter #birds #🪶 #blackheadedgrosbeak 📍Ancestral lands of the O’odham Jeweḍ, Tohono O’odham, Ópata, Hohokam, & Sobaipuri peoples
A blue teapot bird feeder hangs in front of a light brown background and a red male house finch and black and orange and white male black-headed grosbeak each take a side and get seeds. Taken in Patagonia AZ
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A saguaro in the evening at camp #nature #scape #landscapephotography #desert #backpacking #camping #hiking #arizona #arizonatrail #azt 📍Ancestral lands of the Pueblo and Hohokam peoples
A many armed saguaro is silhouetted against a purple blue sky and reddish hills at sunset with dark scrub in shadows at the bottom
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
A male and a female vermilion flycatcher at a local park in Tucson #vermilionflycatcher #flycatchers #nature #bird #🪶#naturephotography #birdphotography #tucson #arizona #birdlovers #birbs 📍Ancestral lands of O’Odham Jeweḍ, Sobaipuri, Tohono O’Odham & Hohokam
A bright red vermilion flycatcher bird with dark wings and a dark bandit mask poses on a stick with long green leaves in the backgroundA female Vermilion flycatcher with dark wings and tail, a streak, brown and tan chest and head, and a slight peach color near its rear end poses on a branch with a white and pale green background.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Wilson’s warbler bath time gets photobombed by another warbler! #wilsonswarbler #bird #warbler #macgillivrayswarbler #birdbath #🪶 #birds #nature
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
A MacGillivray’s warbler stopped by my backyard the other day! #macgillavrayswarbler #warblers #backyardbirds #nature #bird #🪶#naturephotography #birdphotography #tucson #arizona #birdlovers 📍Ancestral lands of O’Odham Jeweḍ, Sobaipuri, Tohono O’Odham & Hohokam
A yellow-green MacGillivray’s warbler, a bird with a dark gray head and white stripes above and below its eye, perches on top of a rock, the photo has a black background and a blurry green leaf in the foregroundA yellow-green MacGillivray’s warbler, a bird with a dark gray head and white stripes above and below its eye, perches on top of a rock, looking toward the camera. The photo has a salmon pink background at the top and gold and brown in the middle. The foreground is the rock.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Thimble Peak at sunset 📍Ancestral lands of O’Odham Jeweḍ, Sobaipuri, Tohono O’Odham & Hohokam
Blue sky tops a sunset shot of Thimble Peak in Tucson AZ while the foreground is dark saguaro silhouettes and the mid ground is the golden sunset hills of Sabino Canyon.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Birds birds birds #tucson #desertlife #nature #bellsvireo #vireo #🪶 #cardinal #greentailedtowhee #westernflycatcher #naturephotography #birds #bird #arizona #sabinocanyon 📍Ancestral lands of O’Odham Jeweḍ, Sobaipuri, Tohono O’Odham & Hohokam
A cream and grayish tan small bird with a bit of a grandpa beard sits singing on a branch. This is a bell’s vireo. There are some branches and blue sky in the background. A brown and yellow small western flycatcher perches on a branch with light green shrubbery in the background. A red and black northern cardinal otters upwards while perched on a branch, with green background and other branches on either side. A brown, green, and rust colored bird, a green tailed towhee, sits on a branch with a light brown tree and bushes in the background
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Lucy’s warbler in a saguaro #tucson #desertlife #nature #lucyswarbler #warbler #🪶 #naturephotography #landscapephotography #arizona 📍Ancestral lands of O’Odham Jeweḍ, Sobaipuri, Tohono O’Odham & Hohokam
A beige and tan bird with rusty tail feathers poses in a hole in an old saguaro cactus in Tucson AZ
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
A Wilson’s snipe I saw at Peña Blanca Lake last month #snipe #wilsonssnipe #bird #🪶 #nature #arizona #birds #birdphotography 📍Ancestral lands of O’Odham Jeweḍ & Tohono O’Odham peoples
A brown and cream striped Wilson’s snipe bird poses above a bit of water in the shade along a shore with small stones and decaying oak leaves. The scene is somewhat dark and the bird blends in to its surroundings. A brown and cream striped Wilson’s snipe bird poses above a bit of water in the shade along a shore with small stones and decaying oak leaves. The scene is somewhat dark and the bird blends in to its surroundings. Slightly darker edit. A brown and cream striped Wilson’s snipe bird poses above a bit of water in the shade along a shore with small stones and decaying oak leaves. The scene is somewhat dark and the bird blends in to its surroundings. This is a wider view that shows the bird really blends in to scene.
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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
A scene from the Catalina Mountains in Tucson from a previous spring #nature #desert #mountains #clouds #tucson #arizona #🌵 #naturephotography #⛰️ #hike #scape #landscapephotography 📍Ancestral lands of O’Odham Jeweḍ, Sobaipuri, Tohono O’Odham & Hohokam peoples
Yellow flowers and saguaros carpet the slopes leading up to the Finger Rock structure in the Catalina Mountains in Tucson AZ with a clear blue sky behind
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