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sky island butterflies and bees and not as many birds these days

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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
oversalted the buttermilk loaf just a hair so it is actually hiking electrolyte loaf it is v nice warmed by the sun
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
smoked the two camo dudes though so anyway that is an interesting choice during deer hunting season? idk if this is a love long gun box rn tbh it is not ideal
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
goldenrods and grasses and the ozony dust blowing in and the rattlepod which i am not bothered by tbh it is just evil
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
super am not going to let buddy the border collie-corgi mix own me on this hill i will crush you you little goofball
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
there are asters and russian thistle and it is very very pokey and there aren't many little guys but the creek is running and the water is at least cool. we are auper pissed at whoever torched the sycamore/cottonwood stretch - the it all the shade gone
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
a ranger, a sheriff, illegal camping, illegal moped, fading asters and the wind is a little too cool still mountains are rough but we will go look at the new burn scar
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
anyway i think if you or a pac group puts out v large election signs that blocks the view of oncoming traffic and bicycles, you the candidate should be removed from the ballot. complete disregard for everyone you enormous terf assholes
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
i don't think anyone found a poling's and i kinda don't think there was much looking
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
i think the real butterfly guys are also not finding many giant skippers around here this year
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
it is a little windier than i prefer but the aster patches won't last forever if they are blooming at all on the mountain so we will go up the mountain a little
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
$90 is like a super pathetic bribe though
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
yeah so it took two weeks of seeing decent fresh pears at the store to remember that it is fall now. our forecast is sun 90-96f for at least the next two weeks
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
anyway some of the cholla were flowering? and it is not may. pretty sure it isn't may.
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
is the mesquite in the room with you right now? and yes generally yes there is mesquite in the room with me right now no i don't know where
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
i don't understand how the mesquite leaves got inside the ball cap i never took off while outside
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
oh yes the traditional that is definitely a dead skunk and i definitely do not have covid (by that one measure) (i am not sick) (post visitor)
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
🎵 i' on the wrong 🎵 of the river 🎵 except i am on the big aster patch side so we're fine actually
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
okay so some of the desert broom has been washed out
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
creek is def running desert is def falling down
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
i am a little unclear how the tanque verde gage is running a much higher cfs than the sabino gage given the rains and the watersheds like p sure sabino would have more mtn outflow rn
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
half-assing hiking most of the year and i see no reason to change that now (96-97 butterfly species) so we are just going to sabino to see if the desert broom is still thinking about blooming and there should be water at least and you have to enjoy the water when you can
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
every so often there is a ticking noise from the utility closet and i spend some time trying to decide if something is wrong w the hvac or something and every time it is a feisty cricket under a novelty plastic cup that i trapped v late the night before
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
oh wait it is raining again.
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
after five rounds of scopa and one of the much less fun trick-taking relative, we have decided to have v strong feelings about the trieste style cards
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
i mean it isn't raining yet. now. but still that channel is useless.
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
the way the weather channel is just useless for tucson
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
it still is not raining so it will be very exciting tomorrow morning for the very early drive to the airport
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i think a lizard is hiding in the downspout so that might be a fun afternoon for the little guy if the forecast holds
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i won we have no idea what is happening
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
and now we will play briscola badly
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
at a national park buying postcard stamps
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
listen we will only get weirder with every passing year i think
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
not enough people for tarocki so we are playing scopa
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
teddy the unknowndoodle was not super sure about me for five seconds and now my guy is leaning against the back of my knees for scritches. very hot bestie
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
ahahahaha a series of four panicked paper wasp stings it is so unfortunate that this is the ass i sit on man
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
i don't think i have ever seen an election sign for a candidate that is only "remember to vote!" and those turned up after the primary so maybe the creeps are worried
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
on further review, that was a paper wasp ow
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
carpenter ant bit my ass in the parking lot while i was putting my shoes on and it might actually rain is that gilbert he is usually a net guy though
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we are just being weird (again) in that all the butterfly guys are obviously hanging out quite far to the south where the fun little guys are and not going up this mountain for normal little guys but i think it is nice to see the notmal little guys it has been a rough year for little guys kinda
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
maybe not the best day for polong's giant skippers but it is a day to go out so
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
well something snacked on a knee that was not a carpenter ant, a chigger or a mosquito. probably a different smaller ant idk. the bites that are only noticed a day later... makes the deer ears peeking through the grass a little more ominous down here.
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
you cannot all be dorantes longtails who have lost their tails! there are other skippers in this canyon! there are no other skippers in this canyon lmao this year
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
several hours of misery is a butterfly (generally true) and bad birding (birds and birder tbh) and i think that is an ovenbird? so that is wild. the birding is awful though.
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
snout got stuck in the grill on the drive back (so in continental) and fell off very unhappy in the driveway (in east tucson) there are so many snouts on the road and a lot in the canyon proper but not as many really
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
rained in the road lol
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
young deer very concerned about thewhole putting the camera in a dry sack for this little besprinkling.
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is why all the butterfly guys are going to like two bits of v southern road but i think you need 4wd so
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
jinxed the giant skippers and the snouts are all on the road
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
not even to the airport and almost sideswiped three times wtf
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roomthily.bsky.social @roomthily.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
road snouts. maybe we will find a giant skipper
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