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My favorite time of year in Tucson is the fall. The light is perfect.

Tarantulas have been out the past few weeks

Lazy days of fall

Thimble cactus

Costa’s hummingbird 🪶

Costa’s hummingbird giving me the stink eye 🪶

Wolfberry (Lycium berlandieri)

I saw several Lawrence’s goldfinches in Catalina State Park / Tucson today. I didn’t know they were there or I would have brought a longer lens. There were several of them flying around together near the water. 🪶

There is water flowing in Sutherland Wash. Catalina State Park, Tucson.

Low clouds on Pusch Ridge, Tucson

“The internet is a store but it used to be a library” hits me like a slug to the chest

Throwing rocks, Jalama Beach, CA.

Wild cotton.

Gila monster

Small barrel cactus and blue morning glory flowers

I like how the middle part of the oleander flower looks like a splash

Lord Ganesha with his broken tusk.

Trudy checking in

Desert marigold flowers have been happy after the rains

It’s my birthday and Loewe sent me this fantastic notebook and cotton bag - I love it! Totally unexpected and a nice touch.

4 hobbies at the same time: birdwatching, field recording, photography, hiking. It’s fall in Tucson. Catalina State Park.

A series of granite pour-offs in the bottom of a canyon.

Cactus beetle

A rock wren, on a rock this time. Tucson AZ 🪶

More yellow bells

Lightning strike

Hibiscus coulteri, a species native to Arizona.

Acacia thorns

I was hiking today in a remote part of a canyon and I came across a large boulder that had a stash of camp supplies under it. Cans of food, bottles of water, a backpack with a shirt a hat, some climbing rope and various other items. A bag with a blanket. Been there a while. Very odd.

Agave

Yellow bells and blue agave

Cactus spines

There is a corn / maize plant volunteering in the sand wash. No corn fields around here, I wonder where it came from. Tucson, AZ

Copilot Is Annoying

Tucson, AZ

Creosote bush in flower.

This is an ornate tree lizard, on a rock

Sorry Marvis it’s like brushing your teeth with perfume

Blue grosbeak 🪶

What’s inside a cactus (prickly pear)