Found this fella eating seeds from this dried sunflower. I believe they are a Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria), but if you ask me I think they're great.

Some pics of @fritofox.bsky.social and I at the rave, from MFF. I danced my tail off💕 📸: @bluerock897.bsky.social 💕

#MFF has been a blast, I haven't attended a full convention like this since 2019. It's been exhausting but I had such a great time being a silly critter, seeing cool people and artwork, and yapping on the skybridge.

So I got a "new" camera (Nikon D850), a big upgrade coming from a D750. I'm trying to get the hang of using it now that I have a week off work. Here are some evening photos from the Corn Creek Visitor Center at the DNWR, and a couple neat creatures from my neighborhood. More info in the alt text.

I'm reading an old book called "The Voice of the Coyote" by J. Frank Dobie, and I'm loving these drawings. The book credits Olaus J. Murie for the illustrations.

Creatures at Ren Faire

More birds!

I can't get over how wrinkly Opuntias get when they're thirsty.

honestly the entire ending paragraph hits hard as hell. I feel like this is the most I've ever seen someone that isn't a furry Get It.

Scored some free huge framed prints of Sonoran landscapes. No clue where I'm going to hang them but I'm so happy with these!

Some photos I took at Corn Creek NV today. What a beautiful morning!

Creature.

Mysterious strangers blocking your path

eepy little gray fox @ the Springs Preserve, LV

Imagine seeing yourself at the museum. @ the Nevada State Museum inside the Springs Preserve, Las Vegas NV

Montana is planning on changing legislature to relist wolves as a "furbearer and game animal", instead of protecting them with manged status. Please leave a comment on the "Wolf Quota" amendment, it doesn't take very long and you can help wolves directly fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/com...

Gay foxes in the desert

Flowers and views at the Spring Mountains in Nevada, just outside Las Vegas. The Spring Mountains are what's called a "sky island", an isolated mountain range where the highland environment is radically different from the lowland (in this case, the Mojave Desert). More details in the alt text :)

It is difficult to comprehend from a distance, the concept of losing "everything," much less being the one affected. If you can find it within yourselves to help, there is a great need for assistance. www.gofundme.com/f/urgent-hel...

Haven't posted much lately, here's some various desert scenery for your enjoyment :)

Couldn't even sleep on my flight, I was staring out the window the entire time

Desert sky

Very exciting to see these tomatoes growing in our new garden.

Some desert flowers in bloom right now.

They're not birds, but they kinda are? We saw so many cool planes at Aviation Nation over the weekend!

My feed has somehow been full of bird photography ever since I posted a few of my own, and I couldn't be happier.

More birds.

Birds

Some lizards at Corn Creek, NV.

Sedona, AZ

Some more photos. These are from Death Valley, CA earlier this year. First photo is the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) on the right and a smaller galaxy to the left. Second photo is of the Orion Nebula (M42). These were both taken with a new (used) lens I had just bought, I really liked how they turned out!

Some photos I took of the harvest full moon back in September. Over Las Vegas NV

Tsuchinshan-ATLAS over Red Rock NV

I love them.

Not sure what else to post so here’s some more photography.

Here's the photo that didn't upload earlier. Red Rock, Nevada

Walmart fox gang

Red Rock, Nevada