You're welcome!

Thank you!😃✌️

Thank you!✌️

Wonderful!

Morning #bird

A Lesser Goldfinch blending in so well in his happiest environment. Kachina Wetlands near Flagstaff Arizona.

#birdphotography #photography #birding #birds #wildlifephotography #botd #birdoftheday #Petals&Perches

Wonderful capture!

A male Lazuli Bunting perched in a patch of purple Lupine flowers and looking at the camera. His feathers are fluffed so he looks pretty round.

We're a few weeks away from Lazuli Bunting season. Looking forward to it. #Petals&Perches #BirdoftheDay #birds

You're welcome!✌️

Good Morning, Karin!🙏😃👋☀️✌️

😁Thanks✌️

Wonderful capture!!

Portrait of a black and white bird with a bright red splotch on it's chest. One feather sticks up from it's head to drive the photographer crazy.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak
#nature #photography

Instead of just thorns, it has thorns surrounded by bristles. I read this. I did not touch the thing to discover this for myself.

Cactus Flower Tuesday!

This is a blossom on a Bunny Ears Cactus
which is randomly growing in an area of
dedicated open space in my neighborhood

Macro photo. The bee is black and white and hairy.

Insect Tuesday!
(not a thing)

Cactus Bee
inside Prickly Pear Cactus
flower

Red petals. The green thing in the middle is the stigma, I believe. Yellow filaments inside too.

Cactus Flower Tuesday
meets
Insect Tuesday!
(not a thing)

Cactus Bee
(that's what The Google said)
inside a Prickly Pear Cactus flower

Sort of burnt orange petals

Cactus Flower Tuesday!

This is the flower of an Arizona Pencil Cholla Cactus

It's kind of like a cholla minus all the thorns

Yellow flower, except for the round green thing in the middle.

Bunny Ears Cactus flower

This is growing randomly in my neighborhood

Orange petals. Yellow central parts. A green bulbous thing right in the middle.

Cactus Flower Tuesday!

This is a Prickly Pear Cactus flower
yesterday in a neighbor's front yard

So, I go to the i-naturalist site and look for "cactus bee" to find they don't recognize such a thing. Instead, they had pictures of four or five bees, all looking alike, each with a different name. Cactus bee is probably good enough.

Insect Tuesday!
(not a thing)

Cactus Bee
(this is how The Google identified this)
inside a Bunny Ears cactus flower

For editing I used my Adaptive Color Arizona Sunshine custom preset that I've made for bird photos

Good Morning!

This is the sunrise panorama today in my backyard

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

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Terrific capture!!

A Lazuli Bunting (Passerina amoena) perched on a curved metal pole.

We had one show up over the weekend. Hopefully, we'll see a few more as they pass through the area.

Yes, that would be a Cooper's

You're welcome, Rich✌️

Thanks!
I have hear rumors of Indigo Buntings here
but I have yet to see one

Thanks!😁

Terrific!

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🙏😃✌️

Thank you!🙏