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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

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Adrienne M @adriennemac.bsky.social · Feb 15
I should probably introduce myself! I’ve been on bsky for a while.
🌵🏜️
I’m from Arizona but lived in Canada growing up. I love nature, photography, hiking, reading, working hard, & democracy. My hubby & I have 2 rescue tuxedo kitties who are wild things! 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

Posting samples of some of my work below
A grid of nine nature photos. A beach in Tulum, Mesa arch sunrise, a white datura flower, a sunset in the desert with a saguaro, a yellow monsoon sunset with 3 saguaros, a saguaro against a starry night sky, white dunes of white sands nm, a sunset with hoodoos, a green white and red elegant trogon A photo grid with photos of a rainbow in the desert, a green hummingbird, picture rocks petroglyphs at sunset, a pair of phainopepla birds, petroglyphs in moonlight, a mountain valley layered with yellow and orange flowers, elephant head peak at sunset, a cactus with a crown of pink and white flowers, a saguaro with a southern caracara flying in to its nest A photo grid of four photos with elephant head peak with a cloudy blue sky and yellow flowers, a mountain ridge silhouetted by a bright orange sunset, a saguaro with storm clouds and a rainbow at sunset, and mirror lake with snowy mount rainier reflected in it A photo grid of 9 photos Baboquivari peak with yellow plants in front and cloudy blue skies with ravens flying, a Tucson house and door with peach stucco and a cactus, a snowy finger rock peak and saguaro at sunset, a bright red and black vermilion flycatcher bird with a yellow background, a red cliff in Kolob Canyon Utah with a pine tree in front, a tent lit from within with city lights and a starry sky between mountain peaks, a white lined sphinx moth on a bright fuschia Arizona willow flower, a huge rock and cliff in the river of the narrows hike in Zion National Park Utah, a javelina in a golden desert morning
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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
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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"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
November 2, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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New article! On the shutdown, a nation treated as prey, and the meaning of leverage: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-shutdown
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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This is great!
October 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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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.
October 25, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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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
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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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
October 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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This is nuts!
altcdc.altgov.info Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · Sep 30
Actual HUD website right now: 🔗 hud.gov
⁉️😵‍💫

AND here’s the Hatch Act 👇

"The Hatch Act generally prohibits federal employees
from engaging in partisan political activity while on
duty, in a federal facility, or using federal property."

🚨 For those in power: yes, it applies to you. 🚨
www.justice.gov
October 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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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 down A reddish orange and tan dragonfly poses on a small branch in front of a yellow-tan blurred background
September 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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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 sky A 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
September 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Reposted by Adrienne M
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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.
October 15, 2023 at 5:55 PM
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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
August 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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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
August 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Reposted by Adrienne M
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#Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Sunset #Clouds

Butterfly Clouds at Sunset
Tucson, AZ
8.10.2019
August 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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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.
August 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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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
bdwlecteur.bsky.social Brian Walter @bdwlecteur.bsky.social · Jul 12
Ten writers by whom I've read at least five books:

1. Tolkien
2. Shakespeare
3. Nabokov
4. Toni Morrison
5. Donald Harington
6. L. I. Wilder (70s childhood)
7. C. S. Lewis
8. W. Cather
9. E. Wharton
10. Walter Farley (see #6)

Fours: L. Erdrich, Gilad Elbom, Primo Levi, @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
bookspotlight.bsky.social Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · Jul 12
Ten writers by whom I’ve read more than five books:

1. JRR Tolkien
2. Ken Follett
3. Libba Bray
5. Eva Ibbotson
6. Lemony Snicket
7. Joanna Campbell
8. John Marsden
9. Richelle Mead
10. Lauren Brooke
July 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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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.
June 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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I can’t even with these people.
thredd.bsky.social Robyn (Redd) @thredd.bsky.social · Jun 15
🚨Tell the Department of Energy not to change the Section 504 rules!🚨

Accessibility for disabled people is about to be REMOVED from new federal buildings unless we act by MON, JUNE 16!!

Tell the gov't: If we build a new building, it MUST be fully accessible!

👇TAKE ACTION NOW!👇
Red flyer, black and white text. Header reads emergency action needed, large block text with exclamation points on both sides. Below, a call to action that reads Accessibility for disabled people is about to be removed from federal buildings unless we act by Monday June sixteenth! The US Department of Energy has issued a quote direct final rule end quote that would eliminate the long standing requirement that new buildings constructed with federal money must be accessible to people with disabilities! They claim it’s unnecessary and burdensome.”But here’s what eliminating this rule really means New federally funded buildings could be built without ramps, elevators, accessible bathrooms, or doors. There would be no enforceable standards for accessibility in construction or major renovations. It weakens the civil rights protections guaranteed by Section five oh four of the Rehabilitation Act. Red flyer, black and white text. Header reads emergency action needed, large block text with exclamation points on both sides. Below, a call to action that reads Accessibility for disabled people is about to be removed from federal buildings unless we act by Monday June sixteenth! This rule will take effect July fifteenth unless the public pushes back. We have until Monday June sixteenth to submit comments. Submit comments using the templates at the links on the flyer. Use the same message three times. Blue right facing arrow pointing toward a header that reads Public comment number one Link below h t t p s colon forward slash forward slash n a c d d dot quorum dot us forward slash campaign forward slash one two eight three three three forward slash Blue right facing arrow pointing toward a header that reads Public comment number two Link below h t t p s colon forward slash forward slash n a c d d dot quorum dot us forward slash campaign forward slash one two eight three three six forward slash Envelope emoji next to a header that reads also email your comments to Email address below D O E General Counsel at h q dot d o e dot g o v Red flyer, black and white text. Header reads emergency action needed, large block text with exclamation points on both sides. Below, a call to action that reads Accessibility for disabled people is about to be removed from federal buildings unless we act by Monday June sixteenth! This rule will take effect July fifteenth unless the public pushes back. We have until Monday June sixteenth to submit comments. Your email comment doesn’t need to be long. Just say why you oppose removing accessibility protections and why they matter to you and or your community. Please speak up and share this widely. We cannot let accessibility be rolled back without a fight. We need to move quickly. As a community we can’t afford to lose access to new federally funded buildings! Thank you!
June 15, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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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.
June 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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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
May 30, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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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
May 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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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 background A 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.
May 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Wilson’s warbler bath time gets photobombed by another warbler! #wilsonswarbler #bird #warbler #macgillivrayswarbler #birdbath #🪶 #birds #nature
May 8, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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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 foreground 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, 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.
May 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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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.
May 3, 2025 at 4:48 AM