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canyonbirds.bsky.social
@canyonbirds.bsky.social
Wandering the American Southwest on foot.
For #YellowThu here's a wild canyon that's yellow, orange, and white. I hope your Thanksgiving is warm and peaceful!
#ColorADay
#landscapes
#hiking
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
For #RockinTuesday
It's not my fault, Part 637. Yesterday as I was scrambling to the top of a mesa, I had to pause to get a shot of this series of little faults. I hope you all have a good day!
#hiking
#landscapes
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
It's #BlueSkyMonday and the beginning of Thanksgiving week. I'm deeply thankful to live in a place surrounded by public lands. This belongs to you and me.🩷
#ShotsInSlots
#hiking
#landscapes
November 24, 2025 at 2:55 PM
After the rain.
#Stunday
#hiking
November 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's the weekend and adventure awaits.
#ShotsInSlots
#hiking
November 22, 2025 at 2:04 PM
My favorite bird for #BWFri

Maybe I've mentioned this, but my fondest wish is to be reincarnated as a raven. I hope Friday treats you all well!
#ColorADay
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Some beautiful, sunlit fall foliage for #YellowThu
I hope you all have a great day!
#ColorADay
#hiking
November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
For #WaterWednesday a full waterpocket before all the rain and snow in northern Arizona this week. I'll have to go back up there soon - there'll be hundreds of pools.
#hiking
#landscapes
November 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I saw this beautiful point while exploring in the Vermilion Cliffs yesterday. It shown brightly against the orange sand and pebbles. Kind of made my day.
#OrangeSun
#ColorADay
#hiking
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
For #BWFri ...this is actually a fairly small sandstone spire, but with a little cropping it looks like it belongs somewhere in Patagonia. I hope you all survived the week in good spirits!
#ColorADay
#hiking
November 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
They're called the Vermilion Cliffs for good reason. I hope you all have a great day!
#ColorADay
#RedWed
#hiking
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
For #RockinTuesday may I present some Moqui marbles - or in this case, Moqui ping pong balls. They're iron concretions that form in sandstone and the Navaho Sandstone is famous for them. I hope you all have a good Tuesday!
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
It's #BlueSkyMonday - a good day for House Democrats to check if they found their Senate colleagues' missing spines. In any case, I hope the week treat you well. Here's the waning gibbous moon peeking through golden cottonwood leaves.
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Prickly pear cactus green and plump after the recent rains.
#ColorADay
#GreenSat
#hiking
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November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
For #RockinTuesday - a favorite spot in the Vermilion Cliffs, northern Arizona. The landscape doing a red, white, and blue thing.
#hiking
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Here we are at #BlueSkyMonday - again! Sometimes it can feel like you're shouldering a huge boulder, but things will get better, for sure.
#ColorADay
#PinkMon
#hiking
#landscapes
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Walking up through The Cockscomb just west of the Paria River in southern Utah. These rocks were steeply tilted by the formation of the East Kaibab Monocline, so you're walking back through time as you hike upwards.
#ColorADay
#OrangeSun
#hiking
November 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
One simply doesn't walk past a group of asters without taking a photo. iNaturalist tells me that this is a tansyaster (Dieteria sp.) I hope you all have a good weekend!
🌿
#hiking
November 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
For #scape day, behold the magnificence of the Navajo Sandstone. My photo from a site near Escalante, UT.
#hiking
October 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
ANOTHER slot canyon?!? In this neck of the woods, it's hard to go more than a few hundred yards without encountering a slot or a hoodoo. Hope you all have a good Thursday.
#YellowThu
#ColorADay
#hiking
#ShotsInSlots
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ice cream castles in the air...the Entrada Formation and its otherworldly landscapes. I hope Wednesday treats you all gently.
#hiking
#scapes
October 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
For #RockinTuesday here's today's version of It's Not My Fault. A small normal fault in the Moenkopi Formation along the lower Paria River in southern Utah.
#hiking
October 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
It's BlueSky Monday, so let's shoot for getting through the week in one piece. And if you do better than that, it'll be cause for a little celebration.
#ShotsInSlots
#scapes
October 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Sunset in canyon country.
#OrangeSun
#ColorADay
#scapes
October 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Erosion is a relentless and skillful sculptor. To me, this looks like a beautiful piece of contemporary art.
#hiking
#scapes
October 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM