Melissa Crytzer Fry
@crytzerfry.bsky.social
Writer, citizen scientist, conservationist, naturalist. Sharing a love of nature & the Sonoran Desert thru photos, camera traps. Married to an awesome man. Board Chair, Lower San Pedro Watershed Alliance. Fighting to save the Galiuros from copper mining.
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
OMG, squee! We have only ever gotten western screech #owls in the mountains, but look who arrived at our cactus #cameratrap - two different nights. 😍 (Mouse size gives you a GOOD idea of how tiny they are)
November 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
OMG, squee! We have only ever gotten western screech #owls in the mountains, but look who arrived at our cactus #cameratrap - two different nights. 😍 (Mouse size gives you a GOOD idea of how tiny they are)
🔊🔊Volume up for this adorable Harris's antelope #squirrel and its love song to the camera.
The lips! The lips make me laugh. #cameratrap
The lips! The lips make me laugh. #cameratrap
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🔊🔊Volume up for this adorable Harris's antelope #squirrel and its love song to the camera.
The lips! The lips make me laugh. #cameratrap
The lips! The lips make me laugh. #cameratrap
It's #Caturday and Squeezy is the best little trooper. We have been training him for RV camping, and he went on his first 3-day trip. Amazing how he handled this wash-boarded road!
(He is zipped into a giant playpen when we enter/exit the RV, and goes outside ONLY in backpack).
(He is zipped into a giant playpen when we enter/exit the RV, and goes outside ONLY in backpack).
November 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It's #Caturday and Squeezy is the best little trooper. We have been training him for RV camping, and he went on his first 3-day trip. Amazing how he handled this wash-boarded road!
(He is zipped into a giant playpen when we enter/exit the RV, and goes outside ONLY in backpack).
(He is zipped into a giant playpen when we enter/exit the RV, and goes outside ONLY in backpack).
#Javelina vs. western diamondback #rattlesnake caught on #cameratrap (best viewed full screen to end).
Hint: rattlers get a bad rap for aggression. #TeamJavelina
(Longer/better video over on X, with snake coiling up, then taking a drink, for anyone over there as well. Too large for BlSk).
Hint: rattlers get a bad rap for aggression. #TeamJavelina
(Longer/better video over on X, with snake coiling up, then taking a drink, for anyone over there as well. Too large for BlSk).
October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
#Javelina vs. western diamondback #rattlesnake caught on #cameratrap (best viewed full screen to end).
Hint: rattlers get a bad rap for aggression. #TeamJavelina
(Longer/better video over on X, with snake coiling up, then taking a drink, for anyone over there as well. Too large for BlSk).
Hint: rattlers get a bad rap for aggression. #TeamJavelina
(Longer/better video over on X, with snake coiling up, then taking a drink, for anyone over there as well. Too large for BlSk).
October 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Arizona's state mammal is the #ringtail cat. Here, the nocturnal animal is in its Sky Island habitat in the Galiuro Mountains (threatened by foreign copper mining). Despite being called the "miner's cat," it is not a feline, but is related to raccoons & coatis.
October 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Arizona's state mammal is the #ringtail cat. Here, the nocturnal animal is in its Sky Island habitat in the Galiuro Mountains (threatened by foreign copper mining). Despite being called the "miner's cat," it is not a feline, but is related to raccoons & coatis.
#Bobcat with some #insect and #winged friends. Best viewed full screen. #cameratrap
Hint: giant #cockroach scuttles by and a #bat is what causes kitty to jump! (Much better/longer/captioned/slo-mo video at X. Though short, too large to post here).
Hint: giant #cockroach scuttles by and a #bat is what causes kitty to jump! (Much better/longer/captioned/slo-mo video at X. Though short, too large to post here).
October 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#Bobcat with some #insect and #winged friends. Best viewed full screen. #cameratrap
Hint: giant #cockroach scuttles by and a #bat is what causes kitty to jump! (Much better/longer/captioned/slo-mo video at X. Though short, too large to post here).
Hint: giant #cockroach scuttles by and a #bat is what causes kitty to jump! (Much better/longer/captioned/slo-mo video at X. Though short, too large to post here).