Saelon Renkes
saelonk.bsky.social
Saelon Renkes
@saelonk.bsky.social
Photographer with a passion for the natural world.
Natives blooming in my Arizona butterfly garden this week:
October 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Good news from Joyce Vance (a national treasure).
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
October 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Landscapes in the Dragoon Mountains (Arizona).
September 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Wildflowers in the Dragoon Mountains
September 6, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Critters from Aravaipa Canyon in mid-August
August 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Flowers from Aravaipa Canyon in mid-August.
August 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Great Blue Heron, sunset at Historic Canoa Ranch Park.
August 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The American military should not be used against the American people—period. Trump’s takeover of D.C. puts every single one of us in harm's way. Add your name to the petition to protect our communities NOW! sign.moveon.org/petitions/dc...
No federal militarized takeover of our nation's capital!
The American military should not be used against the American people—period. Trump’s takeover of D.C. puts every single one of us in harm's way. Add your name to the petition to protect our communitie...
sign.moveon.org
August 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Lots of nectar-feeding bats (lesser long nosed bats, or Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) at our hummingbird feeders at night.
#Leptonycteris #bats #nectivorous #wildlife #nocturnal
August 18, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Monsoon season skies in southern Arizona.
July 26, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Summer birds at Historic Canoa Ranch.
July 26, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Male desert spiny lizard in full regalia, putting on a great show!
July 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Paul Krugman’s Substack column today confirms what I’ve always guessed about crypto:
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
Digital Corruption Takes Over DC
Time to call crypto what it is: A criminal enterprise
open.substack.com
May 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Bravo to Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker! If you haven’t already heard about his speech yesterday, check out Heather Cox Richardson’s report on it. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
April 28, 2025
There has been a change afoot in the Democratic Party for a while now as its leaders shift from trying to find common ground with Republicans to standing firmly against MAGAs and articulating their ow...
open.substack.com
April 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Rescue of a great horned owl chick that fell out of the nest. I’m so glad we got it back in the nest when we did, as two coyotes were headed that way just as we were leaving the area.
April 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Many thanks to our former U.S. Congressman from Oregon, for sending a link to this amazing publication by The New Republic. I highly recommend it! newrepublic.com/article/1931...
Fighting Back: A Citizen’s Guide to Resistance
Ordinary people have more power than they know.
newrepublic.com
April 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A sweet little mining bee that befriended me last week. I interacted with it, enjoyed its presence, offered it a sweet drink and let it go on its way.
April 4, 2025 at 5:14 AM