#hummingbirds β Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #hummingbirds, aggregated by home.social.
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π¦π¦ββ¬βοΈπβοΈππ¦π¦ββ¬πππππΏββοΈ*DEAR BELOVED TREASURED FRIENDS THE SUN IS SHINING HERE ON THIS CONNECTICUT MOUNTAIN IN THE USA!ππ₯ΆπΊπ²β°οΈ*BUT STILL CHILLY!*& IT IS IMPORTANT THAT I GET THE HUMMINGBIRDS FEEDERS OUT!*& STERILIZE THEM!*& MAKE THEIR FOOD BECAUSE ONE SHOWED UP FLUTTERING IN FRONT OF ME (LATE YESTERDAY JUST BEFORE DARK)LETTING ME KNOW HE HAS ARRIVED!*π¦π
#Lord #Hummingbirds #Are #Back #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #World #People #Pray #Believe #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth
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π¦π¦ββ¬βοΈπβοΈππ¦π¦ββ¬πππππΏββοΈ*DEAR BELOVED TREASURED FRIENDS THE SUN IS SHINING HERE ON THIS CONNECTICUT MOUNTAIN IN THE USA!ππ₯ΆπΊπ²β°οΈ*BUT STILL CHILLY!*& IT IS IMPORTANT THAT I GET THE HUMMINGBIRDS FEEDERS OUT!*& STERILIZE THEM!*& MAKE THEIR FOOD BECAUSE ONE SHOWED UP FLUTTERING IN FRONT OF ME (LATE YESTERDAY JUST BEFORE DARK)LETTING ME KNOW HE HAS ARRIVED!*π¦π
#Lord #Hummingbirds #Are #Back #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #World #People #Pray #Believe #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth
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π¦π¦ββ¬βοΈπβοΈππ¦π¦ββ¬πππππΏββοΈ*DEAR BELOVED TREASURED FRIENDS GOOD MONDAY MORNING!*THE SUN IS SHINING HERE ON THIS CONNECTICUT MOUNTAINπ
#In #Thee #Lord #have #I #put #my #trust #Leave #me #not #helpless #in #the #dust #Monday #Devotional #Hummingbirds #Are #Back #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #World #People #Remember #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Unity #Love #One #Another
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π¦π¦ββ¬βοΈπβοΈππ¦π¦ββ¬πππππΏββοΈ*DEAR BELOVED TREASURED FRIENDS GOOD MONDAY MORNING!*THE SUN IS SHINING HERE ON THIS CONNECTICUT MOUNTAINπ
#In #Thee #Lord #have #I #put #my #trust #Leave #me #not #helpless #in #the #dust #Monday #Devotional #Hummingbirds #Are #Back #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #World #People #Remember #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Unity #Love #One #Another
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π¦π¦ββ¬βοΈπβοΈππ¦π¦ββ¬πππππΏββοΈ*DEAR BELOVED TREASURED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD GOOD MONDAY MORNING!*THE SUN IS SHINING HERE ON THIS CONNECTICUTπ
#In #Thee #Lord #have #I #put #my #trust #Leave #me #not #helpless #in #the #dust #Monday #Devotional #Hummingbirds #Are #Back #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #World #People #Remember #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Unity #Love #One #Another
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π¦π¦ββ¬βοΈπβοΈππ¦π¦ββ¬πππππΏββοΈ*DEAR BELOVED TREASURED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD GOOD MONDAY MORNING!*THE SUN IS SHINING HERE ON THIS CONNECTICUTπ
#In #Thee #Lord #have #I #put #my #trust #Leave #me #not #helpless #in #the #dust #Monday #Devotional #Hummingbirds #Are #Back #GOD #Jesus #Christ #Holy #Spirit #World #People #Remember #Pray #Believe #Christian #Heaven #Hope #Peace #Faith #Truth #Goodness #Kindness #Caring #Hospitality #Helping #Others #Gentleness #Understanding #Everyone #Unity #Love #One #Another
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Some really cool birds down here in #Ecuador #white-bootedracket-tail #z9 #hummingbirds #nikonusa #wildlifephotography #wildlife
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Hardly Larger Than Your Thumb
(Details in the AltText)
#AltText #NoAI #No2AI #Photo #Vogel #CamelCase #Photography #Travel #Animal #TravelPhotography #Animals #Bird #PhotoOfTheDay #POTD #Birds #Oiseau #Hummingbird #Hummingbirds #WildlifePhotography #California #USA #NaturePhotography #Birding #Vogels #Socal #US
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"while it's true i don't like u, don't feel special, i don't like most every birdy!" -- official motto of the hummingbirds
this is from my first photo workshop that i took in Peru, hummingbirds are great birds to learn on because they do not have any f's to give, they will fly right into your flash set up if it's anywhere near a food or a rival!!!
#Birds #Hummingbirds #Wildlife #Biodiversity #Neotropics #Nature #WildlifePhotography #HummingbirdPhotography #BirdPhotography #FlashPhotography
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it's #SilentSunday, caption of this photobomb is left as an exercise to the viewer!
#Birds #Hummingbirds #Pollinators #Biodiversity #Neotropics #CloudForest #Colombia #OutOfFocus #IntentionalOutOfFocus #Photography #BirdPhotography #Depth of Field #Photobomb
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it's #SilentSunday, caption of this photobomb is left as an exercise to the viewer!
#Birds #Hummingbirds #Pollinators #Biodiversity #Neotropics #CloudForest #Colombia #OutOfFocus #IntentionalOutOfFocus #Photography #BirdPhotography #Depth of Field #Photobomb
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it's #SilentSunday, caption of this photobomb is left as an exercise to the viewer!
#Birds #Hummingbirds #Pollinators #Biodiversity #Neotropics #CloudForest #Colombia #OutOfFocus #IntentionalOutOfFocus #Photography #BirdPhotography #Depth of Field #Photobomb
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it's #SilentSunday, caption of this photobomb is left as an exercise to the viewer!
#Birds #Hummingbirds #Pollinators #Biodiversity #Neotropics #CloudForest #Colombia #OutOfFocus #IntentionalOutOfFocus #Photography #BirdPhotography #Depth of Field #Photobomb
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it's #SilentSunday, caption of this photobomb is left as an exercise to the viewer!
#Birds #Hummingbirds #Pollinators #Biodiversity #Neotropics #CloudForest #Colombia #OutOfFocus #IntentionalOutOfFocus #Photography #BirdPhotography #Depth of Field #Photobomb
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#DailyBird π€
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 25th April 2024
es: ColibrΓ GorjirrubΓ, fr: Colibri Γ Gorge Rubis
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 50% crop, 1/640s, f/13, ISO 2000
#Birds #RubyThroatedHummingbird #RTHU #Hummingbirds #BirdOfTheDay #HopeIsTheThingWithFeathers #DescribeYourImages -
National Hummingbird Day.
#hummingbird #birds #nature #bird #hummingbirds #birdsofinstagram #birdphotography #naturephotography #hummingbirdsofinstagram #art #wildlife #colibri #birdwatching #wildlifephotography #hummingbirdphotography #photography #birding #best #hummingbirdtattoo #of #hummingbirdlover #ig #perfection #flowers #colibr #birdlovers #tattoo #rubythroatedhummingbird #hummingbirdart #naturelovers National Hummingbird Day is celebrated today. Hummingbird isβ¦
https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/09/06/national-hummingbird-day/
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Could This #Arizona Ranch Be a Model for #Southwest Farmers?
Oatman Flats has undergone a dramatic transformation, becoming the Southwestβs first #Regenerative #Organic Certified farm and a potential source of ideas for weathering #ClimateChange.
" 'We embraced the abundance of #heirloom and native crops in the #SonoranDesert,' Hansen said. 'We are looking at the land and asking it what we should grow, rather than asking the land to grow what we want.' " - Dax Hansen, owner of Oatman Flats Ranch.
By Samuel Gilbert
May 12, 2025Excerpt: "Regeneration Rooted in #Indigenous Practices
"Southern Arizonaβs rich agricultural history stretches back more than 5,000 years. By 600 CE, the Hohokam people were constructing North Americaβs largest and most elaborate irrigation systems along the Salt and Gila Rivers. The descendants of the Hohokamβthe Pima and Tohono Oβodhamβcontinued to farm the land up to and after the arrival of the Spanish, who began to colonize southern Arizona in the 1600s. They continue to farm in Arizona today.
"At the Tohono Oβodham Indian Reservation, about two hours southeast of Oatman Flats, the San Xavier Co-op Farm uses historic land management practices and grows traditional crops that reflect their respect for the land, plants, animals, elders, and the sacredness of water.
"San Xavier Farm Manager Duran Andrews and his team plant #CoverCrops, rotate fields, and collect #rainwater.
" '[Regenerative agriculture] is nothing new to us,' Andrews said. 'We have been doing this for decades. Harmony between nature and people has been our approach all the time.' Rotating fields and cultivating multiple mutually beneficial species in the same fields improves water and soil quality and biodiversity in this harsh landscape.
" 'Youβve seen what the land looks like in five years; imagine it in 10. If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere.'
"The co-op grows a variety of native crops that were developed in the region and cultivated for centuries or, in some cases, millennia, such as grains and beans, which they sell online. 'We irrigate them till they sprout, then cut them off till the monsoon shows up,' Andrews said. 'We try to keep crops in that hardy state through all the years and decades they have been here. We try not to get away from how things were done in the past.'
"They also grow White Sonora wheat, introduced to Arizona by Spanish Jesuit missionaries in the 1600s. 'It was a gift from Father Kino that we have taken as our own,' Andrews said. 'The [San Xavier] community was one of the first to grow this wheat.'
"Following the Mexican-American War in the mid-1800s, the United States claimed parts of modern-day Arizona, New Mexico, California, Nevada, and Utah. The Anglo ranchers who moved into the area dug canals to irrigate agricultural fields, transforming the landscape. An 1852 watercolor by surveyor Jon Russell Bartlett depicts a verdant valley with cottonwoods and mesquite trees lining a flowing Gila River as it passes through Oatman Flats Ranch.
"That landscape is unrecognizable today. The lower Gila has gone bone dry after years of upstream diversions, dams, water overuse, and climate change. In 2019, the Gila River earned the title of Most Endangered River by the nonprofit advocacy group American Rivers.
"Standing on the sandy Gila riverbed, which divides the north and south farms of Oatman Flats Ranch, Wang pointed to the nearby invasive salt cedars. Healing the land involves rebuilding the water, nutrient, and carbon cycles from the ground up, 'at the micro level,' he said. 'On the macro level, itβs broken.'
"The ranch team has poured resources into rebuilding soil health by planting #hedgerows and 30-plus species of cover crops, at a cost of approximately $100,000. The hedgerows, mostly native trees, were planted along the edges of the fields to reduce erosion and provide habitat for beneficial species, including #pollinators such as #bees and #hummingbirds.
"The cover crops β #millet, #chickpeas, #sunflowers, #sorghum, sudan grass, broadleaves, and #NativeGrasses among themβare planted immediately after harvesting wheat, to provide 'soil armor,' help conserve water, fix nitrogen in the soil, suppress weeds, attract beneficial insects, and sequester carbon. The once-barren land now supports life for more than 120 species of flora and fauna."
Read more:
https://civileats.com/2025/05/12/could-this-arizona-ranch-be-a-model-for-southwest-farmers/#SolarPunkSunday #RegenerativeAgriculture #RegenerativeFarming #RestorativeAgriculture #ClimateChangeFarming
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Could This #Arizona Ranch Be a Model for #Southwest Farmers?
Oatman Flats has undergone a dramatic transformation, becoming the Southwestβs first #Regenerative #Organic Certified farm and a potential source of ideas for weathering #ClimateChange.
" 'We embraced the abundance of #heirloom and native crops in the #SonoranDesert,' Hansen said. 'We are looking at the land and asking it what we should grow, rather than asking the land to grow what we want.' " - Dax Hansen, owner of Oatman Flats Ranch.
By Samuel Gilbert
May 12, 2025Excerpt: "Regeneration Rooted in #Indigenous Practices
"Southern Arizonaβs rich agricultural history stretches back more than 5,000 years. By 600 CE, the Hohokam people were constructing North Americaβs largest and most elaborate irrigation systems along the Salt and Gila Rivers. The descendants of the Hohokamβthe Pima and Tohono Oβodhamβcontinued to farm the land up to and after the arrival of the Spanish, who began to colonize southern Arizona in the 1600s. They continue to farm in Arizona today.
"At the Tohono Oβodham Indian Reservation, about two hours southeast of Oatman Flats, the San Xavier Co-op Farm uses historic land management practices and grows traditional crops that reflect their respect for the land, plants, animals, elders, and the sacredness of water.
"San Xavier Farm Manager Duran Andrews and his team plant #CoverCrops, rotate fields, and collect #rainwater.
" '[Regenerative agriculture] is nothing new to us,' Andrews said. 'We have been doing this for decades. Harmony between nature and people has been our approach all the time.' Rotating fields and cultivating multiple mutually beneficial species in the same fields improves water and soil quality and biodiversity in this harsh landscape.
" 'Youβve seen what the land looks like in five years; imagine it in 10. If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere.'
"The co-op grows a variety of native crops that were developed in the region and cultivated for centuries or, in some cases, millennia, such as grains and beans, which they sell online. 'We irrigate them till they sprout, then cut them off till the monsoon shows up,' Andrews said. 'We try to keep crops in that hardy state through all the years and decades they have been here. We try not to get away from how things were done in the past.'
"They also grow White Sonora wheat, introduced to Arizona by Spanish Jesuit missionaries in the 1600s. 'It was a gift from Father Kino that we have taken as our own,' Andrews said. 'The [San Xavier] community was one of the first to grow this wheat.'
"Following the Mexican-American War in the mid-1800s, the United States claimed parts of modern-day Arizona, New Mexico, California, Nevada, and Utah. The Anglo ranchers who moved into the area dug canals to irrigate agricultural fields, transforming the landscape. An 1852 watercolor by surveyor Jon Russell Bartlett depicts a verdant valley with cottonwoods and mesquite trees lining a flowing Gila River as it passes through Oatman Flats Ranch.
"That landscape is unrecognizable today. The lower Gila has gone bone dry after years of upstream diversions, dams, water overuse, and climate change. In 2019, the Gila River earned the title of Most Endangered River by the nonprofit advocacy group American Rivers.
"Standing on the sandy Gila riverbed, which divides the north and south farms of Oatman Flats Ranch, Wang pointed to the nearby invasive salt cedars. Healing the land involves rebuilding the water, nutrient, and carbon cycles from the ground up, 'at the micro level,' he said. 'On the macro level, itβs broken.'
"The ranch team has poured resources into rebuilding soil health by planting #hedgerows and 30-plus species of cover crops, at a cost of approximately $100,000. The hedgerows, mostly native trees, were planted along the edges of the fields to reduce erosion and provide habitat for beneficial species, including #pollinators such as #bees and #hummingbirds.
"The cover crops β #millet, #chickpeas, #sunflowers, #sorghum, sudan grass, broadleaves, and #NativeGrasses among themβare planted immediately after harvesting wheat, to provide 'soil armor,' help conserve water, fix nitrogen in the soil, suppress weeds, attract beneficial insects, and sequester carbon. The once-barren land now supports life for more than 120 species of flora and fauna."
Read more:
https://civileats.com/2025/05/12/could-this-arizona-ranch-be-a-model-for-southwest-farmers/#SolarPunkSunday #RegenerativeAgriculture #RegenerativeFarming #RestorativeAgriculture #ClimateChangeFarming
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Could This #Arizona Ranch Be a Model for #Southwest Farmers?
Oatman Flats has undergone a dramatic transformation, becoming the Southwestβs first #Regenerative #Organic Certified farm and a potential source of ideas for weathering #ClimateChange.
" 'We embraced the abundance of #heirloom and native crops in the #SonoranDesert,' Hansen said. 'We are looking at the land and asking it what we should grow, rather than asking the land to grow what we want.' " - Dax Hansen, owner of Oatman Flats Ranch.
By Samuel Gilbert
May 12, 2025Excerpt: "Regeneration Rooted in #Indigenous Practices
"Southern Arizonaβs rich agricultural history stretches back more than 5,000 years. By 600 CE, the Hohokam people were constructing North Americaβs largest and most elaborate irrigation systems along the Salt and Gila Rivers. The descendants of the Hohokamβthe Pima and Tohono Oβodhamβcontinued to farm the land up to and after the arrival of the Spanish, who began to colonize southern Arizona in the 1600s. They continue to farm in Arizona today.
"At the Tohono Oβodham Indian Reservation, about two hours southeast of Oatman Flats, the San Xavier Co-op Farm uses historic land management practices and grows traditional crops that reflect their respect for the land, plants, animals, elders, and the sacredness of water.
"San Xavier Farm Manager Duran Andrews and his team plant #CoverCrops, rotate fields, and collect #rainwater.
" '[Regenerative agriculture] is nothing new to us,' Andrews said. 'We have been doing this for decades. Harmony between nature and people has been our approach all the time.' Rotating fields and cultivating multiple mutually beneficial species in the same fields improves water and soil quality and biodiversity in this harsh landscape.
" 'Youβve seen what the land looks like in five years; imagine it in 10. If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere.'
"The co-op grows a variety of native crops that were developed in the region and cultivated for centuries or, in some cases, millennia, such as grains and beans, which they sell online. 'We irrigate them till they sprout, then cut them off till the monsoon shows up,' Andrews said. 'We try to keep crops in that hardy state through all the years and decades they have been here. We try not to get away from how things were done in the past.'
"They also grow White Sonora wheat, introduced to Arizona by Spanish Jesuit missionaries in the 1600s. 'It was a gift from Father Kino that we have taken as our own,' Andrews said. 'The [San Xavier] community was one of the first to grow this wheat.'
"Following the Mexican-American War in the mid-1800s, the United States claimed parts of modern-day Arizona, New Mexico, California, Nevada, and Utah. The Anglo ranchers who moved into the area dug canals to irrigate agricultural fields, transforming the landscape. An 1852 watercolor by surveyor Jon Russell Bartlett depicts a verdant valley with cottonwoods and mesquite trees lining a flowing Gila River as it passes through Oatman Flats Ranch.
"That landscape is unrecognizable today. The lower Gila has gone bone dry after years of upstream diversions, dams, water overuse, and climate change. In 2019, the Gila River earned the title of Most Endangered River by the nonprofit advocacy group American Rivers.
"Standing on the sandy Gila riverbed, which divides the north and south farms of Oatman Flats Ranch, Wang pointed to the nearby invasive salt cedars. Healing the land involves rebuilding the water, nutrient, and carbon cycles from the ground up, 'at the micro level,' he said. 'On the macro level, itβs broken.'
"The ranch team has poured resources into rebuilding soil health by planting #hedgerows and 30-plus species of cover crops, at a cost of approximately $100,000. The hedgerows, mostly native trees, were planted along the edges of the fields to reduce erosion and provide habitat for beneficial species, including #pollinators such as #bees and #hummingbirds.
"The cover crops β #millet, #chickpeas, #sunflowers, #sorghum, sudan grass, broadleaves, and #NativeGrasses among themβare planted immediately after harvesting wheat, to provide 'soil armor,' help conserve water, fix nitrogen in the soil, suppress weeds, attract beneficial insects, and sequester carbon. The once-barren land now supports life for more than 120 species of flora and fauna."
Read more:
https://civileats.com/2025/05/12/could-this-arizona-ranch-be-a-model-for-southwest-farmers/#SolarPunkSunday #RegenerativeAgriculture #RegenerativeFarming #RestorativeAgriculture #ClimateChangeFarming
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Could This #Arizona Ranch Be a Model for #Southwest Farmers?
Oatman Flats has undergone a dramatic transformation, becoming the Southwestβs first #Regenerative #Organic Certified farm and a potential source of ideas for weathering #ClimateChange.
" 'We embraced the abundance of #heirloom and native crops in the #SonoranDesert,' Hansen said. 'We are looking at the land and asking it what we should grow, rather than asking the land to grow what we want.' " - Dax Hansen, owner of Oatman Flats Ranch.
By Samuel Gilbert
May 12, 2025Excerpt: "Regeneration Rooted in #Indigenous Practices
"Southern Arizonaβs rich agricultural history stretches back more than 5,000 years. By 600 CE, the Hohokam people were constructing North Americaβs largest and most elaborate irrigation systems along the Salt and Gila Rivers. The descendants of the Hohokamβthe Pima and Tohono Oβodhamβcontinued to farm the land up to and after the arrival of the Spanish, who began to colonize southern Arizona in the 1600s. They continue to farm in Arizona today.
"At the Tohono Oβodham Indian Reservation, about two hours southeast of Oatman Flats, the San Xavier Co-op Farm uses historic land management practices and grows traditional crops that reflect their respect for the land, plants, animals, elders, and the sacredness of water.
"San Xavier Farm Manager Duran Andrews and his team plant #CoverCrops, rotate fields, and collect #rainwater.
" '[Regenerative agriculture] is nothing new to us,' Andrews said. 'We have been doing this for decades. Harmony between nature and people has been our approach all the time.' Rotating fields and cultivating multiple mutually beneficial species in the same fields improves water and soil quality and biodiversity in this harsh landscape.
" 'Youβve seen what the land looks like in five years; imagine it in 10. If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere.'
"The co-op grows a variety of native crops that were developed in the region and cultivated for centuries or, in some cases, millennia, such as grains and beans, which they sell online. 'We irrigate them till they sprout, then cut them off till the monsoon shows up,' Andrews said. 'We try to keep crops in that hardy state through all the years and decades they have been here. We try not to get away from how things were done in the past.'
"They also grow White Sonora wheat, introduced to Arizona by Spanish Jesuit missionaries in the 1600s. 'It was a gift from Father Kino that we have taken as our own,' Andrews said. 'The [San Xavier] community was one of the first to grow this wheat.'
"Following the Mexican-American War in the mid-1800s, the United States claimed parts of modern-day Arizona, New Mexico, California, Nevada, and Utah. The Anglo ranchers who moved into the area dug canals to irrigate agricultural fields, transforming the landscape. An 1852 watercolor by surveyor Jon Russell Bartlett depicts a verdant valley with cottonwoods and mesquite trees lining a flowing Gila River as it passes through Oatman Flats Ranch.
"That landscape is unrecognizable today. The lower Gila has gone bone dry after years of upstream diversions, dams, water overuse, and climate change. In 2019, the Gila River earned the title of Most Endangered River by the nonprofit advocacy group American Rivers.
"Standing on the sandy Gila riverbed, which divides the north and south farms of Oatman Flats Ranch, Wang pointed to the nearby invasive salt cedars. Healing the land involves rebuilding the water, nutrient, and carbon cycles from the ground up, 'at the micro level,' he said. 'On the macro level, itβs broken.'
"The ranch team has poured resources into rebuilding soil health by planting #hedgerows and 30-plus species of cover crops, at a cost of approximately $100,000. The hedgerows, mostly native trees, were planted along the edges of the fields to reduce erosion and provide habitat for beneficial species, including #pollinators such as #bees and #hummingbirds.
"The cover crops β #millet, #chickpeas, #sunflowers, #sorghum, sudan grass, broadleaves, and #NativeGrasses among themβare planted immediately after harvesting wheat, to provide 'soil armor,' help conserve water, fix nitrogen in the soil, suppress weeds, attract beneficial insects, and sequester carbon. The once-barren land now supports life for more than 120 species of flora and fauna."
Read more:
https://civileats.com/2025/05/12/could-this-arizona-ranch-be-a-model-for-southwest-farmers/#SolarPunkSunday #RegenerativeAgriculture #RegenerativeFarming #RestorativeAgriculture #ClimateChangeFarming
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Could This #Arizona Ranch Be a Model for #Southwest Farmers?
Oatman Flats has undergone a dramatic transformation, becoming the Southwestβs first #Regenerative #Organic Certified farm and a potential source of ideas for weathering #ClimateChange.
" 'We embraced the abundance of #heirloom and native crops in the #SonoranDesert,' Hansen said. 'We are looking at the land and asking it what we should grow, rather than asking the land to grow what we want.' " - Dax Hansen, owner of Oatman Flats Ranch.
By Samuel Gilbert
May 12, 2025Excerpt: "Regeneration Rooted in #Indigenous Practices
"Southern Arizonaβs rich agricultural history stretches back more than 5,000 years. By 600 CE, the Hohokam people were constructing North Americaβs largest and most elaborate irrigation systems along the Salt and Gila Rivers. The descendants of the Hohokamβthe Pima and Tohono Oβodhamβcontinued to farm the land up to and after the arrival of the Spanish, who began to colonize southern Arizona in the 1600s. They continue to farm in Arizona today.
"At the Tohono Oβodham Indian Reservation, about two hours southeast of Oatman Flats, the San Xavier Co-op Farm uses historic land management practices and grows traditional crops that reflect their respect for the land, plants, animals, elders, and the sacredness of water.
"San Xavier Farm Manager Duran Andrews and his team plant #CoverCrops, rotate fields, and collect #rainwater.
" '[Regenerative agriculture] is nothing new to us,' Andrews said. 'We have been doing this for decades. Harmony between nature and people has been our approach all the time.' Rotating fields and cultivating multiple mutually beneficial species in the same fields improves water and soil quality and biodiversity in this harsh landscape.
" 'Youβve seen what the land looks like in five years; imagine it in 10. If we can do it here, we can do it anywhere.'
"The co-op grows a variety of native crops that were developed in the region and cultivated for centuries or, in some cases, millennia, such as grains and beans, which they sell online. 'We irrigate them till they sprout, then cut them off till the monsoon shows up,' Andrews said. 'We try to keep crops in that hardy state through all the years and decades they have been here. We try not to get away from how things were done in the past.'
"They also grow White Sonora wheat, introduced to Arizona by Spanish Jesuit missionaries in the 1600s. 'It was a gift from Father Kino that we have taken as our own,' Andrews said. 'The [San Xavier] community was one of the first to grow this wheat.'
"Following the Mexican-American War in the mid-1800s, the United States claimed parts of modern-day Arizona, New Mexico, California, Nevada, and Utah. The Anglo ranchers who moved into the area dug canals to irrigate agricultural fields, transforming the landscape. An 1852 watercolor by surveyor Jon Russell Bartlett depicts a verdant valley with cottonwoods and mesquite trees lining a flowing Gila River as it passes through Oatman Flats Ranch.
"That landscape is unrecognizable today. The lower Gila has gone bone dry after years of upstream diversions, dams, water overuse, and climate change. In 2019, the Gila River earned the title of Most Endangered River by the nonprofit advocacy group American Rivers.
"Standing on the sandy Gila riverbed, which divides the north and south farms of Oatman Flats Ranch, Wang pointed to the nearby invasive salt cedars. Healing the land involves rebuilding the water, nutrient, and carbon cycles from the ground up, 'at the micro level,' he said. 'On the macro level, itβs broken.'
"The ranch team has poured resources into rebuilding soil health by planting #hedgerows and 30-plus species of cover crops, at a cost of approximately $100,000. The hedgerows, mostly native trees, were planted along the edges of the fields to reduce erosion and provide habitat for beneficial species, including #pollinators such as #bees and #hummingbirds.
"The cover crops β #millet, #chickpeas, #sunflowers, #sorghum, sudan grass, broadleaves, and #NativeGrasses among themβare planted immediately after harvesting wheat, to provide 'soil armor,' help conserve water, fix nitrogen in the soil, suppress weeds, attract beneficial insects, and sequester carbon. The once-barren land now supports life for more than 120 species of flora and fauna."
Read more:
https://civileats.com/2025/05/12/could-this-arizona-ranch-be-a-model-for-southwest-farmers/#SolarPunkSunday #RegenerativeAgriculture #RegenerativeFarming #RestorativeAgriculture #ClimateChangeFarming
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Sunlit Serenity
Hereβs an image of a ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) I spotted this morning. Based on the dark speckles beneath his chin, I believe heβs a juvenile male. The signature emerald coloring isnβt visible hereβlikely because the lighting wasnβt angled quite right to catch its iridescence.
Discover nature's fleeting moments through my lensβvisit my photo gallery to see more.
https://swede1952-photographs.pixels.com
#photo #photography #photographer #photographylovers #wildlife #nature #bird #birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #hummingbirds #RubyThroatedHummingbird
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 8th August 2024
es: ColibrΓ GorjirrubΓ, fr: Colibri Γ Gorge Rubis
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 35% crop, 1/400s, f/14, ISO 2500
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 25th April 2024
es: ColibrΓ GorjirrubΓ, fr: Colibri Γ Gorge Rubis
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 1120mm, 1/640s, f/14, ISO 500
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 25th April 2024
es: ColibrΓ GorjirrubΓ, fr: Colibri Γ Gorge Rubis
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 840mm, 1/640s, f/13, ISO 400
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Hushed Beauty
This is most likely a female ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), though thereβs a slight chance it could be a black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri). Given that ruby-throated hummingbirds dominate this region, that seems the most reasonable identification. Still, Iβd love for it to be a black-chinned, as theyβre quite rare around here. The absence of vibrant emerald feathers is likely due to the lighting, which has softened the usual iridescence of its plumage.
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), 30th April 2024
es: ColibrΓ GorjirrubΓ, fr: Colibri Γ Gorge Rubis
Wakefield, Massachusetts
Massa-adchu-es-et (Massachusett), Naumkeag & Pawtucket traditional territory
Canon EOS R5, Canon RF 200-800mm f/6.3-9 + 1.4x teleconverter @ 637mm, 30% crop, 1/400s, f/11, ISO 1000
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Feeding on the Wing
Iβm off to a slow start today and havenβt made much progress. I had hoped to have this done by 9:00 AM, but here we are.
For those who follow my postsβBen started Laverdia today. I also decided to take him off Tramadol, as I suspected it was suppressing his appetite and leaving him in a dazed state. Already, he seems more like his old self. We'll see how things go from here.
The ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) seem to favor this old rustic feeder above all the othersβthough, perhaps itβs simply because the newer one is still empty.
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unwavering hope
there will be no soft landing
I trust my own voice...#575Prompt - #trust
#DailyHaikuPrompt - #soft
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unwavering hope
there will be no soft landing
I trust my own voice...#575Prompt - #trust
#DailyHaikuPrompt - #soft
#MastoPrompt - #unwavering#art #mastoart #poetry #writing #fediart #poet #poem #smallpoems #writingcommunity #writer #hummingbird #hummingbirds #spring #hope #faith #healing #haiku #nature #birds #bird
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unwavering hope
there will be no soft landing
I trust my own voice...#575Prompt - #trust
#DailyHaikuPrompt - #soft
#MastoPrompt - #unwavering#art #mastoart #poetry #writing #fediart #poet #poem #smallpoems #writingcommunity #writer #hummingbird #hummingbirds #spring #hope #faith #healing #haiku #nature #birds #bird
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unwavering hope
there will be no soft landing
I trust my own voice...#575Prompt - #trust
#DailyHaikuPrompt - #soft
#MastoPrompt - #unwavering#art #mastoart #poetry #writing #fediart #poet #poem #smallpoems #writingcommunity #writer #hummingbird #hummingbirds #spring #hope #faith #healing #haiku #nature #birds #bird