#skyislands — Public Fediverse posts

Bird of the Day — Rufous Hummingbird, Arizona 2023

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Hummingbirds #Arizona #SkyIslands

Always been fascinated by sky islands, wish there was a nice way to make them in
@godotengine , sprinkle some
@kenney stuff, some extra meshes with the same textures and a few more and a nice sky, a little scrolling shader and voilà.

#gamedev #skyislands #cute

Bird of the Day — Allen's Hummingbird, Arizona 2024

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Hummingbirds #SkyIslands #Arizona

Bird of the Day — Broad-billed Hummingbird, Arizona 2024

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Hummingbirds #Arizona #SkyIslands

Bird of the Day — Blue-throated Mountain-gem, Arizona 2008

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Migration #Hummingbirds #SkyIslands #Arizona #Spring

My weekly contribution at the blog Balloon Juice.

https://balloon-juice.com/2025/04/14/on-the-road-albatrossity-in-the-chiricahuas-2/

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #SkyIslands #chiricahuas

Bird of the Day — Abert's Towhee, Arizona 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Arizona #Spring #Sparrows #SkyIslands

Bird of the Day — Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler, Arizona 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Arizona #Spring #Warblers #SkyIslands

Bird of the Day — Verdin, Arizona 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #SkyIslands #Arizona #Chiricahuas

Bird of the Day — Pyrrhuloxia, Arizona 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Grosbeaks #SkyIslands #Arizona #desert

Bird of the Day — Acorn Woodpecker, Arizona 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Woodpeckers #SkyIslands #Arizona

Bird of the Day — Gambel's Quail, Arizona 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Quail #SkyIslands #Arizona

Bird of the Day — Arizona Woodpecker, Arizona 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Woodpeckers #SkyIslands #Arizona

Bird of the Day — Cooper's Hawk, Arizona 2025

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Raptors #SkyIslands #Arizona

Bird of the Day — Greater Roadrunner, Arizona 2022

#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #SkyIslands #Arizona #Roadrunner #AshCanyon

Bird of the Day — Lucifer Hummingbird, Arizona 2024
Light-bearer

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Hummingbirds #SkyIslands #Arizona

Bird of the Day — Western Tanager, Arizona 2024
Chokecherry days

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #SkyIslands #Arizona

Bird of the Day — Allen's Hummingbird, Arizona 2024
Vagrant

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Hummingbirds #SkyIslands #Arizona

Bird of the Day — Curve-billed Thrasher, Arizona 2024
Banded

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Mimids #SkyIslands #Arizona

Bird of the Day — Broad-billed Hummingbird
Like a lit match

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Hummingbirds #SkyIslands #Arizona

Bird of the Day — Vermilion Flycatcher, Arizona 2024

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #SkyIslands #Tyrannids #Flycatchers

Bird of the Day — Calliope Hummingbird, Arizona 2023
Acrobatic

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Huachucas #SkyIslands #Hummingbirds

Hundreds Of New Species Discovered On Africa’s Isolated Sky Islands

by @grrlscientist via @medium

#NewSpecies #birds #reptiles #insects #Africa #IslandArchipelago #SkyIslands #ecoregion #SciComm https://medium.com/discourse/hundreds-of-new-species-discovered-on-africas-isolated-sky-islands-91e93fa6ee71

Bird of the Day — Curve-billed Thrasher, Arizona, March 2019
Side-eye

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Arizona #SkyIslands

Hunting sky islands for genetic clues to climate resilience
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2024/sky-islands-evolutionary-adaptation-climate-change

"Isolated mountaintops are hotbeds of evolutionary adaptation and great places to study how #ClimateChange affects ecosystems... populations on #SkyIslands face more potent pressure to evolve to deal with conditions that they cannot escape."

The Santa Catalina Mountains look like islands in the sea this morning. #SilentSunday #SkyIslands #Tucson

Rainbow after a monsoon thunderstorm in Arizona a few weeks ago.

#Rainbow #Arizona #SkyIslands

Bird of the Day — Hutton's Vireo, Arizona 2023
Not a kinglet, really

#Nature #NaturePhotography #Birds #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Arizona #SkyIslands #Vireo