#southeast arizona

[jesyme]

Clouds, southeast, Arizona. Photo copyright by j.e.syme 2024

[kenneturner]

Sandhill Cranes

Sandhill Cranes (Whitewater Draw) — Photo-Artistry by kenne Moving elegantly theystand in shallow waterof the whitewater draw. Their loud, trumpeting call creating a cacophony of soundinspiring to nearby birders. These crimson-capped birdswith their dignified manner appear in a stately procession.  — kenne

[harvestheart]

Cicada

Celadon.

I found this recently-molted cicada outside my home yesterday. The green color of its wings darkens quickly as the wings stiffen and harden for flight. In Sierra Vista, Arizona.

[alwaysbewoke]

The ulterior motive to keep Haiti in turmoil

[thekog]

Got the rest of my Southeast Arizona Birding Festival photos uploaded, and it's not all hummingbirds either! Behold, a Grace's warbler!

[worldsandemanations]

Clouds over the valley, southeast Arizona. Photo copyright by j.e.syme 2024

[thelostcanyon]

The edge of the Mogollon Rim at Al Fulton Point near the extreme southeast corner of Coconino County, Arizona.

[moths-wc-aus]

psst! hey! guess what! i make warriors name generators based on specific places!

-- central american (+ mexican) names -- florida names -- tundra names -- desert names (american & australian) -- new england, america names (made this one for my coastal fanclans, since they're based in maine) -- alaska names -- mesa biome names -- canadian names -- prairie names -- north carolinan swamp names -- u.s. desert names -- cave names (worldwide) -- southeast asian names -- californian coast names -- arizona names -- gobi desert names -- vermont, usa names

here's a generator with all of the prefixes/suffixes i use regularly! -- moth's name gen

and here's a whole clan generator! -- moth's clan gen

(go ahead and yell at me if you find something missing/something that shouldn't be there)

[bignaz8]

Big Balanced Rock - Chiricahua National Monument, The monument is located approximately 36 miles (58 km) southeast of Willcox, Arizona.

[tanadrin]

The United States should go back to having thirteen states

On the basis that the 13-star flag was the best version, and that 50 is just too many dang states, I present my proposal for a 13-state United States of America. State names are placeholders only; presumably the inhabitants of these states would want to name them something different.

State boundaries are intended to attempt to respect both geographical features and approximate internal cultural borders of the United States, keeping contiguous regional cultures more or less grouped (e.g., the Ozarks are mostly within Texas-Louisiana; all of New England is in the Northeast; the Piedmont region is entirely within the Mid-Atlantic state, etc.). I have also tried to reduce the insane population disparity between states as much as was reasonable; but since the three non-contiguous states, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, are necessarily culturally and geographically distinct, they are kept as separate states. Also since they're each individual states with their present borders, I was lazy and only drew the 10 contiguous states.

The thirteen states are:

Northeast: About 34 million inhabitants. Capital: Boston; House delegation: 42 members; Senators: 10; EC votes: 52

Mid-Atlantic: About 41 million inhabitants. Capital: Richmond; House delegation: 51 members; Senators: 12; EC votes: 63. Contains the national capital (Washington-D.C.)

Ohio River-Appalachia: About 39 million inhabitants. Capital: Wheeling; House delegation: 48; Senators: 12; EC votes: 60

Southeast: About 44 million inhabitants. Capital: Jacksonville; House delegation: 54; Senators: 12; EC votes: 66

Michigan-Superior: About 37 million inhabitants. Capital: Green Bay; House delegation: 46; Senators: 10; EC votes: 56

Kansas-Missouri: About 24 million inhabitants. Capital: Kansas City; House delegation: 30; Senators: 6; EC votes: 36

Texas-Louisiana: About 40 million inhabitants. Capital: Shreveport; House delegation: 50; Senators: 12; EC votes; 62

Cascadia-North Plains: About 26 million inhabitants. Capital: Idaho Falls; House delegation: 32; Senators: 8; EC votes: 40

California: About 41 million inhabitants. Capital: Sacramento; House delegation: 51 members; Senators: 12; EC votes: 63

Arizona-New Mexico: About 19 million inhabitants; Capital: Albequerque; House delegation: 24; Senators: 6; EC votes: 30

Alaska: About 730,000 inhabitants. House members: 1; Senators: 1; EC votes: 3

Hawaii: About 1.4 million inhabitants. House delegation: 2; Senators: 1; EC votes: 3

Puerto Rico: About 3 million inhabitants. House delegation: 4; Senators: 1; EC votes: 5.

Total House size is 435, total Senate size is 103, and the total number of EC votes is still 538.

(Obviously in principle I would support abolishing both the Senate and the Electoral College, but if for some reason you were going to keep them, I think at minimum you would have to reform the whole "one state, two senators" rule, ergo I have gone for a form of proportionality here, although not so proportional as House delegations.)

[philotheoristic]

Arizona Monsoon Skies are Back... at Willow Lake - well, part of the lake bed anyway. The water is gone at the Southeast end of the lake, and the reflections with them. The geese in the top photo announced their approach in time for a photo opp. They usually make their way to Watson Lake (about 1 mile behind me) around sunset.

[jesyme]

Today in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. Photo copyright by j.e.syme 2024

[kenneturner]

Doubtful Canyon Tree

Doubtful Canyon Tree — Image by kenne You must trust and believe in people, or life becomes impossible. — Anton Chekhov

[dream-world-universe]

Colorado, United States: Colorado is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Colorado borders Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas to the east, Oklahoma to the southeast, New Mexico to the south, Utah to the west, and meets Arizona to the southwest at the Four Corners. Colorado is noted for its landscape of mountains, forests, high plains, mesas, canyons, plateaus, rivers, and desert lands. Wikipedia

[herpsandbirds]

Here's a little ID challenge for you. I went on a little moth field trip and took tons of pictures. I'm scared of even trying to post all of it to iNaturalist though because the sheer number of insects we saw on this sheet was insane and it's difficult for an invertebrate newbie like me to comb through it. This is just one of the images that's a bit more interesting due to the decent lighting and the mantis. Taken in August in Southeast Arizona!

I love these white sheet surveys!

We do them every April and October here in the preserve where I work. Its very... generative and exciting. We add new species to the park list every time.

I can try to ID 3 of the things from the photo for you...

The mantis looks to me like an Arizona Mantis (Stagmomantis limbata), family Mantidae.

The yellow moth to the right and down looks like Helvibotys helvialis, family Crambidae. Its uncommon in the SW, but is known from that region.

The orangy moth down to right (the most right looking moth on the photo) is a Pretty Bird Dropping Moth (Ponometia venustula), family Noctuidae.

[thekog]

A white-breasted nuthatch checks to make sure the coast is clear before leaping over to an open bird feeder.