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Dina Roberts

@drdins.bsky.social
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I study birds from an interdisciplinary perspective. I am in the final stage of writing a book about birds in art. I'm also designing fabric as a hobby. You can see my current designs at www.spoonflower.com/profiles/dinsbins

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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Exhibition 66 Birds / 3 Degrees at The Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon. Paintings and bird sounds of species at risk from climate change and a group that are recovering due to conservation efforts. Natalie Niblack Washington State artist in collaboration with scientists.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
During the early 20thc, artist Rowena Cade (1893–1983) started to create the open air Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, on the Cornish cliffs, UK, with the help of her gardener Billy and only hand tools. She continued to build into her last years #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring an older white woman sitting in a wheelbarrow readinibg Photo of a theatre built into a cliff with seating in rows at different levels going down to a stone stage and with turquoise sea in the background
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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
12 grams of wing and muscle. Just enough to get from the boreal forests of Canada down to Venezuela. Never ceases to amaze. (Bay-breasted Warbler)
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Tom Uttech 2009 Migration painting being re-installed at Crystal Bridges Art Museum after an expansion of the gallery space. Tom's works are inspired by his love of birds and time spent in northern and boreal forests near his home. Tom Uttech is represented by Alex Andre Gallery in New York.
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Members of the Zuni Interagency Hotshot Crew assisted with rescue and recovery at the World Trade Center site after September 11, 2001. It was the crew’s first assignment. The tribe gifted the art work by Octavius Chuyate to the Fire Department (FDNY) a month after the attacks. Smithsonian Museum.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70 meter long medieval masterpiece created by artisan women, is actually an embroidery in crewel (wool yarn) on a linen ground. Depicting the Norman conquest of England, it was made in the 11th century & currently displayed at the British Museum #WomensArt
Four images of an 11th century embroidry featuring figures and horses on a light material background
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Minnie Evans (1892-1987) African-American artist from North Carolina. Current exhibition "The Lost World: the Art of Minnie Evans" through Jan. 10 2027, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Untitled work 1968, mixed media on paper.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Lee Miller, US photographer whose images at the end of WW2 at Dachau concentration camp helped to expose the horrors of the Holocaust created by the Nazi regime #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a white woman, upper half, in a unifirm and helmet in a field
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Frida Kahlo, Self portrait with Bonito, 1941 #womensart
Head and shoulders painted portrait of the artist wearing black with a parrot on her shoulder looking outwards against a backdrop of green foliage
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Rebecca Parton RIP, ❤️ US singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actress, author, businesswoman and humanitarian #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph feating a white woman in a doorway with raised leg holding an acoustic guitar, smiling
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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National Portrait Gallery on Instagram: "Swipe to see all the details in this stunning portrait ➡️ Born into slavery around 1743, Toussaint L’Ouverture was a Haitian general. After gaining his freedo...
4,087 likes, 67 comments - nationalportraitgallery on August 23, 2026: "Swipe to see all the details in this stunning portrait ➡️ Born into slavery around 1743, Toussaint L’Ouverture was a Haitian ge...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Still Life with Lemons & a Bee' by Giovanna Garzoni, 1600-1670. Italian painter of the Baroque period #WomensArt #SummerPaintings 🌞
Painting featuring the branch of a lemon tree with lemons and lemon flowers on a surface as a bumble bee hovers above
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Mural fragment from the ancient Mexican of Teotihuacan. Thought to be a representation of a bird warrior. Is the crest and beak based on an Eagle or other bird of prey?
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Trinidadian contemporary artist Shalini Dass painting of a Bananaquit!
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Gabriele Münter Still life with vase. c. 1930 Expressionist painter #Womensart
Painting featuring a blue jug filled with different coloured flowers
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Endemic White-fronted Capuchin, Trinidad.
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Dan Baldassarre @evornithology.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Great piece here by @brendonstuff.bsky.social on the need for widespread use of bird-safe glass to prevent window collisions theconversation.com/bird-safe-gl...
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Bird-safe glass must become the norm to prevent collisions with buildings
In Canada, tens of millions of birds are killed annually by crashing into glass on buildings.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 22/07/2026
Melia, a major Spanish hotel chain, says it will completely shutter its operations in Cuba because of operational and financial difficulties on the Caribbean island nation linked to U.S. sanctions and an energy blockade.
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Spanish hotel chain Meliá is leaving Cuba because of legal and financial hurdles from US sanctions
Meliá, a major Spanish hotel chain, says it will completely shutter its operations in Cuba because of operational and financial difficulties on the Caribbean island nation linked to U.S. sanctions and an energy blockade.
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Hilma af Klint inaugural exhibition in France @centrepompidou.fr Grand Palais, 2026.
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Excellent exhibition at Musée Quai Branly, Paris, France about natural and cultural history of Birds of Paradise. Recommend if you are visiting Paris.
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Vincent van Gogh. Kingfisher by the Waterside. 1887. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.
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Hart @hart-frentz.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Warum verschwinden unsere Vögel... #Biodiversität
Drei Zeichnungen erste Zeichnung viel felderwirtschaft mit vielen Tieren Insekten zweite Zeichnung weniger felderwirtschaft mit weniger Tieren Insekten dritte Zeichnung Monokultur fast keine Insekten, we Cleaned the farm until life left
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Dutch Illustrator Fiep Westendorp
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Grist @grist.org · 09/07/2026
Why heat is so deadly and how to stay safe
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Why heat is so deadly and how to stay safe
Understand the risks associated with extreme heat and what to do when you’re facing down a heat wave with this guide based on years of Grist reporting.
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
From Denver Art Museum exhibit The Stars We Do Not See Australian Aboriginal art
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Charley Harper's Alpine Northwest NPS poster
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Navajo pictorial basket by Native American master weaver Elsie Holiday #WomensArt
Oval shaped woven basket top with the image  of a blue, red and yellow butterfly on it
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Frida Kahlo Self Portrait with Monkeys and Hummingbird
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Hyperallergic @hyperallergic.com · 01/07/2026
Deep in the caves of Spain and Portugal, scientists have discovered evidence of ancient human DNA on cave walls. This novel finding proves that DNA can survive for millennia within the paint applied to rock walls, opening a future pathway to recovering the identities of ancient artists.
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Human DNA in Cave Paintings Can Survive For Millennia, Study Finds
The discovery points to the future potential of archaeogenetics in recovering the identities of ancient artists from thousands of years ago.
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Conservation success stories matter and public lands provide critical wildlife habitats. Finley National Wildlife Refuge marked an important step towards rare butterfly recovery. Fender's Blue butterflies were reintroduced in 2014 after habitat restoration and are now a self-sustaining population.
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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Northern California condors suspected to be tending region’s first egg in more than a century
A pair of condors, one of which was bred at the Oregon Zoo, are believed to be tending Northern California's first egg in more than 100 years.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Rooftops, 2022 by Emma Haworth, contemporary London-based painter #WomensArt
Painting featuring a view over the rooftops of houses and gardens as birds fly across an evening or morning early twilight sky
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
It's a Wild life.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Again and again, Russia kills the people and destroys the cultural sites it says it went to war to protect. These crimes will end when the US supplies missile defense to Ukraine and enforces sanctions on Russian energy. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Kyiv monastery set on fire in night of Russian attacks across Ukraine
Dormition Cathedral at Unesco world heritage site struck along with residential buildings across capital
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
David Hockney illustration for a book "À Simple Heart." One of the few times he drew a bird. 1947.
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Ode to David Hockney, his creative genius will be missed.
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Science Friday @scifri.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
From penguins in Antarctica to black holes in outer space, Science Friday covers it all. We love being able to bring science journalism to millions of people across the country and the world. Photo credit: Katherine Bouton (Ira Flatow interviews penguins in Antarctica for NPR in 1979)
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Red-tailed Hawk sun ray spotlight over prairie
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 02/06/2026
Yes, we do! Listen to @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social as he interviews world experts on conservation, environmental science, and more! Find all the episodes on your favourite podcast platforms. mongabay.cc/Newscast
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
If you want to make a nest more cozy just add duck feathers, chirps of wisdom from mama tree swallow #birdsasartists
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 25/05/2026
Pope Leo XIV has issued a sweeping manifesto about safeguarding humanity in the era of artificial intelligence, examining the many social areas that the technology is fundamentally reshaping.
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Excerpts from Pope Leo XIV's sweeping manifesto about humanity in the AI era
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has issued a sweeping manifesto about safeguarding humanity in the era of artificial intelligence, examining the many social areas that the technology is fundamentally reshaping.
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Birds Making Art 2 Northern House Wren nest with Wild Turkey feather incorporated into plant nesting materials
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The work of Vivian Maier (1920-2009), prolific US street photographer whose work was unknown in her lifetime #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring two Black children in a 1960s style car with no windows
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
In the left margin find a North American turkey. This turkey is an early illustration of American fauna in a European manuscript. One page of a larger choir book used by Catholics in Spain. In Rare Book Collection at the University of Sydney. Early 1500s? Impressive and recognizable.
Turkey in the left bottom corner. Spanish liturgical manuscript or choir bio
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Birds making art - Tree Swallows embellishing their nest with another birds feathers
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
The U.S. has spent billions to lose a war that enriches its oligarchs, impoverishes the citizenry, sabotages its alliances, and strengthens its enemies. Empires have risen and failed before, but to my knowledge no state has ever chosen to kill its own power. snyder.substack.com/p/on-superpo...
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On Superpower Suicide
And the recovery of justice
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Dina Roberts @drdins.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happy Earth Day! Restoration and resilience in Oregon white oak ecosystems for cultural and environmental sustainability.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 12/04/2026
The “America First,” president wants to cut billions of dollars from American innovation and scientific research.   From NASA to NIH, no one would be spared.   We cannot let this budget pass. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Off to Market, 2000 by US Beth Moon, photographer who explored and documented some of the oldest and most striking trees in the world over a 14 year period #womensart
Monochrome photograph featuring a landscape with tall trees and a group of people on a track
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide, Desert, Mexico,1979 #WomensArt
Monochrome photograph featuring a large cactus plant in a desert landscape with birds flying
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