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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 06/08/2024

Stuck the landing! 10.0 on execution which will combine with a meager 4.0 on difficulty to give a respectable 14. Not the highest score in this owlympic games, but for a competitor of their age (>1) and with an injury, they should be very proud. . . . 🐡🌿 🌎🪶 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/1600

A brown and tan great horned owl stands on a minor stump that jets out from an oak tree's trunk where a thick branch once grew. The owl's feet are clearly visible on the tree and its left wing is partially raised in the air, the bird having just landed from flight.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 05/08/2024

A lucky moment in GGP with this Great Horned Owl. I'm not so familiar with bird injuries, but its right eyebrow ain't looking too good. Anyone seen this before? . . . 🐡🌿 🌎🪶 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/1600

A great horned owl flys towards the camera, its wings paused midway through an upbeat, splayed out with the white and black feathers backlight by the sun. Its yellow eyes gaze behind the camera. The background is a mottled mixture of oak-tree branches and nebulous green leaves.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 12/07/2024

A coyote pup, having a roll, roll, roll in z hay . . . 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 Tahoe, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/1600

A coyote pup is seen laying on its back with its paws in the air and it's tail slightly arched upward. Its face is curled back towards its tail, maw open in a playful attempt to bite the tail.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 09/07/2024

Pup butt. After meandering away from the group, this one came bounding back into the grass to start stalking up on its littermates (off-camera in the upper left background). . . . 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 Tahoe, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/1600

Bounding into a field of tall brown and green grass, a coyote pup can be seen with its back to us, its little butt clearly visible as the rest of it disappears into the grass.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 08/07/2024

Smiles all around as these pups came tumbling out of the tall grass. . . . 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 Tahoe, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/1600

A close up image of four coyote pups, each looking engaged and playful as they run alongside one another, tongues out and eyes alight with youthful joy.

A group of four coyote pups can be seen running in a close pack out from tall grass, their ears perked up and mouths open as they nip and play with one another mid-run.

Same general description as the previous picture, however now more of the pups' faces can be seen, tongues out and flopping as they run.

The group is now blurry as they begin to tumble and fall into the tall grass.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 05/07/2024

mischief is a foot (a floof?) . . . 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 Tahoe, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/1600

A coyote pup's head can be seen poking up out of some tall grass in a meadow of brown and green grass.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 03/07/2024

A joyful coyote pup zoomie . . . 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 Tahoe, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/1600

Three coyote pups can be seen in a brightly lit meadow. Two are standing next to each other having just been wrestling. The third is running away from the group towards the lower right corner of the picture, its ears tucked back and mouth open. The running pup seems to be having a great time.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

In a stroke of dumb luck, I got to watch a gaggle of coyote pups playing in a meadow while passing through Tahoe. It. Was. Magical lol The pics aren't stellar. But, it'll give you a little preview into the unfettered joy of pups playing in a meadow 😍 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 Tahoe, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/1600

Three coyote pups stand in a meadow surrounded by tall grasses. Two of the pups are wrestling, one is standing with its head cocked looking back over its shoulder. In the background is an area of dark shaded undergrowth beneath Pine trees.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 24/05/2024

*Thread* 1/3 Sometimes, feeding coyotes isn't obvious or intended. Here, a person was feeding squirrels. 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/250

A pair of coyotes stand blurry in the foreground, their backs to the camera as they look on into the background. There, a man can be seen—partially obscured by the coyote—looking down into his backpack (where an unseen big bag of peanuts sat).

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 23/05/2024

After watching this, I'm pretty sure that death by coyote is FAR better than death by heron. 🐡🌿🦊 🌎🪶 San Francisco, CA 📸 130mm, F5.6, 1/1600

A great blue heron strides through short grass with a limp gopher hanging from its beak.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 08/05/2024

From out of the shadows, a curious dream, ephemeral in all but memory. (Resharing this one because why not 🤷‍♂️) 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 130mm, F5.6, 1/1600

A person lays on their back among green grass and white daisies, bathed in one strong beam of sunlight. The person's hands are resting limply above their head, which is propped up on a skateboard and covered by the person's shirt. In the shadowed grass beyond the person, a coyote looks on with curiosity.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 07/05/2024

Watching curiously as people and dogs walk on the trail below. 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/250

A coyote stands in a tree clearing facing to the left of the picture frame, its ears perked up. Around it are lush green vines and bushes. The picture is framed by golden brown tree trunks on either side of the photo.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 26/04/2024

Another couple shots from 4/20. I was lucky enough to be in a spot where I could see the coyotes emerge from the bushes and then proceed to cross the road one at a time, first wearily, then at speed. 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/2000

A coyote stands looking straight off to the right side of the picture frame. In the blurry background are 4 people staring at it, one with a phone raised to take a picture, another with a 3' long bong in one hand and the other raised, pointing at the coyote.

A blurry foreground image of a coyote standing and looking towards the background at four people, all staring in awe at the coyote. One person has their phone raised to take a picture, the rest have their hands full carrying picnic items, and one guy—adorned in a Celtics jersey with snowboarding sunglasses on—rests with his weight partially on a ~3' long bong.

A coyote runs across the sidewalk as three blurry figures look on in the background.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 25/04/2024

Sleepy days, what better time to rest among the flowers? 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/160

A coyote lays at the base of two diverging tree trunks. Next to is a bushel of purple flowers blooming out from among deep green leaves. The coyote is yawning.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

🧵 On Bold Coyote Behavior: Lots of reports of a coyote in GGP approaching dogs and people. Last week I saw a few ex of this, one shown in this thread. The coyote had seen a dog and its owner nearby. The coyote reversed course to walk towards the pair. 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 120mm, F5.0, 1/2000

A coyote walks with its head lowered, ears flared to the side, and tail between its legs, intently focused on something off to the right of the camera.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 24/04/2024

Looking back through old pics and found this one, so thought I'd share it on here: A coyote resting among the oaks. 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 120mm, F5.0, 1/400

A coyote can be seen sitting underneath an oak tree on a hill covered in short green grass. Immediately behind the coyote is a down tree who's branches are a bright white, establishing a contrast with the vibrant colors in the surrounding picture and emphasizing the brownish red of the coyote's fur.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

#InverteFest is here! 24-30 April your local time zone. Share your invertebrate art. Plug your merch & services. Don't forget the hashtag & alt text.

a design showing 17 jellyfish species of various colors and shapes. some look like flying saucers, some obnoxiously long, some look like a mess of tangled tentacles that I can't put into words

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

Just close your eyes and feel the warm sun hitting you, a gentle contrast to the cool ocean breeze that begs you to pause for just a moment, to feel it. 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/400

A coyote stands in a beam of broken sunlight, its head tilted upwards and nose raised up in the sunbeam. The coyote is surrounded by a dirt trail and tall grasses in the background, with tortuous oak tree branches reaching into the frame.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 22/04/2024

A belated happy 4/20 from Golden Gate Park. 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/2000

The blurry but distinct form of a coyote walks across the foreground, transitioning from a paved sidewalk onto grass. In the background stands three people—one holding a two foot long bong—each looking at the coyote in stunned amazement.

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GhostoftheSea @ghostofthesea.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

While I'm currently working on some gouache, here's an older gouache painting of a grey fox! 🦊 #fox #grayfox #painting #art #gouache #animalart

Photo of a gouache painting of an American gray fox. It's head, shoulders and tail are visible and is looking elegantly to the right. There are light blue speckles of paint around the fox, and a small fake plant is visible in the corner of the photo.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

After being caught, the mole must have put up a little bit of a fight b/c the yote suddenly jolted and sent the mole flying. Otherwise unfazed, the coyote trotted over, picked the mole up again, and wasted little time before downing it. 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/2000

A coyote stands on some grass looking towards the lower left of the picture. About midway up the picture and to the right, a mole can be seen soaring through the air, having just been flung by the coyote.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 18/04/2024

Taking a break while also keeping an eye on a pair of dogs walking nearby. This coyote did some hop scotching between green spaces on a busy weekend morning. Always fascinating to see them navigate their way through people and other obstacles. 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/2000

A coyote sits on a hillside with its front paws firmly on the ground in front of it, propping the coyote up against the slant of the hill. Its head is turned to the side, looking intently at something beyond the left side of the image. It is surrounded by bright green foliage that contrasts with its rusty red-gray coloring.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 17/04/2024

Alright, now hold your trophy up and smile for the camera! 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/2000

A coyote stands in a patch of light green grass against a background of deep green tree branches. The coyote is looking at the camera, its ears pointed high in the air and a mole dangling from its mouth.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

On the hunt for moles. Got to watch this coyote (viewed through the slats of an electric bike charging station) as it successfully tracked, dug up, and rooted out a mole (more pics to come). 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/2000

A coyote walks on lime green grass, its nose lowered to the grass and its rusty red ears pointing prominently up. Gray blurry blocks (bike charging stations) boarder the image.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 15/04/2024

A recklessly curious coyote, approaching dogs with what seems like a hint of playfulness. If you see one, it's best to stay at a distance or leave the area. If it comes close, get loud, get big—make it clear people and dogs should not be approached. 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/2000

A coyote walks parallel to a man and his dog, not more than 10 feet apart. The coyote is looking towards the man and his dog, the man is looking back over his shoulder at the coyote with an uncomfortable look on his face.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 28/02/2024

Random request: anybody got recommendations for a good primary care doctor in SF (preferably within Aetna coverage)?

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

A momentary pause from play as a dog and its owner came jogging through the area. 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/1000

A coyote stands against a background of thick bushes. the coyote is in the process of turning around, such that its front half is cocked at a 90 degree angle from its back half. Its focus is set on something (the dog) off to the right side of the camera.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

Cupid's got me all squirrelly But here's the tea Though it bites like a coyote Your love slays me (Today's a day for very bad poetry, yeah?) 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/800

A coyote stands on a dirt path, a squirrel hanging limply from its mouth. The coyote's body faces the camera, though its head is turned slightly to the side, watching another (unseen) coyote approach.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Movie idea: A Lion King remake in an urban ecosystem, a coming of age tale about betrayal and power struggles among the SF coyote community. Characters include Zazu the Parrot, Timon the squirrel, Pumba the raccoon, Rafiki the elusive Gray Fox, and Scar's band of Ravens as henchmen. 🚗 = wildebeest.

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Tisha Mark @tishamark.com · 13/02/2024

Leaning into a place of comfort to recharge my sense of creative energy. For me, this means returning to my favorite limited palette to create seascapes, mixing oil paint to create rich gray tones containing hints of blues and earthy browns. Wintry Seas No. 1, oil #art Available: tishamark.com/shop

Original seascape oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Wintry Seas No. 1" 20"x20" oil on linen (2024). Wintertime sea and sky, painted in a limited palette of grays, blue, browns, black, and white.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 13/02/2024

Just a few cherubs playing Lion King in the park. "Brother! Help me!" "...Long live the King 🦁" 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 140mm, F5.0, 1/1600

Three coyotes can be seen on a hillside that is covered in a matted bush. One coyote bounds atop the hill. Another sits looking around its bend back at the other two. The third can be seen falling down a small crevice in the hillside, splayed out trying to hold on to the bush in vein. Don't worry, the fall was only a meter or so, and it landed on its feet.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

Photography can be tough sometimes, hard to line up shots and events unfold quickly. So, you just take what you can get, as in this case, where I attempted to get a lovely picture of an oak tree branch, only to have ppl and coyotes wander into the shot. 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 230mm, F5.6, 1/1000

Two people can be seen in the bottom right corner of the picture frame, huddled together looking off into the distance of the picture, one pointing their finger towards something beyond. In the background, you can see a tangle of oak trees, some green undergrowth, and two coyotes. Though the extended finger isn't pointing at them, the positioning of the coyotes makes it appear in line with the direction of the people's attention.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

Peering up around the bend (there's a bathroom on the right). This coyote and its family unit were having a rowdy time on a hillside among some thickets, occasionally hopping up to this perch to watch as runners and dogs passed by on the trail below. 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/2000

A coyote stands peering out from what appears to be a valley between two large bushes. The coyote's ears are perked up and it seems to be looking straight at the camera from afar. The bushes it stands on are chaotic with punctate little leaves and thin branches enveloping the entire right half of the picture. To the left, a similar bush, this one brown, can be seen consuming the left fifth of the picture.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

Biiiiggggg stretch. Both of us waking up from a bit of a slumber, but hoping to be more active soon :) 🐡🌿🦊 🌎 San Francisco, CA 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/1000

A coyote stands on a bushy hillside, its front legs stretched out in front of it, its body weight shifted over its hind legs as it dips down into a stretch. The coyote's head is raised slightly upwards and its mouth is wide open in a yawn, teeth clearly visible and pink tongue sitting placidly between them.

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Peter Nguyen @dptbirder.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 24 An Allen’s hummingbird noshing on cherry blossoms 🌸 🪶

Allen’s hummingbird feeding at a bundle of cherry blossoms

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Fen, moss goblin @fluidfyre.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

'Autumn at McGillivray Falls' 2022 #ArtAdventCalendar I tried to capture a moment in time, the inviting feeling a hiking path can give, particularly at the end of the year when winter will soon follow. The fleeting warmth, beauty, and light of an autumn canopy.

A vertical acrylic painting of a shaded path through a sunlight dappled autumn forest, showing yellows, oranges, reds, and still greens in the foreground.

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Tisha Mark @tishamark.com · 24/12/2023

Day 24. #ArtAdventCalendar So happy to have discovered so many artists through this event! My last post for this year's art advent calendar is my favorite painting from 2023. Autumn's Arrival, oil. (Sold)

Original oil painting by Tisha Mark, "Autumn's Arrival" 30"x40" oil on canvas (2023). A coastal marsh underneath an orange-toned sunrise sky.

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D. Paul Angel @dpaulangel.com · 24/12/2023

I'm ending #ArtAdventCalendar the same as I started it, with a sunset Pic from that magical evening on Gold Beach in Oregon. Shout out to @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca for organizing this, love that I could share my work, and the new friends I've met along the way too. It's been wonderful :-)

Smooth sand in the foreground reflects the sunset in front of dark, silhouetted rocks. Venus is in the sky, above whispy clouds reflecting the sunset too.

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

One more nod to the app's new logo. While blue butterflies are nice, it's tough to beat a blue moth. (possibly Holophaea caerulea; Ecuador)

A closeup photo of a solid bright blue moth with a slim red collar behind its head, atop a green leaf in the Ecuadorian cloud forest.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

A beautiful, albeit odd looking, coyote in Golden Gate Park. 🐡🌿🪶 #artadventcalendar 🌎 Dec '23, in Golden Gate Park 📸 200mm, F2.8, 1/1250

A hummingbird floats just below a bright yellow flower, its beak extended upward into the flower's depths. The hummingbird's wings are splayed outward in a downward beat, its back a beautiful iridescent green contrasted with its black head.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 22/12/2023

Spotted hunting on the roadside. After considering us in the distance, the coyote moved on, continuing the hunt for what lays below :) 🐡🌿🦊 #artadventcalendar 🌎 Dec '23, in Marin Headlands 📸 200mm, F2.8, 1/1250

A coyote stands in lush green grass, its head cocked to the side looking straight at the camera. Behind it are tall, gray-brown reeds

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 21/12/2023

A preview of what I will look like this weekend nomming on all the holiday cookies and Reeses Trees. 🐡🌿🦊 #artadventcalendar 🌎 Dec '23, in SF's GGP 📸 200mm, F2.8, 1/1250

A squirrel sits on the pointed edge of a wooden stump, its tail curled up along its back and its front paws clasped around an acorn. The squirrel is facing the camera, its mouth lowered slightly to its hands and the acorn they hold.

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Tim Osborne Photography 🍁 @timosborne.ca · 19/12/2023

Day 19 of #ArtAdventCalendar: I like to think that this female Grizzly Bear was taking a moment to soak in the beautiful mountain surroundings. 🦊

A Grizzly Bear, sitting upright amidst some branches looks out into the distance.

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 19/12/2023

Day 19 morning #ArtAdventCalendar Dawn at White Sands 24×36" 61x91cm OriginalOil on Canvas 2017 Commission

Abstract landscape: orange swirling sky looking down a beach with water on the left wetlands with reeds on the and a treed hill midground

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

On the hunt. 🐡🌿🦊 #artadventcalendar 🌎 Dec '23, in SF's GGP 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/320

A coyote can be seen mid-step, its front paw partially raised. Its head is lowered to shoulder height, its ears perked up and facing straight ahead. The coyote is stalking towards something to the right of the frame.

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Stephen Riffle, Ph.D. @eyaspectre.bsky.social · 18/12/2023

Just another angle from a shot I posted a few weeks ago. Caught this one intently listening to the ground below for movement. 🐡🌿🦊 #artadventcalendar 🌎 Dec '23, in SF's GGP 📸 300mm, F5.6, 1/640

A coyote stands on dry grass, staring down towards the dirt with a look of curiosity on its face. Gray rocks occupy the left frame of this image. Deep green colors paint the background from unfocused oak trees.

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