Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, a rare visitor from Asia, appeared at Miquelon Lake Provincial Park today, and I was luckily around to be able to get some good looks at it #birding #alberta #albertabirds #albertaparks 021
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Was nice to get a look at a Sabine’s Gull in fall plumage today 010
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Cackling Geese, not Canada Geese - don’t let ‘em fool ya! 001
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 21/09/2026New article I wrote about my recent trip to the Burgess Shale: lowingmedia.com/poplar-magaz... #scicomm #sciencewriting #fossils #burgessshale #yoho #palaeontology 000
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Lapland Longspurs. Not an uncommon bird in rural areas during migration, but getting a close look at them is tough. 010
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Palm Warbler. They don’t stand out as much as some other warblers, but watch for their tail-bobbing habit with those yellow undertail coverts #birds 1110
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Black-bellied Plovers, though in the non-breeding plumage their more like Black-pitted Plovers 011
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A happy #WorldShorebirdDay to all who celebrate this group of birds, which are some of my favourites 031
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Ornithomimus at @royaltyrrell with Lambeosaurus in the background. A couple classic Alberta dinosaurs #FossilFriday 022
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Some warblers from this morning: Yellow-rumped, Tennessee, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Blackpoll, Northern Yellow 051
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Blue-headed Vireo, a tough bird to photograph as they always seem to be hiding in the trees, and never stop moving 000
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Black bear along the Icefields Parkway in Banff 000
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Lots of Compton Tortoiseshells out there lately 000
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 20/07/2026A blog post I wrote for the Royal Alberta Museum about the natural history of the Alberta badlands royalalbertamuseum.ca/node/1971royalalbertamuseum.caThe Badlands Aren’t So Bad | Royal Alberta Museum 000
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Upland Sandpiper, one our most unique shorebirds. Been ages since I’ve seen one. 110
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Tiger beetles: Oblique-lined and Boreal Long-lipped 000
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 01/07/2026A skipper I was in Banff a couple weeks ago. American Branded Skipper I think? 000
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 27/06/2026A couple American Badgers I was lucky enough to see along a dirt road yesterday 1223
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Last weekend I found a bunch of Western Tailed-Blues and Greenish Blues chilling in a mud puddle near Johnson Lake in Banff 010
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Went for a drive last week through the foothills south of Cochrane and saw no less than six Mountain Bluebirds. 000
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Humans: “Butterflies are such lovely, delicate creatures.” Butterflies: “Get away from my pile of poop or I’ll fight you.” 000
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Rock Wren. These little things are fairly common in the badlands, but getting them to sit still long enough for a photo can be tough 020
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Mountain Bluebirds are easy and fun to spot at Dinosaur Provincial Park #albertaparks #nature #birdwatching 0151
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Sabine’s Gull, a cool little rarity for Alberta 151
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Northern Shrike River on the Alberta prairies 000
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 19/05/2026It was a challenge to get half-decent look at this Brown Thrasher, but I was excited to see it 000
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Spotted Towhee, a large and impressive sparrow of western North America 010
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Lark Sparrow, a cool little songbird of the grasslands 000
Nature Nick @naturenickpics.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Pachyrhinosaurs lakustai at the Royal Tyrrell Museum. The skull is a cast of the holotype, I think, with a reconstructed frill, and the body is original fossils, all from the Pipestone Creek bonebed west of Grande Prairie, a place I used to spent a lot of time at #FossilFriday 0225