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Beth Winkler

@otterbeth.bsky.social
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Interested in wildlife, especially mustelids. Bat admirer. Erstwhile keeper of ferrets. Now caretaker for an eager Pit Bull/Staffy dog. Reader of books. Copy editor by trade. She/her

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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#MightyMustelids #PineMarten
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The Onion @theonion.com · 02/09/2026
Amazon MGM Narrows List Of James Bond Candidates To 6 Actors, 1 Extremely Suave Ferret theonion.com/amazon-mgm-narrows-lis…
Amazon MGM Narrows List Of James Bond Candidates To 6 Actors, 1 Extremely Suave Ferret
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Pleasant late summer weather yesterday. Bella shows off the smile of a dog awaiting her own hot dog. #dogsofbluesky
A gray staffy/pitbull mix dog is settled nicely on her mat in an outdoor seating area. She gazes up adoringly at the photographer knowing this person should reward her with a hotdog.
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
#mightymustelids #mink
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The perpetual marten loop! #mightymustelids
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
#mightymustelids #tayra
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Nebraska Humane Society @nehumanesociety.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Happy Pride from your friends at NHS! 🏳️‍🌈 We've got a brand new shirt design that just hit the gift shop, plus more designs and styles available on our Bonfire store: bit.ly/3IMq4OH Don't forget to join us at Heartland Pride on July 18!
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Our Bella enjoyed the Walk & Wag event for @hshv.bsky.social last weekend! #dogsofbluesky
A grey pitbull mix dog sits on the grass and smiles. She is wearing a purple kerchief. Behind her is a yard sign that reads “Thank you for supporting Walk and Wag - HSHV’s largest fundraiser of the year!”
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Danielle English @kanizo.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
Otter Space ✨
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Baked potato pup season is upon us. #dogsofbluesky
A grey and white staffy mix dog gazes out a window. She is in full sun with criss cross shadows falling over her.
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Christine Wilkinson, PhD 🌈 @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Grateful to have been a part of this @pbs.org doc, Coyote Crossing, premiering April 20 at 7pm on PBS SoCal and the PBS TV app. ✨🐾👣 #Coyote #coexistence is already happening. Join us on a rich journey describing coyote relationships with people from past to present.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Artwork by contemporary printmaker Diana Catchpole #WomensArt
Print featuring a hare running left in front of a golden sun
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
It's Saturday but it's also #RespectYourCatDay so if you're ever sitting in front of a cannon with a cat near the firing mechanism then you better make sure you show it some respect. #Caturday A real life Tom & Jerry cartoon from our Photographic Archive.
A black and white archive photograph of a cat sitting on a cannon and arching his back. A dog is sitting right in front of the cannon.
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Medieval Manuscripts @blmedieval.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
How to Train Your Dragon 🐉🐉 Peraldus' Theological Miscellany, 1236-c.1250 (Harley MS 3244, f. 59r) searcharchives.bl.uk/catalog/040-...
An opening from a medieval manuscript of Peraldus' Theological miscellany, showing illustrations of dragons and serpents.
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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 15/03/2026
A few more minuscule skzoos. 🌷
Ink painting on white bg. A few pink tulips bunched up. At the bottom right an even smaller pink pig bunny (dwaekki) in a green scarf holds a paintbrush, implying that he painted this. Jiniret must be a great teacher.A small fennec fox curled up asleep clutching their tail. A big purple iris droops over them from the left creating some shade.White ferret is carrying a few orange ranunculus in his mouth walking towards the left. He is pretty long, but they are longer and the stems drag on the ground.
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
#MightyMustelids #mammalogy
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BookWormSat @bookwormsat.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
'A snarl! A scruffle round the room! A sense that Death is drawing near!' -To a Lady with an Unruly and Ill-mannered Dog Who Bit several Persons of Importance, Sir Walter Raleigh. @signemaene.com and unruly dogs everywhere welcome you to #BookWormSat. 🎨Edwin Landseer
Painting title:  A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society. Painting of a dog. Birds and sea in the far background.
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Happy Gotcha Day to Bella! We adopted this good girl five years ago. A pup cup for our sweetie!
A grey and white dog licks whipped cream from a pup cup held by an offscreen person. She is focused on her task!
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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
It was believed in medieval times that hedgehogs had spikes so they could roll over fruit to carry home to their children, which is not true but is a really cute idea
A medieval illustration of a hedgehog with grapes skewered on its spines
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Foxfeather Zenkova @foxfeather.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Minnesota, my home, is carrying a heavy burden right now. Being kind is not being weak. The strength to care for others, to love and protect our neighbors, to be a shield and not a sword, to be warmth in the cold is true Minnesota nice. (Photo by local photographer Ricky Roman, MN)
A loon carrying three babies on its back, credit to wildlife photographer Ricky Roman of Minnesota
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Nice news from Zealandia. #Takahe
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A Christmas Miracle
A Christmas Miracle
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WWF Scotland @wwfscotland.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Scotland is rich in folklore, where even our trees are part of myths and legends! 🌳 The rowan tree was often planted at doorways as protection against enchantments. Ancient Druids considered it sacred, using its wood and berries for rituals and ceremonies. ✨ #NationalTreeWeek
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Marmot Recovery Foundation @marmotrecovery.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
Happy Winter Solstice! May you slumber in a pile of your friends and family underground for the next 5 months until there is real light in the sky and grass in the mountains. Or not. You’re not a marmot, and you might want to consider different life choices. Up to you.
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UnfamiliarArts @unfamiliararts.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
A pair of extra tiny ermines will be in this shop update! These two were super fun to make, but I might make them a little bigger next time. They will be available this Friday, November 21st at 8pm Eastern time.
A photo of two tiny ceramic ermines. One is sitting calmly and the other is standing with its tail upright and back arched.
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Bella is sharing a blanket on the couch with me. I love her puppy snores.
Close up of a sleeping grey pittie/staffie mix nestled in a blanket. She is cozy and softly snoring.
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blueasterstudio.bsky.social @blueasterstudio.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
We just finished printing some creatures of the night on this Halloween... 🎨🐡
A table of fresh screen printed artwork of an opossum walking across a fence at night. A rabbit and luna moth are in the yard below.
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Bat Conservation International 🦇 @batcon.org · 29/09/2025
I have eaten the figs that were on the fig tree and which you would've probably given me anyway 🥺 Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so sweet 🍈 ✍️ William Carlos Williams 🦇 Peter's tent-making bat 📸 Norbert Wu, Minden Pictures
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Olivia When @oliviawhen.com · 01/09/2025
Doggust 31: Shelties. Summer Cafe. 🌻🥐 #doggust #doggust2025
A little modern coffee window, with red wood frame, and lighter wood counter, window, and stools. Inside a dark brown sheltie works a bright blue espresso machine. She's holding the portafilter willed with ground coffee in her mouth. Outside the window, a lighter brown sheltie in a blue apron holds a plate with a croissant in her mouth (amazing self control), offering it to a french bulldog patron. Foliage is reflected in the windows, and casts light blue shadows on the wall.  To the left is a potted lacy tree philodendron on top of a cinder block.
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Tallulah Cunningham @papertigress.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
#fatbatfriday with three sweet scoops of microbats - aiming for that Neapolitan look with a Honduran white, Chocolate wattled, & Eastern red bat in a waffle cone (stacked by average max weights). If you need the reminder: have a drink of water, have a snack, and take a long, slow & deep breath in.
Sketched as if the bats are three scoop of ice cream in a waffle come, in a digital colour pencil style
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Take a break. Enjoy the sunshine with the flowers and the bees. #calm #pollinators #garden
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APOPO @herorats.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
May your coffee be strong and your Monday as productive as our #HeroRATs! Here's to starting the week with purpose and positivity. ☕🐭 #MondayMotivation #AfricanGiantPouchedRats #PositiveVibes #APOPO
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
One of my river otter escorts from the other evening on the kayak. They're always so curious, but I'm glad we manage to keep a safe distance between each other. Taken with a long lens. 🌿🦊
A curious river otter pokes its head out of the water to check out the kayaker behind the camera.
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Tallulah Cunningham @papertigress.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
The semi-anagram within my Pied Butterfly bat from fatbatweek 2022the did not register until just now. I purposefully picked rainbow cake to celebrate queer diversity (along with 2023's Golden Gaytime + Gold tipped bat). Biodiversity and Social diversity - both matter immensely.
Illustration of a Pied Butterfly bat on a slice of rainbow cake
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Happy #Pride everyone. Nature is infinitely diverse.
A rainbow made up of different Manitoba wildflowers. The red on the left end is a three-flowered avens (lantern-shaped flowers), orange - wood lily, yellow - goldenrod, green - green bog orchid, blue - lungwort (little blue bells), purple - iris.
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Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Today is #WorldDraculaDay because Bram Stoker's classic novel was first published #onthisday in 1897. It's also worth remembering that if Stoker hadn't come across the name Dracula in a book while researching in a LIBRARY the main character was going to be called Count Wampyr. 🧛‍♂️
A first edition of the novel Dracula
A photograph of Bram Stoker
A section of Bram Stoker's notes where the name Wampyr is crossed out and replaced with Dracula
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
My #Tea4T pet arrived! This lovely little friend was made by Shirley Jackson. Thank you @lioninthetrees.bsky.social and thanks to organizers @shing.bsky.social and @leslielevings.bsky.social !
A small sculpture of an orange ceramic fox sits on a card. Part of the card text reads: “Your Tea Friend was made by Shirley Jackson”A closer view of a small orange ceramic fox that stands with tail held up in a jaunty way.
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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist @lizaadamczewski.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
It’s been a good start to the season for #butterflies here. Lots of orange tips & yesterday my first blue of the year. Uplifting after last year’s washout and fills me with hope that things could recover 🤞
Holly blue butterfly with early purple orchidsOrange tip butterfly with bluebells
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Hipster Vampire Amy @lasrina.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Happy My Good Friend Jonathan Harker Has Written Me A Letter Day to all who celebrate.
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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Drawing some sea monsters today, and finding just the right home for them on the map.
A red sea serpent with little wings or fins. He might be a stupid dragon. His long, long tail curves several times before vanishing into the water behind him. You can't tell where in the world we are, as there are no landmarks. The serprent's tongue is yellow, like he's just popped a banana slug into his mouth. His expression kinda looks that way, too. His eyes are wide and his maw is open in something that looks like surprise. Like someone just pinched his butt in the middle of his quarterly earnings presentation.

His name is Speril, and he is an only child.A green sea serpent curling around an old-timey sailing ship and chomping down hard. The ship is probably screwed. The serpent -- her name is Marmalayda -- is not. Her eyes are wide with anger and her thick body is likely to crush the ship. All of this is happening just of the coast of S. America, and Marmalayda's tail is arching over Patagonia before vanishing into the Pacific.
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Tea pets! Friend shaped. #ceramic #sculpture #teapet
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Kness @kness.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Not ai, only side eye
Snow leopard mug
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Post a warning.
A sign shows a person sitting on an elephant with a red circle crossed out overlay. Words beneath read “Please do not touch, nor sit on the elephant.” (The elephant in question was a statue.)
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
Vintage #MightyMustelids and friends!
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Black-footed Ferret recovery program in peril. #ESA #Ferret #WildlifeBiology
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Happy Bellantine’s Day! We adopted Bella on Valentine’s Day four years ago. She is a sweetheart. 🩷 #dogsofbluesky
A grey pitbull/staffy mix dog looks up at the camera earnestly. She has white markings on her feet, cute flopped ears, and is wearing a reddish sweater.
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The 2026 Olympic mascots are stoats! (Have they been training at @campmustelid.bsky.social?) #mightymustelids youtu.be/m3tUFN4w5Qc
youtu.be
Tina & Milo | The Official Mascots of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026
YouTube video by MilanoCortina2026
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Natural History Museum, London @nhm-london.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Huge congratulations to Ian Wood, who has won the 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award! 👏 In his perfectly timed photograph, Ian captures the surreal moment an ambling Eurasian badger looks up at graffiti of a badger in St Leonards-on-Sea, England. 🦡
A photograph of a Eurasian badger walking in the street at night. It looks up at a white wall, on which there is graffiti of a badger standing up on its back legs and holding two guns. On the left hand-side of the wall, there is a sign saying ‘Keep access clear at all times’.
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
February 3 is National Golden Retriever Day! This is reason enough to share this statue of a very good dog that I photographed near Tomich in Scotland. Dudley Marjoribanks (aka Lord Tweedmouth) was the first to breed Golden Retrievers in that area in the 1800s. #GoldenRetrieverDay
A life-size bronze statue of a Golden Retriever sits on a brick pedestal. It is a spring day and the good dog looks as if they were content to sit and watch over the Scottish estate where their breed originated.
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LAZER - T @lazer-t.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Yellow-Throated Marten This illustration is February’s Sticker Club design! ko-fi.com/lazert/tiers #mammals
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Beth Winkler @otterbeth.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
If you see this post, quote with a bridge from your gallery. The Carrbridge Packhorse Bridge over the River Dulnain is in the village of Carrbridge, Scotland. Shown here on a lovely day in May 2024.
A very old stone bridge arches over a calm river on a spring day. The river water looks clear and the sky is bright blue.
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