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Bob Bell 🇨🇦 @thebirderbob.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Here are a few more snaps of the gorgeous Harlequin Ducks #birds #ducks #harlequin

A Harlequin Duck floating on very calm, grayish-blue water, looking to the left, with a perfect reflection

Two Harlequin Ducks perched on rocks in shallow water. The one on the left is facing towards me, but looking off to the left, while the one on the right has his back to the camera. This shot allows one to see the fantastic patterns on both the front and back of these gorgeous ducks

A closeup portrait of the head of a Harlequin Duck, looking off to the right

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Mike Henry @onlyveesaz.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Spring is coming… what birds are you most excited to see in your area? Hooded Oriole on Ocotillo 🪶☀️🌵

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Alex Sauerbrunn @birdsbyalex.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

The vibrant plumage of the Eastern Bluebird is yet another sign that spring has arrived! #birds #bird #bluebird #nature #wildlife #photography

A bird perched on a branch, displaying vibrant blue and orange plumage against a soft beige background.

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Jenna Vincent @lightcrush.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Printed the third and final layer and I'm so delighted by how this came out! It's a multiblock relief print with three colours.

A photograph of a blue and orange relief print of two silver gulls in flight.

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debmaluk.bsky.social @debmaluk.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Spring has sprung! Time for some puddle jumping!🥳 #birds

2 Bohemian Waxwings in a puddle on a road surrounded by ice. There are water droplets in the air.

2 Bohemian Waxwings in a puddle. The one on the left has it's chest and face in the water and the one on the right is watching

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Pigeon Post @pigeonpost.shop · 21/03/2025

Honk honk! The Goose Bus is here!

Vinyl sticker featuring a Goose bus! Flat illustration of an adult Canada Goose with three goslings on board (nestled on top of their wing). The adult is lowering their head down to a fourth gosling about to get on.

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Tis the season for Northern Flickers to start sparring over territory. They'll be drumming on the chimney cap any day now. 🪶

Two golden-tan woodpeckers perched on a bare branch, facing each other. They have black bars across their wings, polka dots on their belly, a black chest patch, red on the nape, and a black mustache marking.

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

The wood’s masked bandit: Egg-yolk belly, storm-blue back, Bludgeoning beech nuts. #haikuSaturday 🐡🪶

Ink and watercolour sketches of the British form of Eurasian nuthatches (Sitta europaea) in various poses

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Feathered Frens Thru The Lens @chibargie.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

When everything seems shrouded in gloom and nothing matters, look to the simple pleasures and remember why you care. - #AmericanGoldfinch

A bright gold and white bird perched on a red branch with a gloomy backdrop

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Patrick @watchinthesky.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Phoebe! This little cutie comes to see us pretty much everyday 🥰 🪶 Black phoebe - flycatcher

A Black phoebe is perched on a fence with body facing away but looking back at the camera with one eye. The bird is black except for a white belly and a few small white streaks on the wings.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Hell yeah bring back those buttons

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Plazi @plazi-species.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

#NewSpecies! New treefrog from #ecuador just jumped in: Dendropsophus cannatellai Treatment: treatment.plazi.org/id/FA1177A0-... Publication: doi.org/10.3897/evol... #EvolutionarySystematics #DendropsophusCannatellai #FAIRdata #taxonomy #nature #herpetology #herps #frogfriday #frogs #treefrogs

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Yanyun Huang @yanyunh.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Steller's Jay perched outside the window of our vacation stay.

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Prasad Natarajan @prasadnatarajan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) from Cubbon Park, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. 1/2 Made my own grey toned papers a few #art #nature #birds #illustration #sciart #indianwildlifeartist #artforconservation #naturalhistoryillustration #birdart #blackandwhite #herons #mixedmediaart

Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) a bird with a black shiny crown, white eye ring, red eyes and black iris. White cheek, throat and wings with shades of greys. Black bill with a highlight of white at the tip of the upper mandible. Leaves in the foreground with black stripes like patterns with white highlights. Blurr background with black fading patterns.

Made few grey toned papers few months back.
The process making my own grey toned paper was interesting and a good learning experience.
One can make cool greys or warm greys, depending on one's own preference.
I get to watch these birds in the middle of the city and at one of the common visited parks in Bangalore. Cubbon Park is centrally located and one of the most visited park how these birds have adapted to urbanization is amazing.

Title: Night Heron Study!
Black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Size: 29.71×21.08 cms (11.7 x 8.3)
Medium: Mix Media on (300 GSM) (A4) Bluecat Paper
Duration: 120 hours
Location: Cubbon Park, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
December 17th, 2021
Reference: Own Reference image

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Blair Braverman @blairbraverman.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

If you could use a little brightness in your day, I recommend spending some time with sled dog MUPPY. I’m genuinely obsessed with her. She is an icon. She is a legend. Her legs are 4 inches long.

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Meet Muppy, the World’s Smallest Sled Dog

Most sled dogs are huskies and pointers, but Muppy didn’t get the memo. With sheer determination and a whole lot of heart, this little dog is rewriting the rules of racing.

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Frank Ashwood @frankashwood.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Introducing New Zealand's latest Bug of the Year- the magnificent Ngāokeoke / Velvet Worm! NZ has two genera: one lays eggs (Ooperipatellus, 1st photo) and another gives live birth (Peripatoides, 2nd). They also deposit sperm which burrow through their partner's skin, but that's another story! 🧪

A photograph of a velvet worm - an orange and purple-patterned invertebrate composed of many soft segments and tiny spined legs. The velvet worm has long, segmented antenna and a pair of organs on its head which squirt glue for prey capture.

A photograph of a velvet worm - an Blue and yellow-patterned invertebrate composed of many soft segments and tiny spined legs. The velvet worm has long, segmented antenna and a pair of organs on its head which squirt glue for prey capture.

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Daily bunny no.2879 is creating a masterpiece

Two bunnies each control one knob on a large etch-a-sketch. (Large to the bunnies, it is actually a normal etch-a-sketch and the bunnies are extra small.) In the etch-a-sketch, the two bunnies have drawn a haphazard flower in an outdoor scene, with two bunnies around the flower.

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Esther van Hulsen wildlife art @esthervanhulsen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Portrait of a Black-tailed godwit This handsome bird is the Netherlands national bird. I love their rusty red head and nice feather patterning Acrylics on board 9.8″ x 9.8″ (25 x 25 cm) . . . #wildlifeart #animalart #wildlifepainting #naturalhistoryart #birdart #birdpainting

A painting of a godwit. The bird is seen from the front, its upper body and half the legs visible. Its head is tucked in to its body somewhat. The backrgound id a softgreen beige. Loose strokes of acrylic paint yet very detailed

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Rebecca Wang 王思寧 @rebeccawang.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Happy Year of the Snake everyone! 🐍🧧 新年快樂，萬事如意！祝大家今年「蛇」麼都好, 「蛇」麼都順！ (+ Enjoy this stunning photo taken by Andreas Kay of a Snake-mimic caterpillar, Hemeroplanes triptolemus. flic.kr/p/FKqQA4 - cus bugs are just awesome like that 😎) #LunarNewYear #YearoftheSnake #Bugsky

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Snake-mimic caterpillar, Hemeroplanes triptolemus, Sphingidae

from the Amazon rainforest near Puyo, Ecuador. When disturbed this larva of a sphinx moth expands and exposes the underside of the first body segments, mimicking a snake head with black eyes and even ...

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Kness @kness.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Bunnies !

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Dave Bryant 🇪🇸 @davebspain.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Eurasian Avocets are surprisingly absent from my patch this year and going down the coast to San Pedro tells me why. There are hundreds down here! Great to see so many finally. #birds

A black and white wader with a decurved long black bill, stands in the water with its head bent down & forward, with its wings up. The body is all white, with a black patch on its head running down the neck and black flashes on top of the wings. Taken at San Pedro salt lakes, Spain.

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🌴 Scott Zona, Ph.D. 🌴 @scottzona.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Tubers are produced underground, but some plants produce a similar structure above ground. The aerial structures are called tubercles. Chrysothemis pulchella (#Gesneriaceae) produces pea-sized tubercules on its stem. #clone #botany 🌾🧪🌱

Close-up of the plant’s senescing stem and leaves. In the leaf axils, pea-sized, brown tubercules are visible. Photo by Scott Zona CC BY-NC 2.

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 24/01/2025

T. Rex Evolution xkcd.com/3042

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a grassland chase 🌾🌾🌾🌾 @chasesolidago.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The world has been through anti-science cycles before, to disastrous results On a detour on my lit review, a mosey through the history of our familiar friend, the standard onion (Allium cepa) brought me right to one of botany's greatest cautionary tales of what happens when ideology overrides data

a illustration of our standard kitchen onion, Allium cepa, from 1586. Handcolored engraving

a black and white photograph of a white man in a suit, holding stalks of some plant, possibly corn or some sort of grain. Photo depicts Nikolai Vavilov (1887 - 1943)

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

This was such an incredible experience, watching a mama Equatorial Antpitta feeding her child at Hacienda el Bosque, Colombia. A hungry kid is universal. #birds #colombia

Two small birds interact on a moss-covered ground in a natural, green setting. The bird on the left, with reddish-brown feathers, holds a small insect in its beak, while the bird on the right, slightly darker with a mottled chest, has its beak open wide, appearing to call or beg. The scene captures a moment of lively interaction, surrounded by soft moss and blurred greenery, creating a tranquil yet dynamic forest environment.

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Dave Carter @birderdave1.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Four attractive moths from the garden trap this year. Peach Blossom,Cinnabar, Magpie and Beautiful China-mark.

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Lara Call Gastinger @laragastinger.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Reindeer lichen on calfskin vellum on panel. I love capturing these magical moments I see on the forest floor!

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Big Hippo 🇮🇪 @bighippoart.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Kelp forest is a forest too #sciart

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Glen Grambo 🇨🇦 @glengrambo.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

“I got one, I got one!” Crossbills don’t seem to like eating their cones in situ. This male White-winged crossbill has just ripped this cone off the frosty tree and is about to fly to his current favourite eating spot to get at the seeds! #Birds #photography #wildlife 🪶

A red male white-winged crossbill in a frosty spruce tree. He has a spruce cone in his beak and is about to fly off to his favourite eating place to get at the seeds.

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Jenna Vincent @lightcrush.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Some old maggie studies 🖤🤍

Digital watercolour drawing of an Australian magpie

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Carl Bovis @carlbovisnature.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Male and female Mallard at RSPB Greylake in Somerset this week. 😀😍🦆 #Birds 🪶 Here are all my links; linktr.ee/carlbovis

Male and female Mallard in flight against a blue sky

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Ken Marsh @alaskaken.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

DAWN DRAKE: A ring-necked drake paddles out of a blazing sunrise last spring in Southcentral Alaska. #birds #wildlife #ducks #waterfowl #nature #photography

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Here is a cockroach that is much better looking and more useful* than the current occupant of the White House. *Almost all cockroach species are omnivorous critters that break down debris in the environment. They don't invade homes or bother people. (Anaplecta sp.) Tatama National Park, Colombia

A cockroach with bright red on the wings,a golden pronotum and head, and long antennae. It is standing on a leaf.

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Danae Wolfe | Chasing Bugs @chasingbugs.com · 24/01/2025

Artistic expression, bug style. These sawfly larvae make quick work of defoliating the quaking aspen saplings in our yard each spring. I don't mind. I adore photographing them. #bugsky

A small green sawfly larva chews squiggly hole in green leaf.

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Shakes hard drive... Here are some more fancy moths. Pearl Moth (Subfamily Spilomelinae), Emerald Moth (Subfamily Geometrinae), Geometer Moth (Hymenomima sp.), Sphinx Moth (Nyceryx hyposticta) Tatama National Park, Colombia

A dark colored moth with four large white spots on the wings. It has a floofy plume at the end of its abdomen. The moth is standing on a white sheet.

A green moth with its wings outlined in brown. It is standing on a white sheet.

A white moth with brown patterns on its wings. It has beautiful antennae.

A triangular shaped moth that has tans and purples on its wings.

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Esther van Hulsen wildlife art @esthervanhulsen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

White rhino This painting was part of the RITZ fundraiser event at the San Diego Zoo in 2023, contributing to the new Elephant Valley at the zoo, and their partner sanctuary, the Reteti Elephant Sanctuary in northern Kenya. atercolor and colored pencil on board 15.7″ x 21.3″ (40 x 54 cm)

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

#ToucanoftheDay The male Yellow-eared Toucanet is still showing up in the morning at @tapirvalley.bsky.social Still amazing. #costarica #birds #toucans

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Donna Feledichuk Photographer 🇨🇦 @dfphotography.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

I have taken countless #fox photos but this one still stands the test of time as one of my favourites. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #babyanimals #redfox #foxkit

A red fox kit tick protectively under its fathers chin

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alex @dremenec.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

Generally we think of alt-text as the domain of those with accessibility needs. However alt-text is useful for many reasons, which benefit your viewers, as well as you, the creator!