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Digital painting of some large, gold, fuzzy clouds in a deep blue sky, brown tones in the shadows.

We report: some clouds have taken it upon themselves to kickstart the sunset before the rest of the sky. First, the threads of gold that snag onto our eyelashes, and then the rush of humidity that takes hold of the air. We feel sparks and shivers in the crook of our neck.

威嚇中のシジュウカラ。
このポーズでウネウネします。

Great tit (or asian tit) dancing a fighting dance

#BirdArt

雨と曇りの境い目

🍂𝔚𝔯𝔦𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔱𝔥𝔢 ℭ𝔥𝔯𝔬𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔩𝔢𝔰🍂

It's ✨soup season✨ What's your favorite soup? 🍲

The northern lights may appear in Chicago Wednesday night too, possibly even more visible

Digital painting of a dawn landscape, a lilac sky over a dark field of grass, with trees in the distance. There is a small bird flying above the field.

We report in the tall grass that remains when ferns have dried up and wilted. There is a skylark practicing its lilting flight across the meadows, the only moving part of this hushed morning. We follow the desire paths of foxes and boars along the trees, trying to dodge cobwebs.

If you see this, post your bird art 🐦

I LOVE BIRDS💖🐦🪶

#BirdArt
#birds

Flat illustration of two House Sparrows amongst fall leaves.

Illustrations of amanita muscaria/fly agaric mushrooms arranged into a repeating pattern.

Illustration of an amanita muscaria/fly agaric mushroom.

Illustration of an amanita muscaria/fly agaric mushroom.

A beautiful and majestic mushroom, amanita muscaria 🍄

#art #patterndesign #fungifriends

十和の会　4人展
シャトレーゼホテル・ギャラリー
11月8日〜11月24日
#油彩　#グループ展

A group of 12 white ptarmigan (tundra chickens) sit in the dead leaves on the ground.

It's ptarmigeddon!
These guys are a lot harder to see now that the snow is on the ground. #birds 🌿

Center frame perched on tree bark facing downward, but their upper body is pushing off away from the tree. This is likely a female due to the light gray coloring on their head, other than the male's striking dark blue. From Allaboutbirds.org., A common feeder bird with clean black, gray, and white markings, White-breasted Nuthatches are active, agile little birds with an appetite for insects and large, meaty seeds. They get their common name from their habit of jamming large nuts and acorns into tree bark, then whacking them with their sharp bill to “hatch” out the seed from the inside. White-breasted Nuthatches may be small but their voices are loud, and often their insistent nasal yammering will lead you right to them.

Happy Tuesday friends... one of the "usual" suspects I enjoy seeing is the White-breasted Nuthatch. Their laugh-like call makes them easily identifiable, and they usually pause for photos. A nice, hearty-year-round bird. #birds #birdingOH #wildlife #nature #photograpy #eastcoastkin 🪶🦉📷

A six-panel comic. In panel 1, text says "People often wonder, why don't I see baby pigeons? Here's where they're hiding:" and there's an egg with an arrow pointing to a question mark, then an arrow pointing to an adult pigeon. Panel 2 says "Pigeons don't nest in trees. They nest in sheltered spaces on or in buildings. This keeps their babies safe from weather and predators." There's a pigeon nesting in a sheltered cavity in the side of a building. Panel 3 says "The hidden babies look like this: like moldy potatoes, but cute" and there are two baby pigeons looking, well, like moldy pink and gray potatoes with yellow fuzz. Panel 4 says "Older baby pigeons hide in plain sight. When they leave the nest, they're adult-sized, but they're still young and learning" and a fledgling pigeon is flying out of a building saying "aaaaaa". Panel 5 says "Here's how to identify these young pigeons" and shows a fledgling pigeon with arrows pointing to these features: eyes may be gray-brown, pale-edged feathers, smaller "nose" (cere), subdued hues, and looks worried. Panel 6 says "Scientifically speaking, though, all pigeons are sweet babies" and there are three very cute round pigeons, a gray, white, and red one, with arrows pointing to them to make things look scientific.

Baby pigeon mystery.
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...

gharial of the cloth

Brother Gregor never spoke and often spooked the neophytes with his appearance, but he was a gentle soul and a phenomenal cook and knew more ways to prepare a fish than the abbot knew hymns

Goodnight 😴

A lot of people on here whose political intelligence seems to boil down to "Why don't the Democrats just eat the Republicans?" With every ounce of sincerity.

Digital painting of a storm cloud in a blue sky, wisps of white fanning out into the sky, and a churning, dark mass underneath.

We report: we stepped out of the train station, and the whole sky fell on our head, all at once, and it was hail, too. We considered walking in that weather for a second, but the sky continued on falling, so we decided against it. We stood there, dripping on the tiled floor.

あ、 #チンアナゴの日 #ニシキアナゴの日 だ
上げなきゃｗ

This summer kimono features an elegant botanical motif of what appears to be rhubarb leaves rendered in a bold, stylized manner across a deep charcoal ground. 1926-1940, Japan

If you see this, post your bird art 🦅

If you see this, post your bird art 🐦

#art #ducks #birds #cottagecore

Azure-winged Magpie's butt.
オナガのちり

#けつ曜日 #birdbutt
#birds #photography

Digital painting of a blue sky full of soft, curvy, fluffy clouds, all connected to one another.

We report in the deep afternoon, which is not very deep these days - one step to the side, and the sunset already grabs us by our feet. In the meantime, there is something really good in the clouds today, in their willingness to bloom into the light. We remember why we look up.

*yawning*
#sephiroth #ff7 #ff7ec -

Everyone is watching on as Steve does something incredibly unadvisable.

Close up of anhinga fills the 9x16 frame, from beach in the upper right hand corner, to taloned flippers at the bottom, giving no U.S. side eye of course.

Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #StandingOnThings except the Floor, and the Alternative is #Gulls

I've gone with an Anhinga on a fence, though he looks fairly certain to me.

Olympus 180mm

#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #birdphotography #florida #waterbirds #naturephotography #birding

Pencil and opaque watercolor drawing of the head and neck of a Great Blue Heron, drawn on blue pastel paper.

A redo of yesterday's Great Blue Heron sketch (Ardea herodias), this time in mixed pencils and gouache. ~8 x 10 in.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #herons