Wild turkeys!

Common mergansers, common goldeneyes, and mallards on the Huron!

And that wasn’t all the raptor action! I found a red-tailed hawk and peregrine falcon on the same walk!

Two bald eagles I found along the Huron River yesterday!

Happy Groundhog Day!

Photo taken last October at North Bay Park, Ypsilanti, MI

A blue snake is partly curled up in a defensive position while holding on to a naked branch. The colour is darker along its back and on the top of its head. It gets progressively lighter down the side of its body and the side of the head. The jaw and belly is a very light blue with some white in between the scales. It is looking to the left of the camera. It is looking directly at the camera.

🐍Indonesian pit viper (Trimeresurus insularis).

Max. size 76 cm (2'6"). Females are larger than males.

Eats frogs lizards and rodents.

Nocturnal and arboreal.

Found from Java in the west to East Timor in the east.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷by kuritafsheen77 on Freepik

Q: What’s the difference between Elon Musk and a lemur?

A: One made an electric car. The other Madeagascar!

More birds along the Huron - white-throated sparrow, mourning dove, belted kingfisher, and downy woodpecker!

Hooded mergansers plus a mallard and a great blue heron on the Huron River!

Happy Penguin Awareness Day!

Photos taken at:
Bronx Zoo (little blue penguin)
Detroit Zoo (king, chinstrap, and southern rockhopper penguin)
London Zoo (Humboldt penguin)
Whipsnade Zoo (northern rockhopper penguin)

Trumpeter swan on a frozen river!

How Endangered Shark Species Are Ending Up in US Grocery Stores A new study from researchers at UNC Chapel Hill reveals that shark meat sold at U.S. grocery stores and online purveyors often comes from critically endangered species. Analysis revealed that shark me...

Research Uncovers Critically Endangered Shark Meat in the US Food Supply

Researchers found that prohibited species may be sold under false labels.

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Songbirds I found today! Northern cardinal, white-throated sparrow, song sparrow, and dark-eyed junco!

Common goldeneye on the Huron last week!

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Beef has a huge environmental cost. And the only real fix is to consume less of it.

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Belted Kingfisher illustration recently finished. Watercolor, colored pencil, and a bit of gouache on 6x9" cotton paper.

#sciart #birds

Someone just called me a “Tylenol baby” in a thread about climate change and I fear that’s going to become a thing.

The front part of a snake on sand. The snake is greyish white on the throat and belly. It has alternating dark and greyish white longitudinal stripes on the sides and back. Behind the head are three orangey/reddish blotches. The snake is looking to the right in the picture.

🐍Cape sand racer (Psammophis leightoni)

Max size ~140 cm (~55.1"). Males tend to grow larger than females.

Mildly venomous.

Found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷by Nadine Marfurt on Unsplash

My name is Mary Peltola, and I'm running for U.S. Senate to fight for fish, family, and freedom – and that begins with fixing the rigged system in DC that’s shutting down Alaska.

We need systemic change if we're going to lower costs, save our fisheries, and fill our homes with abundance again.

Styracosaurus oil painting in warm tones with a loose naturalistic background.

I also have a new IG, if you didn't see my previous post!
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Dino painting to include something.

Whooping Cranes Came Back From the Brink of Extinction. Now, New Threats Are Converging on Their Texas Wintering Grounds Some residents along the Gulf Coast are creating habitat for the endangered birds on their properties, but development, saltwater intrusion and bird flu are putting pressure on the species' recovery

Whooping Cranes Came Back From the Brink of Extinction. Now, New Threats Are Converging on Their Texas Wintering Grounds

development, saltwater intrusion and bird flu are putting pressure on the species’ recovery

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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

California sea lion!

Photo taken at Bronx Zoo

Madagascar! (the exclamation mark is part of the name), including my first time seeing the collared brown lemurs in over 7 years!

Photos taken at Bronx Zoo

A mostly brown frog is sitting on a thick branch. Some yellow can be seen on its throat and stomach. A somewhat irregular dark line starts at the nostril, goes through the eye and along the side. Darker markings are visible on the head, back, arms and legs. The frog is looking to the left in the picture.

🐸Sipurio snouted treefrog (Scinax elaeochroa).

Max size 40 mm (1.6"). Females tend to be slightly larger than males.

Found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷by Alejandro Orozco on Pexels

A lizard holding on to the top of a light brown branch. The lizard is mostly black with white and orange colours around the mouth. It also has tiny white and reddish spots on the belly and on the inside of the legs. The lizard is looking at something above and slightly to the left of the camera.

🦎Emma Gray's forest lizard or forest garden lizard (Calotes emma),

Max. size ~38 cm (~15"), most of which is its tail.

Found in in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam

Insectivore.

Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.

📷by Erik_Karits on Pixabay.

The outdoor seabird colony at Bronx Zoo!

The snowy owls were in their element!

Photos taken at Bronx Zoo

Vultures and eagles!

Photos taken at Bronx Zoo

A few inhabitants of the Mouse House, one of the cutest places at Bronx Zoo!