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I will be back at Richmond Zinefest October 11th! Selling some new bird prints and other zines. Some about nature, field work, and the rest about other misc topics.

[Richmond, VA Aug 22 2025]

looking back on vacation photos is always very funny because it's like:
-Picture of scenery
-15 blurry pictures of a bird I was trying to ID
-selfie
-10 more blurry pictures of a different bird

Circular fossil in rock

Circular fossils in rock

Circular fossils in rock

Circular fossils in rock

Receptaculites oweni all through this entire rock formation! I wish id gotten more pictures of them - they were so large and impressive

Scott Co. VA 07 May 2025

Scott Co. VA
06 May 2025

Back to field work
Scott Co, VA 07 May 2025

Playing with some brushes, shoebill for a friend
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Art of a downy woodpecker

Art of a hair woodpecker

Day 12-13 Hairy woodpecker and Downy woodpecker

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Art of a red bellied woodpecker

Art of a red headed woodpecker

Day 10-11: red headed woodpecker and red bellied woodpecker
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Owls completed!
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Birduary day 8: snowy owl
Done a bit rushed last night, but that's it for owls!

Should I do woodpeckers or blackbirds* next?

*Corvids and blackbirds

Birduary day 7: northern saw-whet owl
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Going to reupload some of my older work on here as I transition away from Twitter
Here's a few of my favorite daily birds from 2023!
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#InsertanInvert
Also called fairy crab, which I think is a much cuter name.

#InsertanInvert2024 I really love how these crabs look like guys who skip leg day!

200$ ham

Birduary day 6: barn owl

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Birduary #5: Barred owl

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It's just a personal project! Haha Here's the list I'm using:

bug party 🐝

I also redid day 2's long-eared owl to match this style for consistency

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Birduary day 4: Great Horned Owl

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Birduary day 3: eastern screech owl
These guys have so much personality in every photo I looked at! Really delightful little birds.

I wasn't really happy with the style I started off in, so mixing things up a bit.
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Birduary day 2: long eared owl

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I'm kidding, nah. It's just a project I do every January to help myself learn certain groups

prompt list:

*dusts off my account info*
Welcome back to Bird January!!! We're starting with owls.
Day 1: Short Eared Owl
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the first rule of being a professional field biologist is to have fun and give that thing a lick

I don't know how to paint, every time there's a brush in my hand I just black out and my mind goes empty until I wake up covered in paint and possibly blood