Kelly Russo-Petrick

pied-billed grebe eating fish

hummingbird sitting on tree branch

great blue heron in reeds

great egret in reeds

More birds in San Luis Obispo

Illustration of a giant dark blue rabbit looming over a house in the middle of nowhere. The rabbit has eight eyes, one on it’s thigh and seven on it’s head.

Still

waves with dock to right and clouds above, beach in front

black and white beach photo with people on left and right, sticks in center-left, and mountains in background

dark gray seagull on right side of frame with ocean in background

multiple seagulls flying with ocean in background

Pismo Beach, December 2025

green hummingbird in flight at red feeder facing right

hummingbird with pink face on wire facing right

green hummingbird in flight at red feeder facing left

hummingbird in rain looking upwards. sitting on wire above lit lightbulb

Backyard hummingbirds

lol

California ground squirrel facing right

close-up of gull facing right

female elephant seal with mouth open and baby to her left. she is facing the camera and another seal is in front of her

elephant seal facing left with a scar on its back

San Simeon Wildlife

grey and white hawk

barn owl close up

eurasian goshawk close up with eye membrane visible

great horned owl

More Owl Moon Raptor Festival Photos

Ear tipped black cat looking up at me from my brown office carpet with huge innocent eyes. The pic is shot from above, and it looks a little like he has no legs from this angle.

Hamlet, feeling zero regrets for dodging around me to sneak onto the porch to steal porch cat food, and then hiding from me under furniture.

screech owl looking to right

screech owl looking to left

American kestrel looking to left

Close-up of California Condor looking to left

Birds from the Owl Moon Raptor Festival

blue Glen Echo Park with blurry echo and yellow and white neon to left

cuddle up blue neon sign with blur effect in background

orange neon popcorn sign with circular echos of lights

adventure theater neon sign with echo and yellow underneath

Neon sign photos at Glen Echo Park created by zooming and panning while on a tripod

Black cat in board game box lid on couch

Black cat in Gatorade box on bed

Lydia says hi (she likes to sit in boxes)

I do want to make the correction that bats cannot spread rabies unless they bite you, not just by holding them, which I feel like I wasnt clear enough about, but otherwise I am happy how it turned out!

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Aww, they are all adorable

Your cat is adorable! What is their name?

black cat peaking out from behind arm

black cat curled up in ball

black cat peaking out from behind chair

Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day from Lydia!

A giant black cat cuts a silhouette across a nighttime cityscape. It stares at the viewer, its back arched.

Up to No Good - watercolour and acryla gouache on board

💚prints💚

forest trail in black and white

child fishing in lake with a man standing a few feet behind him

mockernut hickory tree lit from above

starry sky with trees below

Huntingdon, PA for Juniata Homecoming

Two cats on the back of my computer chair which is covered in a black fleece blanket with white pawprints. A smol but getting rounder calico is bent over and looking to one side with big eyes. A bigger ear tipped black cat is sitting up straighter, but also with giant eyes, looking in an entirely different direction. They both looks very confused, and the shot is a little blurry since they weren't perfectly still.

Action shot, lmao. Hamlet jumped on the back of my chair to bite Lumi in her butt, but she turned around and saw him. Suddenly they were both very confused about what was happening. 😂

domed top of carousel with yellow, pink, and green stripes with trees and blue sky with clouds in background

turned off neon sign saying pop with toy cow on 2nd p and pink background

building with wooden circles in red, blue, yellow, and green and trees in background

crystal pool neon sign turned off on building with red door and yellow columns with red on top. there are trees and blue sky in the background

Glen Echo Park in Maryland

black swallowtail butterfly on thistle flower facing left

Yellow swallowtail butterfly on thistle facing left and head pointed upwards

Swallowtail butterflies at Rock Creek Regional Park

black and white photo of basilisk lizard facing right

basilisk lizard facing left

basilisk lizard facing left

ocean with branches and island in top left and rock in bottom right corners

Last day of Costa Rica at Arenas Del Mar resort (and kayaking trip I didn't get photos of). Didn't take many photos that day except for this basilisk lizard and a long-exposure shot of the ocean

agouti in front of leaves

squirrel monkey mom and baby on telephone wire

squirrel monkey baby on wire with mouth open

baby squirrel monkeys on telephone wire grabbing onto each other and playing

Costa Rica Day 8: Baru National Wildlife Refuge and squirrel monkey watching on way back

Waterfall with a person sitting on rocks in front of it

Waterfall with log to the left of it

Rushing water with rocks in back

Costa Rica Day 7: Nayuca Waterfalls continued

glass frog on green leaf

long exposure of waterfall crashing onto rocks

caterpillar with black and yellow stripes and orange ends and legs on tree

baby capuchin monkey on mother's back looking at camera

Costa Rica Day 7: Nayuca Waterfalls

gecko clinging to wall

Iguana on log in black and white

Iguana on beach surrounded by fruits

Costa Rica Day 6: A gecko at Arenas Del Mar resort and Iguanas in Manuel Antonio State Park

Skipper butterfly on white flowers

Iguana facing left with grass in background

Close-up of head of iguana looking above grass at camera with more grass in background

capuchin monkey overlooking ocean from pool in black and white surrounded by branches

Costa Rica Day 5: Arriving at Arenas Del Mar resort

I mean, sure, "Elephants never forget" is cute and all, but "corvids carry generational grudges" is both factually correct and _sick as hell_

Green hummingbird sittign on pink flowers

green leaf on vine with pink tendrils reaching out of it

Pink ferns with green in center

El Tigre waterfall with rocks in foreground

Costa Rica Day 4: El Tigre Waterfalls