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December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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I make each of my flower necklaces by casting real flowers in silver incl snowdrop & bluebells.
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I make each of my flower necklaces by casting real flowers in silver incl snowdrop & bluebells.
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
I also hand-sculpt much-loved bird species to make wearable versions incl wrens & blackbirds
20% off my jewellery atm with code TINYOWL20
Cut off day for🌲orders is Tue 25 Nov: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
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For a fleeting moment, the clouds perfectly mirrored the peaks of Manaslu (the 8th highest mountain in the world).
#stunday #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #classicmono #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&W #art #clouds #cloudscape #nepal #hiking #sunday #bluesky #scape #landscape #mountains #sky
#stunday #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #classicmono #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&W #art #clouds #cloudscape #nepal #hiking #sunday #bluesky #scape #landscape #mountains #sky
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For a fleeting moment, the clouds perfectly mirrored the peaks of Manaslu (the 8th highest mountain in the world).
#stunday #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #classicmono #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&W #art #clouds #cloudscape #nepal #hiking #sunday #bluesky #scape #landscape #mountains #sky
#stunday #eastcoastkin #photography #nature #classicmono #monochrome #blackandwhite #b&W #art #clouds #cloudscape #nepal #hiking #sunday #bluesky #scape #landscape #mountains #sky
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Velvet ants are so common in the Florida sand that I don't always give them a second look (unless they're miniscule), but this one caught my eye because it suddenly buried itself in the sand, by scooting backwards.
Brachynemurus nebulosus - an ant lion mimicking velvet ants!
🧪 #Invertebrates
Brachynemurus nebulosus - an ant lion mimicking velvet ants!
🧪 #Invertebrates
August 17, 2024 at 4:10 AM
Velvet ants are so common in the Florida sand that I don't always give them a second look (unless they're miniscule), but this one caught my eye because it suddenly buried itself in the sand, by scooting backwards.
Brachynemurus nebulosus - an ant lion mimicking velvet ants!
🧪 #Invertebrates
Brachynemurus nebulosus - an ant lion mimicking velvet ants!
🧪 #Invertebrates
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Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish!
You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧
You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧
July 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Tiny, colorful baby scallops — a total cuteness overload in one dish!
You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧
You might think, “This person posts the same creature every year!” But honestly, seeing the same life return year after year is something truly wonderful𓂃🫧
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Was visited by baby aliens at the banding station today 👽👽👽
(American Woodcock)
(American Woodcock)
June 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Was visited by baby aliens at the banding station today 👽👽👽
(American Woodcock)
(American Woodcock)
Baby bird bleps? HOW ABOUT EYES CLOSED BABY BIRD BLEPS AAAAHH!! You never know what you're going to capture when you leave your apartment 🥰 🥰
May 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Baby bird bleps? HOW ABOUT EYES CLOSED BABY BIRD BLEPS AAAAHH!! You never know what you're going to capture when you leave your apartment 🥰 🥰
May 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Baby bird bleps? HOW ABOUT EYES CLOSED BABY BIRD BLEPS AAAAHH!! You never know what you're going to capture when you leave your apartment 🥰 🥰
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I think that this superb parrot chick is objectively 25/10 adorable I can’t even with its face fluff
March 31, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I think that this superb parrot chick is objectively 25/10 adorable I can’t even with its face fluff
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Ten years ago today. The Plain Dealer, Ohio, US. 1st March 2015. #mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
March 1, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Ten years ago today. The Plain Dealer, Ohio, US. 1st March 2015. #mecfs #cfsme #myalgicencephalomyelitis #myalgice
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This is perhaps the most outrageous thing I've ever captured. A moonbow (rainbow made from moonlight rather than sunlight), with snow (rather than rain) with the northern lights behind it. A Polar Lunar Snowbow?
February 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is perhaps the most outrageous thing I've ever captured. A moonbow (rainbow made from moonlight rather than sunlight), with snow (rather than rain) with the northern lights behind it. A Polar Lunar Snowbow?
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I was quite confident on my knowledge of marine biodiversity in my area (I have a PhD in marine biology after all).
But today I learn about Paromola cuvieri, one of the largest crab species of the Northeast Atlantic, that uses its last pair of legs to carry live specimens of sponges and corals 🦑 🌊
But today I learn about Paromola cuvieri, one of the largest crab species of the Northeast Atlantic, that uses its last pair of legs to carry live specimens of sponges and corals 🦑 🌊
February 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I was quite confident on my knowledge of marine biodiversity in my area (I have a PhD in marine biology after all).
But today I learn about Paromola cuvieri, one of the largest crab species of the Northeast Atlantic, that uses its last pair of legs to carry live specimens of sponges and corals 🦑 🌊
But today I learn about Paromola cuvieri, one of the largest crab species of the Northeast Atlantic, that uses its last pair of legs to carry live specimens of sponges and corals 🦑 🌊
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Race a tiger beetle, blow up a pipeline, eat some dry leaves!
You can do anything as an isopod! 🦐🧲
Isopod demo is OUT NOW and will be available until the end of Steam Next Fest on March 3rd!
store.steampowered.com/app/2053910
You can do anything as an isopod! 🦐🧲
Isopod demo is OUT NOW and will be available until the end of Steam Next Fest on March 3rd!
store.steampowered.com/app/2053910
February 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Race a tiger beetle, blow up a pipeline, eat some dry leaves!
You can do anything as an isopod! 🦐🧲
Isopod demo is OUT NOW and will be available until the end of Steam Next Fest on March 3rd!
store.steampowered.com/app/2053910
You can do anything as an isopod! 🦐🧲
Isopod demo is OUT NOW and will be available until the end of Steam Next Fest on March 3rd!
store.steampowered.com/app/2053910
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I’m so excited to announce that my new book THE BIRDING DICTIONARY is available for preorder! It's a humorous dictionary of real birding terms and goofy definitions, plus a ton of silly illustrations. It's out May 6 but you can preorder it here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
February 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I’m so excited to announce that my new book THE BIRDING DICTIONARY is available for preorder! It's a humorous dictionary of real birding terms and goofy definitions, plus a ton of silly illustrations. It's out May 6 but you can preorder it here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
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This katydid from Ecuador has been affectionately named by photographers "candy-cane katydid". The truth is... we are not sure which species it is. One possibility is a Harroweria nymph, but until someone witnesses the transformation into the adult stage it will remain a mystery.
February 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This katydid from Ecuador has been affectionately named by photographers "candy-cane katydid". The truth is... we are not sure which species it is. One possibility is a Harroweria nymph, but until someone witnesses the transformation into the adult stage it will remain a mystery.
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February 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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if you see someone wearing a mask PLEASE assume that YES, they would love it if you also masked. if they say “no, don’t worry about it” they probably don’t mean it.
signed,
an immunocompromised people-pleaser
signed,
an immunocompromised people-pleaser
February 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
if you see someone wearing a mask PLEASE assume that YES, they would love it if you also masked. if they say “no, don’t worry about it” they probably don’t mean it.
signed,
an immunocompromised people-pleaser
signed,
an immunocompromised people-pleaser
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Masked Flowerpiercers are omnivorous birds that eat insects, fruit, and nectar. They use their uniquely shaped beak to cut a hole in the bottom of flowers to drink nectar. These birds can be found in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains.
Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador
Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador
February 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Masked Flowerpiercers are omnivorous birds that eat insects, fruit, and nectar. They use their uniquely shaped beak to cut a hole in the bottom of flowers to drink nectar. These birds can be found in the cloud forests of the Andes Mountains.
Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador
Bellavista Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador
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I did capture a SMILING echidna in 2020. Perfect snap of the moment! Might be useful at this trying time :)
February 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I did capture a SMILING echidna in 2020. Perfect snap of the moment! Might be useful at this trying time :)
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While pylochelids MAY represent a similar form to the ancestral hermit crab, symmetry has re-evolved many times within them (longboi-ification of carcinization?) 🦀🧪🦑
In rocks, in wood, in abandonded worm tubes in coral, and more! I'm really interested in this!
In rocks, in wood, in abandonded worm tubes in coral, and more! I'm really interested in this!
May 13, 2024 at 3:01 PM
While pylochelids MAY represent a similar form to the ancestral hermit crab, symmetry has re-evolved many times within them (longboi-ification of carcinization?) 🦀🧪🦑
In rocks, in wood, in abandonded worm tubes in coral, and more! I'm really interested in this!
In rocks, in wood, in abandonded worm tubes in coral, and more! I'm really interested in this!
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#OnlyBeautifulThings
Along a stretch of the Pacific Coast Trail in the Desolation Wilderness: a view from Fontanillis Lake/Falls, with the three Velma Lakes and Lake Tahoe beyond.
Sometimes I envy the PCT hikers being able to see this for the first time.
Along a stretch of the Pacific Coast Trail in the Desolation Wilderness: a view from Fontanillis Lake/Falls, with the three Velma Lakes and Lake Tahoe beyond.
Sometimes I envy the PCT hikers being able to see this for the first time.
January 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#OnlyBeautifulThings
Along a stretch of the Pacific Coast Trail in the Desolation Wilderness: a view from Fontanillis Lake/Falls, with the three Velma Lakes and Lake Tahoe beyond.
Sometimes I envy the PCT hikers being able to see this for the first time.
Along a stretch of the Pacific Coast Trail in the Desolation Wilderness: a view from Fontanillis Lake/Falls, with the three Velma Lakes and Lake Tahoe beyond.
Sometimes I envy the PCT hikers being able to see this for the first time.
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January 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Taking a pause on lantern bugs. Not sure what's next so here's a pleasing fungus beetle (why pleasing?) from the Peruvian Amazon. It's blue, so enjoy it!
Probably Cypherotylus debauvei, previously under the genus Gibbifer.
Probably Cypherotylus debauvei, previously under the genus Gibbifer.
January 14, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Taking a pause on lantern bugs. Not sure what's next so here's a pleasing fungus beetle (why pleasing?) from the Peruvian Amazon. It's blue, so enjoy it!
Probably Cypherotylus debauvei, previously under the genus Gibbifer.
Probably Cypherotylus debauvei, previously under the genus Gibbifer.