Rebecca Gelernter
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Rebecca Gelernter
@nearbirdstudios.bsky.social
Science illustrator and designer. I like things with feathers. She/her

Portfolio: www.nearbirdstudios.com
Prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/nearbirdstudios
Merch: https://nearbirdstudios.threadless.com
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Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm Rebecca, a science and medical illustrator who loves birds and other feathered creatures 🐡🪶🧪
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Happy #LoveHornbillsDay!
Hunt Slonem (USA, b.1951)
#Hornbills, 1989
Oil on canvas, 66.25 x 88.25 in.
#BirdsInArt
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February 13, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Wait, it's #LoveHornbillsDay? Yes!!
Knobbed Hornbill WIP watercolor sketch. I haven't decided if I want to include his wings or keep this silly sock puppet look 🐡🪶
February 14, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.

The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.

But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Weathered King

Recently finished portrait of a Great Hornbill
9x12" oil painting
#birds #sciart
February 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Weird Ducks at Quonochontaug Breachway this afternoon 🪶
February 14, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Me: Margot, you wanna step up?
Margot: STEP up (raises foot, does not step up)
Louie: (already out) stepUP
Me: Step up?
M: STEP up! Hello!
L: stepUP
Me: Step up
L: stepUP
M: STEP up! STEP up!
Me: Step up
M: STEP up
L: stepUP
M: STEP up

This goes on for minutes #parrotsky
February 13, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Knobbed Hornbill WIP watercolor sketch. I haven't decided if I want to include his wings or keep this silly sock puppet look 🐡🪶
February 13, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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Hey definitely call your senators about this. Like seriously.
BREAKING: The House passed the so-called SAVE America Act which threatens to upend our freedom to vote.

The bill could disenfranchise millions of eligible voters by requiring documents like passports or birth certificates to register to vote and forcing voter roll purges. The Senate must reject it.
February 12, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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A female Hooded Merganser communicating a message to a male Hooded Merganser. I think she wanted to go for a walk, because soon after this they were strolling along the icy shoreline together.
February 11, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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I'm now at the point with this job where i'm questioning if the painting is any good at all, so, you know. Time to hand it in, I guess
February 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
I put out a big plate of peanuts and the jays are losing their fucking minds
February 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Ah, much better
February 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Pink boy spotted 🪶
February 11, 2026 at 2:58 PM
The woods are full of the sound of dripping snowmelt 💧
February 11, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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Moss ball bug
It was itching my brain, I had to!

A green fluffball crawling out of the bushes. I'd love to see other artists take on this critter 👀🌿
February 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
With the temps a little higher, the birds seem to have decided it's spring now. Finches and wrens are singing, and a woodpecker has been drumming!
February 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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Bringing this back up for the International Day of Women in Science, and yes, I consider scientific art, as part of scientific process and communication 🫰
February 11, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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February 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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💔 Saw a horrible video of a bird mill (think puppy mill), stayed up late and just criiiied.

I could share the footage and let shock do the talking, or you could just trust me on this and choose/share the message of adoption only. 🪶

Bird rescues are overwhelmed.
No demand, means no bird mills.
February 10, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I really love how bundles of similarly-colored thread mimic brushstrokes.
"Packed Like Sardines 3"
Hand embroidery thread painting artwork
Back with me after being in an exhibition and now on my website
www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p307/p...
#embroidery #WildlifeArt #fish
February 10, 2026 at 12:53 PM
Behold, a man
February 10, 2026 at 12:43 PM
It's #SuperbOwl time! Here's an American Barn Owl on scratchboard 🪶🧪🐡
February 8, 2026 at 11:39 PM
They're helping me work #parrotsky
February 8, 2026 at 11:30 PM