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Patrick Lynch
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Artist, photographer, and author of 12 books from Yale University Press, on the natural history of the Atlantic coast. Latest book: "A Field Guide to the Connecticut River." More personal stuff on facebook.com/patrick.lynch1
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Good morning from last summer...
Close photo of a Black Swallowtail butterfly perched at the center of a bright red coneflower.
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (Pheucticus ludovicianus). Illustration from my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds
Illustration of male and female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks perched on the branch of a flowering apple tree.
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Immature Peregrine Falcon, detail (Falco peregrinus). From my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #falcons #peregrine
Head detail of an illustration of a perched immature (very brown) Peregrine Falcon.
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Immature Peregrine Falcon, (Falco peregrinus). From my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #falcons #peregrine
Illustration of a perched immature (very brown) Peregrine Falcon.
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus). From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #Osprey
Two Osprey illustrations: A perched immature bird, and an adult Osprey in flight.
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Smew drake (Mergellus albellus). Pencils and gouache on gray Strathmore board, ~ 7 x 9 in.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Ducks
Drawing of a male Smew duck sitting on the surface of a pond.
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Black Vulture sketch (Coragyps atratus). Various pens and colored pencils on Canson paper, ~ 7 x 9 in.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Vultures
Pen & pencil drawing of the head of a Black Vulture, rendered in colored pencils and inks on beige pastel paper.
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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The southeastern U.S.'s endangered Red Wolf (Canis rufus). Dsone for my forthcoming book project STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, 2026.
🐡🧪🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #wolf #RedWolf
Portrait of a Red Wolf, looking straight at the viewer.
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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A left anterior oblique (LAO) view of human heart anatomy, to explain LAO cardiac views in diagnostic imaging.
🐡🧪🌿🌎 #medart #MedicalIllustration #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #cardiology #DiagnosticImaging
An anatomic view of the human heart, as seen in Left Anterior Oblique (LAO) views, common in cardiac imaging.
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Bobcat, my illustration and photography. For Streams: An Illustrated Guide, to be published by Yale University Press in 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #bobcat #wildmammals
Drawing of a Bobcat wading at the edge of a stream, shown against my faded photograph of a local stream bank.
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana). From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
🧪🌿🌎🪶 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #avocet
Drawing of a swimming American Avocet.
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Here comes the sun...
Close photo of an Ox-eye Daisy, with white petals radiating out from a circular yellow center.
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Everyone is sleeping under the (unraked, uncollected) leaves for the winter, but it was a great year in the garden. It pays wonderful dividends to look closely at the miracles right under your nose. 🧪🐡🌿🌎 #garden #gardening #pollinators #insects #flowers
An array of a few of the 500+ edited photos I did this year of flowers and insects around our (fairly ordinary, not-very-large) home garden this year. Little miracles all around...
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus). From my book "A Field Guide to Cape Cod," Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd
🧪🐡🌿🌎🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #BirdArt #CapeCod
Digital illustration, done in Photoshop with a Wacom drawing tablet.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Orion is over the horizon, and Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) are calling around the yard all night. #WinterIsComing
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Owls
Head detail of a larger illustration of a Great Horned Owl.
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Young European Herring Gull (Larus argentatus). Sepia Uni-Pin fineliners on Canson paper, ~ 8 x 10 in.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Gulls #Pen&Ink
Pen & ink drawing of a young gull in flight, rendered in brown ink on beige paper.
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Bald Eagle sketch (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). Mixed pencils, pens, and gouache, ~ 7 x 8 in., on Canson paper.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Spoonbills #ColoredPencil
A mostly colored pencil drawing of the head of an adult Bald Eagle, done on brown pastel paper.
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Juvenile Roseate Spoonbill, St. Augustine, Florida, USA. Colored pencils and pens on Canson paper.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Spoonbills #ColoredPencil
Drawing, side view of a young Spoonbill, with its plumage just turning the characteristic pink color of this wading bird species.
November 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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A perfect guide for the Outer Banks to the Jersey Shore & Long Island. Yale University Press. a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifephoto #OBX #JerseyShore #OuterBanks #LongIsland #Chesapeake #DelMarVA #FieldGuide #FieldGuides
An advertisement for my book "A Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Coast," from Yale University Press.
November 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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From Yale University Press: "PONDS: An Illustrated Guide." #Freshwater food web spread.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #FoodWebs
A complex, multi-layered diagram showing the food web and energy recycling in freshwater lakes and ponds.
November 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Yale University Press: "PONDS: An Illustrated Guide." The unique acidic pocosin environments of the Carolinas, home to the severely threatened Red Wolf (Canis rufus).
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #pocosins
Book page spread on the unique pocosin environments of North and South Carolina in the U.S., including a large illustration of the head of a Red Wolf.
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Autumn proceeds...
Fallen autumn leaves in a shallow vernal pool, in gold colors against a reflected blue sky.
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Red Maple (Acer rubrum), East Rock Park, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifephoto #NaturePhotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicom#streams #rivers #NewHaven #maples #NativeTrees
A photo of a branch of bright orange and red Red Maple leaves, as they appear in autumn.
November 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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A redo of yesterday's Great Blue Heron sketch (Ardea herodias), this time in mixed pencils and gouache. ~8 x 10 in.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #herons
Pencil and opaque watercolor drawing of the head and neck of a Great Blue Heron, drawn on blue pastel paper.
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Good morning from the Quinnipiac River Gorge, Connecticut, USA. From my forthcoming book from Yale University Press: STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #geology #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #Freshwater
Photo of the Quinnipiac River in Meriden, Connecticut, USA, as it passes through the Quinnipiac Gorge area, with the surrounding trees in autumn foliage. The gorge is a narrow glacially-created valley between two taller bedrock formations.
November 8, 2025 at 12:55 PM