Spawnicorn
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Alexandra Viertler
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Biologist & Artist
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You can buy some of my art here:
https://www.redbubble.com/de/people/atropaia/shop
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Hooman of Leviathan the greatest boi✨
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Biologist & Artist
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You can buy some of my art here:
https://www.redbubble.com/de/people/atropaia/shop
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Hooman of Leviathan the greatest boi✨
Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) with watercolours. I did this commission for a friend, who knows this owl in particular (a "pet"), so I had many many reference photos :)
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#bubo #snowyowl #watercolourart #birdart #birds #owl #birdillustration #animalartist #buboscandiacus #strigidae #ornithology
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#bubo #snowyowl #watercolourart #birdart #birds #owl #birdillustration #animalartist #buboscandiacus #strigidae #ornithology
October 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) with watercolours. I did this commission for a friend, who knows this owl in particular (a "pet"), so I had many many reference photos :)
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#bubo #snowyowl #watercolourart #birdart #birds #owl #birdillustration #animalartist #buboscandiacus #strigidae #ornithology
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#bubo #snowyowl #watercolourart #birdart #birds #owl #birdillustration #animalartist #buboscandiacus #strigidae #ornithology
Some of my fish illustrations in another paper again 🥳✨
New paper out where we demonstrate how pop gen parameters and scoring of structural variants (inversions) could be affected by the choice of reference genome (both in terms of both quality and relatedness).
@unioslo-cees.bsky.social
@biovitenskap.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@unioslo-cees.bsky.social
@biovitenskap.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reference genome bias in light of species-specific chromosomal reorganization and translocations - Genome Biology
Background Whole-genome sequencing efforts, have during the past decade, unveiled the central role of genomic rearrangements—such as chromosomal inversions—in evolutionary processes, including local a...
link.springer.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Some of my fish illustrations in another paper again 🥳✨
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Thank you Jane Goodall, for your care and your mission to share empathy🌿
October 3, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Thank you Jane Goodall, for your care and your mission to share empathy🌿
I thought it is time for a good old dose of Levi <3
#Leviathan
#Leviathan
September 12, 2025 at 9:21 AM
I thought it is time for a good old dose of Levi <3
#Leviathan
#Leviathan
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Our Curator of Hemiptera, Diana, wants to show you her favourite bugs - and you’d better have some lovely things to say about them… 👁️🦗🐜
#Hemiptera #Bugs #NaturalHistory #BeNice #WeAreAlwaysWatching
#Hemiptera #Bugs #NaturalHistory #BeNice #WeAreAlwaysWatching
July 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Our Curator of Hemiptera, Diana, wants to show you her favourite bugs - and you’d better have some lovely things to say about them… 👁️🦗🐜
#Hemiptera #Bugs #NaturalHistory #BeNice #WeAreAlwaysWatching
#Hemiptera #Bugs #NaturalHistory #BeNice #WeAreAlwaysWatching
Levi the Leviathan says: it is too damn hot to do anything but swimming and sleeping🫠🔥
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#goodestboy #Leviathan #bestestboy #doggos #dogsofbluesky
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#goodestboy #Leviathan #bestestboy #doggos #dogsofbluesky
June 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Levi the Leviathan says: it is too damn hot to do anything but swimming and sleeping🫠🔥
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#goodestboy #Leviathan #bestestboy #doggos #dogsofbluesky
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#goodestboy #Leviathan #bestestboy #doggos #dogsofbluesky
Just saying - they started watching me first (the disadvantage of having a roof window). Now they’re sabotaging my camera ;)
#Larusmichahellis #gull #yellowleggedgull #birder #birds #birdphotography #bird #gulls #laridae #larus #ornithology #birdbuddy
#Larusmichahellis #gull #yellowleggedgull #birder #birds #birdphotography #bird #gulls #laridae #larus #ornithology #birdbuddy
June 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Just saying - they started watching me first (the disadvantage of having a roof window). Now they’re sabotaging my camera ;)
#Larusmichahellis #gull #yellowleggedgull #birder #birds #birdphotography #bird #gulls #laridae #larus #ornithology #birdbuddy
#Larusmichahellis #gull #yellowleggedgull #birder #birds #birdphotography #bird #gulls #laridae #larus #ornithology #birdbuddy
Juvenile yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) on my roof. Put my birdbuddy there (without food) to check what is really going on there ;)
#Larusmichahellis #gull #yellowleggedgull #birder #birds #birdphotography #bird #gulls #laridae #larus #ornithology
#Larusmichahellis #gull #yellowleggedgull #birder #birds #birdphotography #bird #gulls #laridae #larus #ornithology
June 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Juvenile yellow-legged gulls (Larus michahellis) on my roof. Put my birdbuddy there (without food) to check what is really going on there ;)
#Larusmichahellis #gull #yellowleggedgull #birder #birds #birdphotography #bird #gulls #laridae #larus #ornithology
#Larusmichahellis #gull #yellowleggedgull #birder #birds #birdphotography #bird #gulls #laridae #larus #ornithology
#FantasyBasel2025 is over! @tinybomfrit.bsky.social and me had a great time sharing our booth and look forward to participate again next year! 💚
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#artconvention #birds #birdart #ornithology #goblins #watercolourart #fantasybasel #faba #natureart #dndart #comiccon
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#artconvention #birds #birdart #ornithology #goblins #watercolourart #fantasybasel #faba #natureart #dndart #comiccon
June 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
#FantasyBasel2025 is over! @tinybomfrit.bsky.social and me had a great time sharing our booth and look forward to participate again next year! 💚
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#artconvention #birds #birdart #ornithology #goblins #watercolourart #fantasybasel #faba #natureart #dndart #comiccon
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#artconvention #birds #birdart #ornithology #goblins #watercolourart #fantasybasel #faba #natureart #dndart #comiccon
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Heyyyy folks, I’ll be at fantasy basel this year!
@spawnicorn.bsky.social and I will be at booth 605!! ✨✨✨
@spawnicorn.bsky.social and I will be at booth 605!! ✨✨✨
May 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Heyyyy folks, I’ll be at fantasy basel this year!
@spawnicorn.bsky.social and I will be at booth 605!! ✨✨✨
@spawnicorn.bsky.social and I will be at booth 605!! ✨✨✨
Some of my top four pictures of our fieldwork in Zambia. Some wasps and spiders <3
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#hymenoptera #wasp #fieldwork #insects #braconidae #insectphotography #Pompilidae #entomology #spiders #Salticidae #jumpingspider #biologist
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#hymenoptera #wasp #fieldwork #insects #braconidae #insectphotography #Pompilidae #entomology #spiders #Salticidae #jumpingspider #biologist
May 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Some of my top four pictures of our fieldwork in Zambia. Some wasps and spiders <3
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#hymenoptera #wasp #fieldwork #insects #braconidae #insectphotography #Pompilidae #entomology #spiders #Salticidae #jumpingspider #biologist
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#hymenoptera #wasp #fieldwork #insects #braconidae #insectphotography #Pompilidae #entomology #spiders #Salticidae #jumpingspider #biologist
Painted an Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) with watercolours - not only the bird with the best Latin name, but also one of the most beautiful corvids <3
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#picapica #magpie #watercolour #watercolourart #birdart #birds #animalart #magpie #birdillustration #animalartist #corvidae #corvids #ornithology
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#picapica #magpie #watercolour #watercolourart #birdart #birds #animalart #magpie #birdillustration #animalartist #corvidae #corvids #ornithology
May 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Painted an Eurasian magpie (Pica pica) with watercolours - not only the bird with the best Latin name, but also one of the most beautiful corvids <3
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#picapica #magpie #watercolour #watercolourart #birdart #birds #animalart #magpie #birdillustration #animalartist #corvidae #corvids #ornithology
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#picapica #magpie #watercolour #watercolourart #birdart #birds #animalart #magpie #birdillustration #animalartist #corvidae #corvids #ornithology
Post-fieldwork blues hitting.
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We had an amazing time in Zambia and can't wait to work on the collected material together!
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#Hymenoptera #Fieldwork #entomologists #Ichneumonidae
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We had an amazing time in Zambia and can't wait to work on the collected material together!
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#Hymenoptera #Fieldwork #entomologists #Ichneumonidae
May 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Post-fieldwork blues hitting.
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We had an amazing time in Zambia and can't wait to work on the collected material together!
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#Hymenoptera #Fieldwork #entomologists #Ichneumonidae
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We had an amazing time in Zambia and can't wait to work on the collected material together!
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#Hymenoptera #Fieldwork #entomologists #Ichneumonidae
Illustration I did of the life cycle of a stag beetle:
From egg to larva to pupa to adult female
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#stagbeetle #lifecycle #insects #insectillustration #holometabolous #Lucanidae #beetles #coleoptera
From egg to larva to pupa to adult female
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#stagbeetle #lifecycle #insects #insectillustration #holometabolous #Lucanidae #beetles #coleoptera
May 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Illustration I did of the life cycle of a stag beetle:
From egg to larva to pupa to adult female
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#stagbeetle #lifecycle #insects #insectillustration #holometabolous #Lucanidae #beetles #coleoptera
From egg to larva to pupa to adult female
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#stagbeetle #lifecycle #insects #insectillustration #holometabolous #Lucanidae #beetles #coleoptera
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A review of the species of Darwin wasps recorded from Zambia, with one new species described: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Afrotropical #biodiversity #parasitoids #invertebrate
#Afrotropical #biodiversity #parasitoids #invertebrate
May 7, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A review of the species of Darwin wasps recorded from Zambia, with one new species described: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#Afrotropical #biodiversity #parasitoids #invertebrate
#Afrotropical #biodiversity #parasitoids #invertebrate
Check out our new species! There are many more to come ;)
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@zookeys.pensoft.net
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zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1447...
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#parasitoids #ichneumonidae #newspecies #darwinwasp
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@zookeys.pensoft.net
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zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1447...
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#parasitoids #ichneumonidae #newspecies #darwinwasp
Spotlighting Darwin wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) in Zambia: a new species and the urgent need for further exploration
The parasitoid Darwin wasps (Ichneumonidae) are one of the most species-rich families of insects, with a crucial role in ecosystem functioning while many species are known as potential biological cont...
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April 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Check out our new species! There are many more to come ;)
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@zookeys.pensoft.net
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zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1447...
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#parasitoids #ichneumonidae #newspecies #darwinwasp
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@zookeys.pensoft.net
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zookeys.pensoft.net/article/1447...
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#parasitoids #ichneumonidae #newspecies #darwinwasp
April 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
It recently was Levis 10th Birthday. Happy Birthday to the beeestest boiii <3
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Photos of Levi from 2016, 1018, 2020, ...
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Photos of Levi from 2016, 1018, 2020, ...
April 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It recently was Levis 10th Birthday. Happy Birthday to the beeestest boiii <3
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Photos of Levi from 2016, 1018, 2020, ...
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Photos of Levi from 2016, 1018, 2020, ...
Another illustration for the Natural History Museum in Basel - the Quagga (Equus quagga quagga).
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#extinction #quagga #zebra #extinctanimals #animalillustration
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#extinction #quagga #zebra #extinctanimals #animalillustration
April 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Another illustration for the Natural History Museum in Basel - the Quagga (Equus quagga quagga).
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#extinction #quagga #zebra #extinctanimals #animalillustration
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#extinction #quagga #zebra #extinctanimals #animalillustration
The birds that landed on my balcony (or in front of it) part 1 💚
Sparrow hawk, sparrow (of course), blackbird (in front of birdfeeder).
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#birds #bird #birdphotography #blackbird #sparrowhawk #sparrow #birbs
Sparrow hawk, sparrow (of course), blackbird (in front of birdfeeder).
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#birds #bird #birdphotography #blackbird #sparrowhawk #sparrow #birbs
April 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The birds that landed on my balcony (or in front of it) part 1 💚
Sparrow hawk, sparrow (of course), blackbird (in front of birdfeeder).
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#birds #bird #birdphotography #blackbird #sparrowhawk #sparrow #birbs
Sparrow hawk, sparrow (of course), blackbird (in front of birdfeeder).
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#birds #bird #birdphotography #blackbird #sparrowhawk #sparrow #birbs
Cat skull✨ Pencil & watercolour
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#sketch #catskull #skullart #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #animalart #vultureculture #watercolourillustration #watercolourart #watercolour #watercolourskull
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#sketch #catskull #skullart #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #animalart #vultureculture #watercolourillustration #watercolourart #watercolour #watercolourskull
March 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Cat skull✨ Pencil & watercolour
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#sketch #catskull #skullart #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #animalart #vultureculture #watercolourillustration #watercolourart #watercolour #watercolourskull
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#sketch #catskull #skullart #pencildrawing #pencilsketch #animalart #vultureculture #watercolourillustration #watercolourart #watercolour #watercolourskull
The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), an iconic animal at the Natural History Museum Basel in Switzerland.
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#prehistoricanimals #sciart #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Pleistocene #Ursusspelaeus #cavebear #Naturalhistorymuseumbasel
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#prehistoricanimals #sciart #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Pleistocene #Ursusspelaeus #cavebear #Naturalhistorymuseumbasel
March 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The cave bear (Ursus spelaeus), an iconic animal at the Natural History Museum Basel in Switzerland.
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#prehistoricanimals #sciart #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Pleistocene #Ursusspelaeus #cavebear #Naturalhistorymuseumbasel
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#prehistoricanimals #sciart #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #Pleistocene #Ursusspelaeus #cavebear #Naturalhistorymuseumbasel
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
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Watercolour and Gouache - this it one of my favourite paintings. Thinking of making A4-prints of this again :)
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#Phalacrocorax #Kormoran #watercolourbirds #watercolour #cormorant #birds #greatcormorant #ornithology #birdart
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Watercolour and Gouache - this it one of my favourite paintings. Thinking of making A4-prints of this again :)
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#Phalacrocorax #Kormoran #watercolourbirds #watercolour #cormorant #birds #greatcormorant #ornithology #birdart
March 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
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Watercolour and Gouache - this it one of my favourite paintings. Thinking of making A4-prints of this again :)
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#Phalacrocorax #Kormoran #watercolourbirds #watercolour #cormorant #birds #greatcormorant #ornithology #birdart
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Watercolour and Gouache - this it one of my favourite paintings. Thinking of making A4-prints of this again :)
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#Phalacrocorax #Kormoran #watercolourbirds #watercolour #cormorant #birds #greatcormorant #ornithology #birdart
Watercolour painting of a black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) in Valais (Switzerland).
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Although the males have their bright red "eyebrow", I love the colour pattern of the females much more.
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#blackgrouse #addBirder #birb #ortnithology #Lyrurus #watercolourbirds #birdart #birds
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Although the males have their bright red "eyebrow", I love the colour pattern of the females much more.
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#blackgrouse #addBirder #birb #ortnithology #Lyrurus #watercolourbirds #birdart #birds
March 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Watercolour painting of a black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) in Valais (Switzerland).
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Although the males have their bright red "eyebrow", I love the colour pattern of the females much more.
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#blackgrouse #addBirder #birb #ortnithology #Lyrurus #watercolourbirds #birdart #birds
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Although the males have their bright red "eyebrow", I love the colour pattern of the females much more.
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#blackgrouse #addBirder #birb #ortnithology #Lyrurus #watercolourbirds #birdart #birds
March 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM