Beth Surdut
@bethsurdut.bsky.social
Professional #wildlife artist, writer, environmental educator, creator of the multi-platform Art of Paying Attention #nature series heard and seen on #NPR, and Listening to Raven--drawings and true stories, winner Tucson Festival of Books nonfiction award.
November 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Much of my prolonged interactions with animals is about establishing a comfort zone through repetition. This is a piece of a much longer song session with Roadie, who waits till the end of this clip to comment.
#roadrunner #interspeciesfriendship #southwest #FeatheredFriends #birdlife
#roadrunner #interspeciesfriendship #southwest #FeatheredFriends #birdlife
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Much of my prolonged interactions with animals is about establishing a comfort zone through repetition. This is a piece of a much longer song session with Roadie, who waits till the end of this clip to comment.
#roadrunner #interspeciesfriendship #southwest #FeatheredFriends #birdlife
#roadrunner #interspeciesfriendship #southwest #FeatheredFriends #birdlife
October 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Sunday morning with Roadie, waiting for rain. I sing, bird listens. I know he doesn't understand the words, but I think he gets the good vibrations. #Roadrunner #birds #interspeciescommunication #singalong #serenade #monsoon
September 22, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Sunday morning with Roadie, waiting for rain. I sing, bird listens. I know he doesn't understand the words, but I think he gets the good vibrations. #Roadrunner #birds #interspeciescommunication #singalong #serenade #monsoon
September 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Face to face with a young #coyote this morning, I forgot to be quiet and said, "Hello, beautiful." End of conversation. #interspeciescommunication #desertlife #wildlifeartist #songdog
August 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Face to face with a young #coyote this morning, I forgot to be quiet and said, "Hello, beautiful." End of conversation. #interspeciescommunication #desertlife #wildlifeartist #songdog
The Lesser-long nosed bats are in town, which means every morning the sugar-water feeders are slurped dry, so I fill them for the daytime crew of hummingbirds and Gila woodpeckers. That's 32 cups a week!
#livingartist #birdlife #woodpecker #hummingbird #OpenHouse #bats
#livingartist #birdlife #woodpecker #hummingbird #OpenHouse #bats
August 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Lesser-long nosed bats are in town, which means every morning the sugar-water feeders are slurped dry, so I fill them for the daytime crew of hummingbirds and Gila woodpeckers. That's 32 cups a week!
#livingartist #birdlife #woodpecker #hummingbird #OpenHouse #bats
#livingartist #birdlife #woodpecker #hummingbird #OpenHouse #bats
When you go shopping, the whiptail lizards know that it's always good to park in the shade.
#visitarizona #herps #heat
#visitarizona #herps #heat
August 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
When you go shopping, the whiptail lizards know that it's always good to park in the shade.
#visitarizona #herps #heat
#visitarizona #herps #heat
"When hummingbirds build a nest, it is compact, dense, designed with tensile strength and lined with soft materials. Clearly, the doves didn’t get that memo." White-winged dove, art/story by Beth Surdut. radio.azpm.org/s/38024-the-...
#artforsale #livingartist #wildlifeart #birdart #storyteller
#artforsale #livingartist #wildlifeart #birdart #storyteller
August 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
"When hummingbirds build a nest, it is compact, dense, designed with tensile strength and lined with soft materials. Clearly, the doves didn’t get that memo." White-winged dove, art/story by Beth Surdut. radio.azpm.org/s/38024-the-...
#artforsale #livingartist #wildlifeart #birdart #storyteller
#artforsale #livingartist #wildlifeart #birdart #storyteller
It's not just what you give, it's how you give--Roadrunners offer each other presents with their beaks. They don't just throw the goods on the ground. Roadie prefers treats from my thumb and forefinger, my surrogate beak.
#mindful #interspeciesfriendship #roadrunner #birdlife #desertlife
#mindful #interspeciesfriendship #roadrunner #birdlife #desertlife
August 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
It's not just what you give, it's how you give--Roadrunners offer each other presents with their beaks. They don't just throw the goods on the ground. Roadie prefers treats from my thumb and forefinger, my surrogate beak.
#mindful #interspeciesfriendship #roadrunner #birdlife #desertlife
#mindful #interspeciesfriendship #roadrunner #birdlife #desertlife
When your date shows up and you're not quite ready. #roadrunner
May 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
When your date shows up and you're not quite ready. #roadrunner
Moments after hearing from his wife that Eric, the lovely man who has always supplied me with Roadie's mealworms, is dead, my dear Roadrunner showed up at the door. Sadness and joy. The memory of Eric is a blessing.
#roadrunner #joy #blessing #birds
#roadrunner #joy #blessing #birds
May 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Moments after hearing from his wife that Eric, the lovely man who has always supplied me with Roadie's mealworms, is dead, my dear Roadrunner showed up at the door. Sadness and joy. The memory of Eric is a blessing.
#roadrunner #joy #blessing #birds
#roadrunner #joy #blessing #birds
To the man who would be #king: The Statue of #Liberty and the Regal Horned #lizard both have #crowns so sharp that when a predator tries to swallow either of these beings, the predator chokes. The lizard also has an added defense-- it can shoot foul tasting blood from its eyes. Just saying...
April 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My silk painting, "She Wondered What Was Holding Her Back," shipped to a gallery soon after I finished. Immediately bought a private collector, who I recently found out "has left us."
#eels #starfish #sanddollar #Seaweed #existentialcrisis #oceanlife #fishnet #silkpainting #fiberartistsofinstagram
#eels #starfish #sanddollar #Seaweed #existentialcrisis #oceanlife #fishnet #silkpainting #fiberartistsofinstagram
March 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
My silk painting, "She Wondered What Was Holding Her Back," shipped to a gallery soon after I finished. Immediately bought a private collector, who I recently found out "has left us."
#eels #starfish #sanddollar #Seaweed #existentialcrisis #oceanlife #fishnet #silkpainting #fiberartistsofinstagram
#eels #starfish #sanddollar #Seaweed #existentialcrisis #oceanlife #fishnet #silkpainting #fiberartistsofinstagram
Hefty and gorgeous Harris's #hawks last week in So AZ. #drawing on bark-edged lindenwood
#hawkwatchinternational #hawkwatch #wildlifeartist #artforsale
Hear/read my story @npr
www.azpm.org/s/32776-the-...
#protecttheenvironment #visitarizona #naee #aaee #artistsinarizona
#hawkwatchinternational #hawkwatch #wildlifeartist #artforsale
Hear/read my story @npr
www.azpm.org/s/32776-the-...
#protecttheenvironment #visitarizona #naee #aaee #artistsinarizona
March 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Hefty and gorgeous Harris's #hawks last week in So AZ. #drawing on bark-edged lindenwood
#hawkwatchinternational #hawkwatch #wildlifeartist #artforsale
Hear/read my story @npr
www.azpm.org/s/32776-the-...
#protecttheenvironment #visitarizona #naee #aaee #artistsinarizona
#hawkwatchinternational #hawkwatch #wildlifeartist #artforsale
Hear/read my story @npr
www.azpm.org/s/32776-the-...
#protecttheenvironment #visitarizona #naee #aaee #artistsinarizona
We are all colored by our experiences. Ask Persephone in this silk painting,Pomegranate Stain by Beth Surdut.
February 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
We are all colored by our experiences. Ask Persephone in this silk painting,Pomegranate Stain by Beth Surdut.
I can't save every beastie, but I can try. My drawing of one of two sibling Great Horned #owlets that I rescued after they plummeted from a disintegrated nest. They thrived in the new nest-- a milk crate tied high up in a pine.
February 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I can't save every beastie, but I can try. My drawing of one of two sibling Great Horned #owlets that I rescued after they plummeted from a disintegrated nest. They thrived in the new nest-- a milk crate tied high up in a pine.
Great White Heron and I practicing patience at dusk--
The goldfish flashed and turned, escaping back into the water 3 times before #heron gave up the gold.
The exit gate was closed, but I know tricks for squirming out of a bad situation. That's how I am-- wandering until the coyotes sing me home.
The goldfish flashed and turned, escaping back into the water 3 times before #heron gave up the gold.
The exit gate was closed, but I know tricks for squirming out of a bad situation. That's how I am-- wandering until the coyotes sing me home.
February 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Great White Heron and I practicing patience at dusk--
The goldfish flashed and turned, escaping back into the water 3 times before #heron gave up the gold.
The exit gate was closed, but I know tricks for squirming out of a bad situation. That's how I am-- wandering until the coyotes sing me home.
The goldfish flashed and turned, escaping back into the water 3 times before #heron gave up the gold.
The exit gate was closed, but I know tricks for squirming out of a bad situation. That's how I am-- wandering until the coyotes sing me home.
I meditate by practicing the art of paying attention to #nature and creating beautiful, meaningful pieces based on observing nature. #Quail #prayer #shawl "Be still and know that I am God." Psalm 46:11, 22"x72" painted silk, fiber-reactive dyes and resist, by Beth Surdut
#cactus #mountains #birds
#cactus #mountains #birds
February 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
@margaretrenkl wrote a great piece in support of coexistence with #Coyote and other critters in today's @nytimes. Hear/read my @npr.org Coyote love stories and other Art of Paying Attention essays originals.azpm.org/p/spotlightp... Do contact me to order a museum-quality signed print.
January 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
@margaretrenkl wrote a great piece in support of coexistence with #Coyote and other critters in today's @nytimes. Hear/read my @npr.org Coyote love stories and other Art of Paying Attention essays originals.azpm.org/p/spotlightp... Do contact me to order a museum-quality signed print.
My silk painting of #poinsettia and bougainvillea on the cover of #Honolulu magazine. Mele kalikimaka!
#merrychristmas #islandlife #botanicalart
#merrychristmas #islandlife #botanicalart
December 25, 2024 at 5:25 AM
My silk painting of #poinsettia and bougainvillea on the cover of #Honolulu magazine. Mele kalikimaka!
#merrychristmas #islandlife #botanicalart
#merrychristmas #islandlife #botanicalart
I spotted this lone Burrowing owl in a burrow I'd never seen before, no others visible in the usual places where tractors turned dry cotton fields beside a solar panel company whose goods look like battalions awaiting marching orders.
#burrowingowls #solarpanels #birdwatching #az #wildatheart
December 9, 2024 at 1:22 AM
I spotted this lone Burrowing owl in a burrow I'd never seen before, no others visible in the usual places where tractors turned dry cotton fields beside a solar panel company whose goods look like battalions awaiting marching orders.
#burrowingowls #solarpanels #birdwatching #az #wildatheart
Bottoms up, it's #happyhour -- As twilight approaches, don't you just want to hang out at the shore, float around with your friends, or practice synchronized swimming?
#birdlife #ducks #lakeside #visitarizona #greenvalley #GoldenTime #sparrows #widgeons #canoa #birdphotography
#birdlife #ducks #lakeside #visitarizona #greenvalley #GoldenTime #sparrows #widgeons #canoa #birdphotography
December 7, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Bottoms up, it's #happyhour -- As twilight approaches, don't you just want to hang out at the shore, float around with your friends, or practice synchronized swimming?
#birdlife #ducks #lakeside #visitarizona #greenvalley #GoldenTime #sparrows #widgeons #canoa #birdphotography
#birdlife #ducks #lakeside #visitarizona #greenvalley #GoldenTime #sparrows #widgeons #canoa #birdphotography