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Elsa Chen
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Wildlife Biologist for CSU CEMML.
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One of the top serene photos for me this year would definitely be Peyto Lake in Banff! #SkySky 🌿
Glacial blue dog shaped lake with forest in the front and snow-ridged mountains in the back. There are also some thin fluffy grey clouds moving in front of the mountains and covering the sky
December 30, 2024 at 8:53 PM
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One of my favorite water features from Glacier NP was probably this little gorge with Avalanche Creek on Trail of the Cedars! These are the peaceful nature vibes I want all of the time. #ArtAdventCalendar
Teal water running through a small rocky gorge covered with moss and some small conifers.
December 24, 2024 at 4:18 PM
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Sitting at the top of Cinder Cone by myself during my Lassen trip was a very magical/peaceful experience. #ArtAdventCalendar
Volcanic rock covers the ground with some paths crossing the landscape. One solitary conifer to the right and a snowy peak in the back.
December 22, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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Here’s Lake Helen with a reflection of Mt. Lassen in the background for more alpine lake scenery. #ArtAdventCalendar
Clear reflective turquoise-tinged lake with a rocky shoreline and conifers and a mountaintop in the background.
December 20, 2024 at 1:13 AM
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Another California place I need to make it back to is Lassen National Park! I loved the alpine lakes. #ArtAdventCalendar
Rocky ground covered with small green vegetation in the foreground. Then a turquoise, reflective lake and rocky ground and conifers in the back. A mountain peak with one snow is in the distance.
December 19, 2024 at 1:20 AM
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I definitely have to give some California landscapes in addition to California birds, so here’s an idyllic image from Table Mountain this past spring! #ArtAdventCalendar
A small reflective creek with a rocky bed running between two hills that have a lot of small yellow flowers. Several trees dot the background before the blue sky with some fluffy clouds.
December 18, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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Lower Falls in Johnston Canyon from this past fall provided some more of that beautiful blue water though! #ArtAdventCalendar
Conifer in the left in the foreground. Turquoise water and a waterfall surrounded by rocky walls with lichen/moss
December 17, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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Lower Falls in Johnston Canyon from this past fall provided some more of that beautiful blue water though! #ArtAdventCalendar
Conifer in the left in the foreground. Turquoise water and a waterfall surrounded by rocky walls with lichen/moss
December 17, 2024 at 1:34 AM
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Back to some more American Dipper youngster appreciation for #ArtAdventCalendar today!
#BirdPhotography 🪶
Brown bird perched on a rock with water rippling towards it and a blurry branch in the foreground.
December 15, 2024 at 10:16 PM
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Another cute bird sighting from this trip to Lassen in August of 2023 was this Common Merganser and her hoard of young ones! #ArtAdventCalendar 🪶
A grey and white merganser with a reddish-brown head followed by 16 small fluffy looking ducklings with a similar color pattern. The water is still and black/dark green.
December 14, 2024 at 10:22 PM
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Color wise it wasn’t as impressive, but I found Consolation Lakes to be quite beautiful as well! #ArtAdventCalendar
A shallow lake with many rocks sticking up out of it. A blue sky with clouds and a mountain in the background. The foreground has lots of green groundcover and some pink flowers as well as part of a conifer to the right.
December 14, 2024 at 1:22 AM
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Moraine Lake is also close to Lake Louise, so here’s Lake Louise for #ArtAdventCalendar today!
Alpine glow halfway down mountains in the background. A blue lake reflecting the mountains and also clear enough that rocks one the shore are visible underwater in the foreground. Rocks sticking out of the water and part of a small conifer in the foreground on the right.
December 13, 2024 at 12:58 AM
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More ridiculously blue glacial lakes with sunrise at Moraine Lake this past fall!
#ArtAdventCalendar
Alpine glow on the top of mountains in the back and a turquoise blue lake taking up most of the foreground. Some conifers block some of the lake from the front and surround the eastern shore.
December 12, 2024 at 12:57 AM
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A young (still has some yellow gape in the bill) American Dipper for #ArtAdventCalendar today! I could watch these adorable little guys all day!
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A small round gray bird perched on a fallen log over stream. Other fallen vegetation is in the foreground.
December 11, 2024 at 1:30 AM
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Another wetland bird friend! A black-crowned night heron from Airlie Garden in Wilmington, NC! #ArtAdventCalendar
#BirdPhotography
A grayish-white bird with a black cap and back and a long white head feather plume. They’re perched in a branch and surrounded by leaves and Spanish moss.
December 10, 2024 at 1:24 AM
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Just some marsh vegetation for #ArtAdventCalendar today! And an American Bittern totally blending in.
#BirdPhotography
A medium-sized brown bird with a long stretched out neck and one foot raised up amount some vegetation.
December 8, 2024 at 11:30 PM
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This Northern Harrier cruising for food in Coastal North Carolina with a nice blurry leafy backdrop is for #ArtAdventCalendar today!

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Raptor with a white belly and white and brown wings looking downwards searching for food. The background is blurred green and yellow vegetation.
December 8, 2024 at 3:57 AM
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An adorable burrowing owl keeping a lookout for #ArtAdventCalendar today!
Brown and white burrowing owl looking left with brown grass in front and behind them. They’re standing in a more open dirt area.
December 7, 2024 at 2:27 AM
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A black-necked stilt foraging at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge last winter for #ArtAdventCalendar today!
#birds
A bird with black on top and white below and a black bill foraging in the water. It has very long pink legs and the entire bird is reflected in the water.
December 6, 2024 at 1:15 AM
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Following the junco flock with this adorable friend from Lassen Volcanic National Park!
#birds
Close-up of a small bird with a pink bill, black head, brown wings, and a white stomach and tail perched on the top of a conifer.
December 5, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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Peyto Lake in Banff from this past fall. I could’ve stood there and watched the clouds move all day (and smell all the Douglas fir and other nice forest-y scents). #ArtAdventCalendar
View of a teal glacial-fed lake shaped like a wolf head with a long body looking right. Misty clouds cover part of the snowy mountains right behind it and conifers and rocks in front of the lake.
December 5, 2024 at 1:03 AM
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A calm sunny view of Lake McDonald at Glacier National Park this past fall! #ArtAdventCalendar
Person in a red kayak on a calm lake with many red and brown pebbles on the lakebed. Scattered clouds over a blue sky and mountains in the distance.
December 3, 2024 at 11:43 PM
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I guess I’ll continue chronologically with more mountain scenery from Glacier National Park/The Rockies! #ArtAdventCalendar.
Yellow, purple, and red wildflowers in the foreground with a jagged rocky hill in the background and blue skies with cotton-y clouds.
December 2, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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Went to Glacier earlier this year and still can’t get over how beautiful that whole area is! Like these clouds just moving through Logan Pass. #ArtAdventCalendar
Clouds blocking most of a blue sky with a blue lake below in the distance and small conifers in the foreground.
December 2, 2024 at 3:45 AM
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Foraging American Dippers are definitely borbs! #birds
A round grey songbird in a creek has its head underwater to forage. There is green and purple out of focus vegetation in front of it and some rocks and ground vegetation behind and to the left of it.
August 15, 2024 at 1:02 AM