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Jay
@lady-heron.bsky.social
Environmental geoscientist / distracted illustrator
this is what I do when I'm not in the field 🌊🪶🪲
I draw/paint birds
forgot to post my horned grebe here!
September 29, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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With the passing of Bill C5 and the Building Canada Act, Cabinet has been given the power to exempt major projects from environmental legislation including the Migratory Birds Convention Act and the Species at Risk Act.

We can build Canada AND protect the birds we love: tinyurl.com/mf6z3sw7
June 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
little pelly commission :>
June 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Carboniferous insects
May 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
backyard migratory birds !!
(in the prairies)
May 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I mean, Wow. Northern Ringneck Snakes are simply gorgeous. #herps 🐍 🌎
April 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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oh apparently it’s #invertefest today??? hi yes hello inverts are like my entire brand 🫶
April 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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They're baaaaack!
April 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
i usually don't work much in sketchbooks
this little study might change that for me ! i wanted to challenge myself by only painting with one colour
April 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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If you've never watched a giant water beetle derp around and then breathe through its butt, I recommend it. The world is just incomprehensibly complex and amazing. This creature has no idea people exist. #Invert 🌿
April 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
another new dude - the loggerhead shrike!
April 11, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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costa’s and anna’s hummingbirds! I love how the colored patches jump off their face like a little masquerade mask
🪶
April 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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April 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
👁
April 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
the beautiful california digger bee having a little nap
March 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
the glossy ibis!! ✨️
March 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
anhingy :>
March 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
A close up on an ahinga wood cut I made a while back
March 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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January 28, 2024 at 3:31 AM
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🌸✨
March 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
two little tiger barbes from the art stack
March 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
little crossbill from today 🌱
March 2, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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March 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
look at this!! superb snowy owl
so stripey
February 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
the red throated loon - hoping to see this guy during spring migration this year
February 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM