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Maggie
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She/Her || 20s || Just chillin'
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Maggie @mjrral.bsky.social · Nov 6
Setting this blog up as my general posting and reblogging one and keeping @magpieshrike.bsky.social as purely an art blog. Gonna reshuffle all my old reblogs over here.
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Little Magpie
Pastel and fineliners

#art #birds #sciart #wildlife #traditional
Drawing of a magpie done with pastel and fineliners on toned paper.
March 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Best part about OCs is making intricate lore while trying to sleep and never writing it down
March 6, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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🎣 chasing karp (2022) #pokemon #art
Pokémon fanart. A Vaporeon swimming in pursuit of a Magikarp, both drawn in a semi-realistic style. Bubbles flow through the water around Vaporeon, while a group of Magikarp swim away in the background.
November 7, 2023 at 8:28 PM
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pterosaur.bsky.social
some of my flight rising dragons
February 27, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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don’t talk to me or my son ever again
a photograph of an ensatina salamander adult next to a tiny juvenile ensatina. the juvenile is a tiny copy of the adult. the salamanders are reddish-brown with an orange belly and legs.
February 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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A photo from my archives of our last Snowy Owl irruption of 2012. We haven't had a big irruption since, which is probably for the best. I'm afraid of the impacts on these birds if we were to have another one now.

#birds #owls #nature
A white owl in flight against a bright white background. The bird has its wings fully extended, displaying the detailed pattern of its feathers with subtle brown markings across its white plumage. The owl has distinctive bright yellow eyes and is captured mid-flight from a side angle, showing its streamlined body and the impressive wingspan. The light coloration of the bird creates a striking silhouette against the minimalist background, emphasizing the graceful form and intricate feather patterns of this predatory bird.
February 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Pheasant Coucal, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia

#birds #nature
A large black bird with a long, patterned tail perched on a tree branch. The bird has a glossy black head, neck, and upper body, with brown-patterned wing feathers and a distinctive long tail featuring horizontal striped markings. It has a curved dark beak and reddish-brown eyes. The bird is sitting upright on a weathered branch surrounded by green leaves and tree limbs. The background is a soft white-gray sky, creating a natural woodland setting. The bird's talons are clearly visible gripping the branch as it appears to be surveying its surroundings
February 27, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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This is a fancy, diurnal, clear-winged moth sipping liquid from a leaf. Moths in this family often resemble stinging insects, but this species didn't get the memo. It went for jungle air-shrimp instead. #Inverts #MothMonday
(Euryphrissa sp.) Tatama National Park, Colombia
A moth with fuzzy pantaloons, clear wings, and a fuzzy shrimp-like tail. It is standing on a green leaf, sipping some liquid.
February 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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A male Spotted Antbird working an antswarm at @tapirvalley.bsky.social

#costarica #birds #nature
A small bird with a striking mix of black, white, and rusty brown feathers peers intently ahead. Its speckled chest contrasts with its darker head, and its sharp beak adds to its focused expression. Delicate legs and feet grip the surface beneath it, showcasing its agility and alertness.
February 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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swallowtail and chokecherry / colored pencil on 14x17 Duralar / 2023

Here we have a swallowtail butterfly (Papilio multicaudata) throughout multiple stages of its life - egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, and imago - perched on a branch of its host plant, the chokecherry tree (Prunus virginiana)!
This is the drawing in its entirety. #sciart This is a close crop of the adult butterfly, or imago, and a chrysalis. This is a close crop of a cluster of chokecherries. This is a close crop of a caterpillar - and of a tiny egg on a leaf!
February 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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It seems that one of my hobbies is never leaving this Fiery-throated Hummingbird painting alone. Just when I think it’s done I get another wacky idea to make it better.

That’s ok, hobbies are supposed to fun right?
#Birds #BirdArt #Art #BirdWatching
A fiery-throated hummingbird perched on a branch with dead leaves. Leafy fern tangle in the background with a blurry hummingbird in flight
February 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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“Through the clover meadow”
A flock of sparrows runs through a meadow of clover. Among them flew a sparrow ridden by KOKEDAMACHAN. KOKEDAMAHCHAN and his friends are happily playing with their forest friends today.

#Illustration
#feedbackwelcome
February 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Ill have new, better art soon but in the meantime: Im finishing up a graphic design course and one of the assignments was to draw an object via various mediums, so here are some onions
February 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Little cassowary

#art #birds #bird #traditional #wildlife
February 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Whales are well known for using echolocation, and in modern times, humans have developed sonar technology which functions using similar principles. Continued in comments…

Acoustic location, 14” x 11”, oil on aluminum

#oilpainting #wildlifeart #sciart #killerwhales #echolocation #navalsonar #🐡
A pod of orcas swims upward on a pale teal background. Yellow and white ocean floor terrain map lines from the Pacific Northwest intersect over the image. A sonar dial from a naval vessel is rendered in the bottom right.
February 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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american kestrel eating a moth :3
February 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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One more for the Year of the Snake, plus #TBT. It's one of my favorite photos I've ever taken, from ten years ago in Borneo, a gorgeous little snake called an eight-striped kukri (Oligodon octolineatus). I have a large print of it on my home office wall and it makes me happy to see every day. 🐙 📷 🐍
A photo looking down at a colorful snake coiled up atop a palm-like plant frond. The snake is coiled in the upper third of the frame in a flat circle, and has a bright orange dorsal stripe and white side stripes against a glossy dark brown background. The snake's curled shape contrasts with the straight central rib of the plant (running diagonally up from the lower left) and its also-straight, perpendicular frond branches.
January 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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The full view of the majestic Black Hawk-Eagle from this morning at @tapirvalley.bsky.social

#birds #costarica #nature
A majestic black bird perched amidst lush green foliage, featuring sleek dark plumage with subtle feather detailing. Its sharp, piercing yellow eyes and a slightly raised crest with a white spot on its head give it a striking and intense appearance. The bird is surrounded by a dense tropical environment with intertwining branches and vibrant leaves, creating a natural and dynamic setting.
January 29, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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A White-browed Coucal looking particularly awesome! This species is often shy, preferring to be deep in vegetation.

📍Kigali, Rwanda.

#Birds #Wildlife #NaturePhotography 🪶
A large and robust member of the cuckoo family with rufous wings and a long, broad tail. The underparts and back are streaked, and it has a distinctive white eyebrow. The rump and upper tail coverts are barred, unlike other coucals. It often moves clumsily, preferring to clamber about in rank vegetation or walk on the ground foraging for insects or small vertebrates.
January 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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“Bringing you happiness.”
KOKEDAMACHAN and his lizard went to find a four-leaf clover. When they find a clover, they want to give it to their friend TANECHAN.

#Illustration
January 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Flash sheet of 2024 paintings
January 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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“A voice echoing in the sea”
The sea turtle suddenly heard a strange voice in the sea. It was the first time he had ever heard such a voice, but it was nostalgic and resonated directly within his heart.

#Illustration
January 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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acrylic painting of a reddish egret
January 28, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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There are TAGERI in the neighboring fields. They walk on the soil plowed by the tiller, looking for insects in the soil. It is a beautiful bird whose wings glow seven colors in the sunlight.

#birdphotography
January 28, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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some of my favorite spindly dudes (all done in cone 10 ceramic!) #ceramic #sculpture
A long and spindly ceramic salamander with whale shark markings. The glaze is shiny and tinted blue. A long and spindly ceramic salamander-snake with multiple loops. The body is gradient from red to yellow, with patterns reminiscent of a dart frog. The glaze is glossy. A long and spindly salamander with a looping body. The pattern is based on a ringneck snake, with a yellow-red gradient belly and black on top. The black areas have stars.
January 24, 2025 at 7:17 PM