Tara Okon
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Tara Okon
@rivers-disguise.bsky.social
Birder, Fledgemore BTO nest recorder/ringer, ecologist, artist. Birds, dormice, wildlife, music, football.
Finally got round to reading this fantastic book 'Robin Prytherch: A Life with Buzzards' compiled and edited by Lyndon Roberts. I was lucky enough to meet Robin once at the 2019 BTO conference. A beautiful book celebrating buzzards and a lovely gentleman. #birds #books #art
September 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A few more photos of @robthomasbirds.bsky.social leaving artwork. Inner to outer circle - pied flycatcher eggs, pied flycatchers, redstarts, wood warblers, storm petrels, interspersed with oak leaves #birdart #birds #nature
August 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
One from a while ago that I can now post. Not birds but dormice. Based on photos of different dormouse nests and individuals #dormice #art #nature
July 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
House sparrows with house sparrow x tree sparrow hybrid @dingemanselab.bsky.social #birds #birdart
July 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Can anyone help with the ID of this looper moth caterpillar, please? Thank you :-) #moths #UKMoths #Invertebrates
June 25, 2025 at 8:10 PM
...and more behind thr scenes sketchbook pages #birdart #birds #bats #moths
June 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Haven't posted for a while so here are a few more behind the scenes sketchbook pages #birdart #birds
June 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Another family outing with @han-okon.bsky.social & @marthaokon.bsky.social to see
@waterboysmusic.bsky.social @mickpuck.bsky.social at New Theatre, Cardiff. Photos 2018, 2021, & 2025 #liveinthemomentbaby
May 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
This little fella made my day today. Wood warbler singing at Craig-yr-Hesg LNR/Lan Wood today. What a beaut! #birds
May 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A few oldies of some of the brilliant birds seen this week - lapwing chicks, cuckoo, barn owl & a new bird for me, dotterel...currently musing over artwork to celebrate this beauty 🤔 #birds #birdart
May 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
They're back! Woohoo! Swifts today over Pontypridd #swifts ##boysofthesummer
April 30, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Local patch Craig-yr-Hesg LNR #Pontypridd with bluebells looking resplendent in today's sunshine. Blackcap, willow warbler, chiffchaff singing. Blue tits on eggs & great tits with chicks. Magical 💚
April 27, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Sneak peek at a non-bird artwork #dormice #art #nature
April 23, 2025 at 8:15 PM
April 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A celebration of the birds at Newport Wetlands over the years for a dear friend #birds #birdart
April 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Another wheel of birds #birds #birdart
March 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Old sketchbook pages/doodles #birds #birdart
March 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
More behind the scenes. Early hawfinch artwork. Style still needing honing #birds #birdsart
March 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Earliest circular piece is one attached. I've simplified the birds over time. I also use a compass now to ensure that each layer of the circle covers roughly the same space. For this first piece I used a protractor for the inner circle only and built up the other layers with no parameters drawn.
March 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Hi, no prisms or mirrors. Completely accidental. I love the work of Escher and particularly like patterns. I was playing about with some ideas for a different pattern and stumbled across this format. Early pieces started with working out a template for the bird and tweaking to fit angle of circle.
March 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
More behind the scenes. Playing with herons #birds #birdart A post for @everyheron.bsky.social :-)
March 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
An old artwork based on an article about the effects of pollutants in the River Taff on aquatic invertebrates and dippers. Zoom in for detail. #birds #birdart
March 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
2/2 Waxwings #birds #birdart
March 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
1/2 More behind the scenes. How a waxwing artwork started and finished #birds #birdart
March 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Behind the scenes #birds #birdart #maths
March 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM