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Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

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simply losing my mind at the thought of gillian walking into david’s trailer to show him a picture of this dog pictured “big nose warm heart” saying hey so this is you 🙃🥲

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Sometimes we forget to check out beautiful places in our own backyard.

This lake is a six minute drive or a 45 minute walk from my house and I so rarely visit it.

Last summer, we had a drought and it was incredibly low. There was a little egret walking over the mud which was usually submerged and we walked along the lake as the sun set.

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Totally normal thing for my parents to have in their guest bathroom

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Long-tailed Ducks (Clangula hyemalis), non-breeding male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Ocean City, NJ, USA

photographs by Temujin Subodai

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Captain Nemo

I drew this piece in 2019, and although I can see lots of mistakes and imperfections, it's still one of my favourite artworks

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Say hello to the Canyon towhee, one of the cleverest and most adaptable little birds around! These birds mostly eat seeds and insects, and have even been observed picking dead bugs out of the grills of parked cars.

In this video you can see the towhee demonstrate a foraging method called the "double-scratch" technique. While many other bird species will scratch on the ground with one foot at a time, this method employs both legs in a single motion. Watch as the bird does a little hop while swiftly kicking backwards with both legs. You can see dirt and plant matter go flying! This lets the bird get down to the good stuff underneath.

Just a handful of bird species know how to double-scratch, so it's always a delight to see this move in person!

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nimble, a border collie-papillon mix, wins the 12” class in the 2024 masters agility championship. the first time a mixed breed has won at westminster ever.

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“midnight blue” sand wash basin stallion 🌪️

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Some older pieces I thought I would share. They’re based off tortoises and axolotl. The top right one is a baby, left and bottom are adults. Young ones have a shell that is mostly covered moss and weeds. By the time they’ve reached maturity, they’ve cultivated their own specific plants (for food, protection, and mating purposes).

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>"this land was uninhabitable desert before we came and fixed it!"

>look at the land

>inhabitants

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Please enjoy some valentine greetings from the animal world- if you decide to pass them out to coworkers/classmates make sure you have enough for everyone ❤️

1. Satin bowerbird

2. American alligator

3. Prairie vole

4. Marine flatworm (genus Pseudobiceros)

5. Bedbug

6. Galapagos hawk

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A Kitchen Full of Cats by Tirzah Garwood, ca. 1932.

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"So do you ever engage in surface feeding"

"Oh I dabble"

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the patient needs birdification to live

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Today's moment of zen; a mourning dove at sunset