Otters!

The @seaottersavvy.bsky.social crew at #bodegabay #doranbeach #californiacoast today 🦦🦦🦦🦦🦦🌊🌊🌊🌊

#naturalist 🌿🌱 #marinemammals

It’s #mantid season! #insects #invertebrates #bugs #naturalist 🌿🌱

Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum) from Southwestern Kansas many many moons ago. Remains the only one I have ever seen.

Herping in Kansas rocks.

#Naturalist #Wildlife #Herping

A gull going for a harbor seal’s salmon in Budd Inlet for #BirdOfTheDay #BirdsInAbstract
Olympia, WA 🪶

#salmon #seal #ornithology #manualfocus #nikon #nature #wildlife #birding #photography #olywa #olympiawa #naturalist #seagull #harborseal #chinook #salmonrun #pugetsound #pnw #buddinlet

#wallart #nature #design #naturalist #decorating #blackwork

Four weeks since the end of this year's #fieldwork.
We miss our field sites!

And the #midges #crabs #snails #worms #fish #seaanemones #seaurchins #starfish #algae #limpets #barnacles #shrimp ... short: #marine #biodiversity!

#PlayaDelCamello #Santander #Cantabria #Spain
#tide-pooling #naturalist

It was quite a treat to see this beautiful #RedTailedHawk at the end of my paddle board session last night
Tumwater, WA 🪶

#raptor #raptors #birds #birding #nikon #hawk #buteo #ornithology #falconry #nature #wildlife #naturalist #birdphotography #lake #paddleboard #olywa #pnwbirding #birdsofprey

More #RingNeckedDucks for #birdoftheday #blackandwhite
Tumwater, WA 🪶

#birding #pnw #tumwater #olywa #olympia #birds #nature #botd #naturalist #wildlife #birdphotography #shorebird #ducks #duck #nikon

A pair of #RingNeckedDucks, a new species for my life list!
Tumwater, WA 🪶

#birding #birds #ducks #duck #nature #naturalist #nikon #wildlife #pnw #pnwbirding #lake #wetland #marshland #shorebird #ornithology #olywa #olympia #tumwater

This article in the Atlantic is an interesting insight into the habits of these magnificent creatures and their shrinking migration habitat. #nature #naturalist #monarchbutterfly

fb.watch/JwvdGG-dc9/?... things that make a #tidepool docent interpretive guide #naturalist happy
🌿🌱🐙🦑

Signs of fall from this evening
Olympia, WA

#pnw #oly #olywa #olympia #fall #autumn #oak #ash #nature #nikon #naturalist #photography #naturephotography

#blomster #insekter #have #natur
#flowers #insects #garden #nature
#blumen #insekten #garten #natur
#Gardening #schmetterling #sommerfugl #butterfly #naturalist

Guten Morgen ☕

#kaffee #coffee #photography
#gutenmorgen #goodmorning
#naturalist

Even though it looks like the rare Ohio Sky Turtle, this is just a photo of a Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) and a reflection of a lovely cloudy day.

#cincinnatinaturecenter #naturalist #OCVN