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Redwoods lightshow

@thecrispeoutdoors

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"𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒖𝒕𝒇𝒊𝒕?"

"𝑵𝒐. 𝑾𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝑩𝒂𝒃𝒔 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒑𝒆𝒂𝒌𝒚."

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#InternationalHyenaDay :

Brett Whiteley (Australia, 1939-1992)

#Hyena, 1978 (from the London Zoo series)

Brush & ink on paper, 75.3 x 96.5 cm

https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/brett-whiteley-1939-1992-hyena-1978-brush-and-ink-51-c-9624c36929

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“The Nirai like doing a lot of things for the Kel,” Jedao said. “Codependent, really.”

Birds of prey can never be domesticated. Hawks return to the falconer not for affection, but for food, and must be kept a little hungry when flown.

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Should have put some points into charisma

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The Fairy 🧚

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Whip-Poor-Wills and PawPaw, with Zebra Swallowtail, suggested by @ktk8-ktdid-ktwilldo

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Naches Peak Loop Trail, Mount Rainier July 20, 2025

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Gouache painting from a bit ago. Might put this up on my store when I open it again (next month?)

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Team ate ✨

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silent reflections; mono lake, california

instagram - twitter - website

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Kelp Cathedral

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A Lapwing Feathursday

The Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) is a wading bird in the family Charadriidae, which includes includes lapwings, plovers, and dotterels. It is a resident of Great Britain where the noted British naturalist artist and illustrator Charles Tunnicliffe (1901-1979) observed these birds and depicted in his chapter on "Plumage Study" in Bird Portraiture (“How To Do It” Series No. 35), published in London and New York by The Studio in 1945. Tunnicliffe writes:

I think you will agree now that a knowledge of plumage changes is important, for it would never due to put a fine cock Lapwing, in summer plumage, in the middle of a December landscape. Remember that there is always a fierce ornithologist just round the corner, ready to pounce and rend you as soon as you make a "birdy" faux-pas.

Our copy of Bird Portraiture is from the collection of the Library of the Akron Art Institute with its bookplate, and is a gift to UWM Special Collections from our friend Tony Drehfal.

The lesson: don't make "birdy" faux-pas!

View more posts with works by Charles Tunnicliffe.

View more Feathursday posts.

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Got something to say….

Any neopets lover in chat?

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PALEOGENE PERIOD World Map (Medieval Bestiary Series)

This map is inspired in old cartography, presenting the animals that lived at that time in a stylized way, imagining how medieval artists would had drawn them. 🌎 It's been a while since I covered the Mesozoic and Permian. Those are also available at Redbubble, as this one is now too🌍

this artwork is available fopr prints, t-shirts and much more here

Instagram (new account):  @mariolanzaspeciosus

Youtube Channel

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The feathers on a cedar waxwing look like they're airbrushed.