uncharismatic-fauna: electric eeel at the shedd aquarium ⚡️He...
uncharismatic-fauna : electric eeel at the shedd aquarium ⚡️ He really said :} Also shedd aquarium my beloved!!!
Herps and Birds (and More)
Hey there, I’m Paxon, a wildlife biologist, living in the SE United States. I’ve been on Tumblr since 2009. We’re here to share the beauty of herps and birds, as well as fishes and invertebrates.Cis-male. He/him. Queer. Texas.
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Not sure if I shared this picture of a great blue heron I got...
Not sure if I shared this picture of a great blue heron I got but I thought they were a pretty lad.
jetix: Arnold’s Rafflesia, 2024/08
jetix : Arnold’s Rafflesia, 2024/08
Also I have to spread this beautiful kakapo image (by Andrew Digby) I saw this evening on bluesky……
syncarida : Also I have to spread this beautiful kakapo image (by Andrew Digby) I saw this evening on bluesky… her baby lint… protecting my mould spore…
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens) Juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) Wetlands on the riverfront in Detroit, Michigan, USA August 15, 2026
A Glossy Ibis that found its way to Northwest Arkansas this past...
A Glossy Ibis that found its way to Northwest Arkansas this past week.
A kagu in Nouméa (Parc Forestier) showing birds don’t need to fly to go up !
A kagu in Nouméa (Parc Forestier) showing birds don’t need to fly to go up !
May I offer you an indigo bunting?
May I offer you an indigo bunting?
Spotted an Eastern Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus oculatus) on my fence today!!! I haven’t seen one of these since I was a kid poking about in the woods and was surprised to find it in my very urban part of town, so I wanted to share. Isn’t she beautiful?! (Gulf Coast of Central Florida, USAmerica)
Gorgeous!
I 🪱 the American Woodcock
soymoss : I 🪱 the American Woodcock
Petoskey stones ~ fossilized coral that lived 350 million years ago - the rocks rounded in the surf…
cosmicanger : Petoskey stones ~ fossilized coral that lived 350 million years ago - the rocks rounded in the surf along the shore of Lake Michigan near Petosky, Michigan
Agelaius phoeniceus, Red-winged blackbird
velvetmasonry : Agelaius phoeniceus , Red-winged blackbird via
New research indicates 2 cups of black tea a day can increase human lifespan by up to ten million…
vedurnan : New research indicates 2 cups of black tea a day can increase human lifespan by up to ten million years
Blackbird upon survey stake.
thomas–bombadil : Blackbird upon survey stake.
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Looking at reviews for a book on bird migration ?
rockabillywife : Looking at reviews for a book on bird migration ?
hellooo. here is a brown anole perched in the yard :]
Tell him that he is a cutie please.
Shorebird migration is upon us! Can I get a selection of your finest sandpipers?
VERILY MY LIEGE!!! Least Sandpiper ( Calidris minutilla ) LEUCISTIC, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, CA, USA photographs by Mary Beth Cantrell L - Red-necked Stint ( Calidris ruficollis ) and R - Spoon-billed Sandpiper ( Calidris pygmaea ), family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, Coast of WB, India photograph by Santanab Majumder Spoon-billed Sandpiper ( Calidris pygmaea ), T-…
Are you still IDing bugs? I saw this very small lady in Central Oklahoma (US) front legs are actually two pairs of legs and she had the silliest run I’ve ever seen. this caterpillar??? is from Northern California. wood grain for scale.
IM ALWAYS IDing BUGS!!! T - This is def a crab spider , family Thomisidae. It can be difficult to ID crab spiders down to species, when they are young, early instar, like this. It looks like a crab spider in the genus Misumessus . B - Pullin' tricks, lookin slick at all times when I'm flippin Barr sippin, car dippin, Grant wood grain grippin.. ahem. I believe this is a Western Tussock Moth…
Might I request a masked duck in this trying time? 🙏 I’m also curious if you have a favorite aggregate life form!! Personally I am extremely partial to pyrosomes. #myzooids
YES OF COURSE!!! Masked Duck ( Nomonyx dominicus ), drakes (males) in breeding plumage - displaying, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Perú photographs by Warren Perez Barrera And... Of course i have favorite aggregate organism, but y'all may not like it... Search results for: physalia - Rhamphotheca