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🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S.

@thewaterbirds.bsky.social

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Loading: PhD Wildlife (sneezing ducks) 🦆 Completed: MS Biochemistry, BS Chickenology 🐓 #TeamBird 🦩 Book things happening 📚 Traditional artist 🎨 Bird decals and prints @ Etsy/Redbubble 🦜 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheWaterBirds

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🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 8d

Set up a Patreon for the art even though I have no idea what I'm doing. How do other traditional artists use it? I have a tier where I would send a monthly mini print to subscribers. Any other ideas?

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🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 15h

Home this week due to a super mild (so far) flu. Thanks vaccines! Using the time to play with gouache.

🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 1d

I stay away from mammals but I’m not hating this one in progress so far.

🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 2d

Love it when test prints get delivered. Cause it’s duck mail. Oo woo oo. Everyday we’re out there getting duck mail. Oo woo oo. #ducks #art

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 3d

Figuring out prefered decal shapes for this guy. Which sticker shape would you want? The matching decal goes out with all the Patreon exclusive prints.

🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 3d

I think he’s all done! Time to scan to make the Patreon exclusive prints and stickers.

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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 3d

Today, the IUCN has officially declared the slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) extinct 😞

This is the 1st known extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species, whose range included Europe, North Africa & West Asia

The last confirmed sighting was 30+ years ago

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 5d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 4d

Adding some little finishing bits to this guy. Will be the first sticker/print monthly offering for the #Patreon.
#watercolor

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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 6d

Let’s talk about AI art.

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A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

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Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 7d

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

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🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 7d

In progress today. #artists #watercolor

🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 8d

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🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 8d

And we’re all finished up. #art #watercolor

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🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 9d

Weekend update. #watercolor #artwip

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Buffalo Bills @buffalobillsnfl.bsky.social · 11d

Ornithology is all about the process.

#GoBills | #BillsMafia

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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 12d

feels like we're living through some kind of cultural gas leak

The Verge @theverge.com · 14d

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.

buff.ly

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🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 12d

First paper from my PhD work has been published today in Birds. Please clap. www.mdpi.com/3525676

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Burrito Justice @burritojustice.bsky.social · 13d

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

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🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 15d

Pleased that I found a way to incorporate this helpful image from "How to catch a duck" into my invited talk this week. #gradschool

🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 15d

A little too on the nose that Mr. Waterbirds flew up to Canada yesterday to go check out birds and I'm sitting here in Louisiana watching through the Handmaid's Tale show and seeing a character make it to Canada and freedom.

a woman says take me with you please in a screenshot from schitts creek

ALT: a woman says take me with you please in a screenshot from schitts creek

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🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 16d

This is getting out of hand. Now there are 4 of them. #wip #watercolor

🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 17d

"Birb" can refer to a single individual, or multiple individuals from the same species.

“Birbs” refers to multiple species.

🦆 Birb
🦆🦆🦆 Birb
🦆🐦🦅 Birbs

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 17d

“Fish” can refer to a single individual, or multiple individuals from the same species.

“Fishes” refers to multiple species.

🐠 Fish
🐠🐠🐠 Fish
🐠🐟🐡 Fishes

🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 18d

Multiple projects all in the starting layers. Goofy things.

🦆 Alee Vestal-Laborde M.S. @thewaterbirds.bsky.social · 19d

Green Woodpecker for this month's @birdwhisperers.bsky.social ! #watercolor

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