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becca | they/them

@beccaisoutside.bsky.social

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senior artist by day, biology grad student by night. chicago. no ai shop & portfolio: https://linktr.ee/weneedtogooutside

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 1d

🌎 🌿 #wildlife #nature #photography #bugsky

becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 1d

hey 🌻

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burner herzog @oujii.bsky.social · 2d

hiving the time of her life

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 2d

🌎 🌿 #wildlife #nature #photography #bugsky

becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 2d

this is the most pollen ive ever seen on a single bug, shes having the time of her life

photo of a bee covered all-over with bright orange pollen.

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 3d

🌎 🌿🦉 #wildlife #nature #photography #wildlifephotography

becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 3d

red-headed woodpecker enjoying a quiet day just outside of chicago.

photo of a red-headed woodpecker perched and looking backwards

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 4d

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 4d

eastern bluebird power couple from this summer.

a male eastern bluebird on a bluebird box, looking downwards

a female eastern bluebird on a bluebird box

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 4d

oldie but a goodie

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 5d

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 5d

theyre not my favorite insects in the yard, but the european woolcarder bees doooo make for great macro practice.

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 8d

🌎 🌿🦉 #wildlife #nature #photography #wildlifephotography

becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 8d

when you dont know if you left the stove on

a photo of a black crowned night heron standing in rapidly-moving water.

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 9d

#sciart #science #nature #art #illustration 🧪 🌎 🌿

becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 9d

some normal mule deer

digital illustration of an adult and young mule deer with wings

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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 9d

We need a bigger national spotlight on this building raid, fam. Agents dropped from helicopters onto the roof. Citizens and non-citizens alike were dragged from their homes in the night. People who weren't kidnapped during the raid had their belongings seized after the fact. This is madness.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 9d

"Jones, 27, is among the residents left at 7500 S. South Shore Drive who are trying to piece together what remains after an early morning, high-powered federal immigration raid led to the arrests of dozens of their neighbors at their South Shore apartment building."

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

chicago.suntimes.com

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 10d

#sciart #science #nature #art #illustration 🧪 🌎 🌿

becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 10d

urban coyotes

digital illustration of two coyotes on an urban street

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 11d

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 11d

a little field guardian 🪱

photo of a robin perching on a wooden post surrounded by shrubs

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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 11d

a couple of county first/second observations on inat, especially the planthoppers. they are so underrepresented in the database, its wild! go report planthoppers!

becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 11d

i hit had an amazing time during our moth sheet nights at labagh woods in chicago this summer! here were the most common visitors
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becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 11d

🌎 🌿 #wildlife #nature #photography #bugsky

becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 12d

🌎 🌿 #wildlife #nature #photography #bugsky