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Samantha biobabbler

@biobabbler.bsky.social

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Unbridled enthusiast of that nature thing, card-carrying conservation biologist, photography phan & word nerd. Have swiffer, will fend off mountain lion. she/her

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Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 8h

Fall is falling in the Sierra Nevada.

golden yellow aspen are backlit against shadowy angular granite boulders.

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Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 8h

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Sandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 8h

One year ago today (well, tonight), I was doing this up near Eudunda.

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BHL Australia @bhl-au.bsky.social · 8h

We love a menagerie!

William Saville-Kent’s “The Great Barrier Reef of Australia” is a trove of photographs & vibrant lithographs. Tumbling all these echinoderms together creates a kaleidoscopic effect that reflects the biodiversity present on the reef!

www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698195

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Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 8h

froggie leaping!

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 8h

😂😂🤣

This series is a riot,

and meanwhile I'm flipping out over those iconic sets!!

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Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, 100%!

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 1d

Aw ... that's lovely!🥰

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 1d

Anemone nuttalliana, our Nuttall's Pasqueflower, blooming at Joder Ranch open space #nativeplants. This one has an older timey feel.

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to April 9 🌿

Lavender flowers with numerous yellow stamens

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Nigels1 @nigels1.bsky.social · 1d

Adorable young male bluebird, the same one from the last post. He and the others roost in this bluebird box in the evenings.
#birds #birdphotography #nature #birding #photography 🪶 #canonphotography #R5MarkII

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Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 1d

How full of hope and excitement is a garden seed orders list?
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Movies Silently @moviessilently.bsky.social · 1d

Here is my complete seed shopping list for next year. I feel like I have finally cracked peppers, so I will be growing more. I am dialing back summer squash and aiming for smaller patty pans and dialing up winter squash and melons after my success this year. Tomatoes are, as ever, king.

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Sarcastic Shark Art @sarcasticsharkart.bsky.social · 1d

Showing how I mask off the background area & try something a little different than usual.

Used the Copic markers to create a sort of stipple ombre fade.

Blacktip Reef Sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus).

#shark #marinelife #sciart #Reef #nature #fish #fishart #animal #animalart #ArtYear #aquatic

Illustration masked off to apply Copic marker background

Finished illustration of Blacktip Reef Sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus). Marker and Prismacolor on Strathmore gray toned paper.

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Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 1d

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Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful!🤩 🥳

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 1d

😆😍 I love it!

<waits happily>
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Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 1d

What is that, the world's oldest willow?

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Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 1d

SO great!!🙌

Samantha biobabbler @biobabbler.bsky.social · 1d

Highly recommend this thread.😍🤓🥳

As a person who used to monitor herps (incl rattlesnakes) as part of her job, I can back up the snek dialogue as 100% authentic.

Such a perfect babeh snek!!
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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 1d

Big adventure in the yard today!

NATIVEPLANTGUY: *bent over to pull a weed* Yeah, I’ve been trying to catch these little weeds while they’re small—
ME: STOP
NPG: *freezes*
ME: Step back, slowly.
NPG: *steps back*
ME: Whew.
NPG: Rattlesnake, right? Where?
ME: *points*
NPG: …whoa.