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Patrick Lynch
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Artist, photographer, and author of 12 books from Yale University Press, on the natural history of the Atlantic coast. Latest book: "A Field Guide to the Connecticut River." More personal stuff on facebook.com/patrick.lynch1
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Good morning from the Oracle of Delphi‘s front porch. (Delphic Sanctury of Athena Pronaia.) 2017.
A wide landscape photo of temple ruins on the mountainside at Delphi, Greece.
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving.
A group of yellow, orange, and pink coneflowers in a wild grassy field.
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Kardamyli at dawn.
An ancient place. #Kardamyli was one of the seven cities that Agamemnon promised to Achilles in Homer's Illiad. Sparta lies over the distant mountains. 2017. #Greece
A broad landscape from the edge of Kardamyli, Greece.
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Good morning from the Temple of Hephaestus, next to the Athenian Forum, in #Athens, #Greece. 2017.
Wide photo of the classical Greek temple, the Temple of Hephaestus.
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Good morning, Skippy.
Close photo of a Peck's Skipper perched on the center of a bright yellow Black-eyed Susan flower.
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Common birds of Mid-Atlantic Coast beaches. From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #beaches
A page spread on six of the most common bird species seen on beaches of the Mid-Atlantic Coast of the U.S. Brown Pelican, Double-Crested Cormorant, and four of the common gull species.
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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River birds page spread. Done for my forthcoming book project STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, 2026, now in final production.
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #rivers #streams
A compilation of 18 species of birds common to rivers and streams of the eastern U.S. and Atlantic Coast regions.
November 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Some summer sunshine on a dreary Connecticut morning.
Colorful view of daylilies in a garden, with a bright sun and blue sky.
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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A perfect guide for the Outer Banks to the Jersey Shore & Long Island. Yale University Press. a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifephoto #OBX #JerseyShore #OuterBanks #LongIsland #Chesapeake #DelMarVA #FieldGuide #FieldGuides
An advertisement for my book "A Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Coast," winner of a National Outdoor Book Award, from Yale University Press.
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Perfect holiday gift for the naturalists in your life: A Field Guide to the Connecticut River, Yale University Press, 2024. a.co/d/hIabRmS
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #Freshwater
Book advertisement for my book "A Field Guide to the Connecticut River," winner of a National Outdoor Book Award for 2024.
November 21, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Good morning.
Close photo of the circular flower disk of a Blanket Flower (Gaillardia sp.).
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Good morning.
A photo of the Quinnipiac River running through the Quinnipiac River Gorge, in Meriden, Connecticut, USA, with the surrounding forest in autumn foliage.
November 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Good morning from last summer...
Close photo of a Black Swallowtail butterfly perched at the center of a bright red coneflower.
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (Pheucticus ludovicianus). Illustration from my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds
Illustration of male and female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks perched on the branch of a flowering apple tree.
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Immature Peregrine Falcon, detail (Falco peregrinus). From my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #falcons #peregrine
Head detail of an illustration of a perched immature (very brown) Peregrine Falcon.
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Immature Peregrine Falcon, (Falco peregrinus). From my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #falcons #peregrine
Illustration of a perched immature (very brown) Peregrine Falcon.
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus). From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #Osprey
Two Osprey illustrations: A perched immature bird, and an adult Osprey in flight.
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Smew drake (Mergellus albellus). Pencils and gouache on gray Strathmore board, ~ 7 x 9 in.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Ducks
Drawing of a male Smew duck sitting on the surface of a pond.
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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Black Vulture sketch (Coragyps atratus). Various pens and colored pencils on Canson paper, ~ 7 x 9 in.
🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #Vultures
Pen & pencil drawing of the head of a Black Vulture, rendered in colored pencils and inks on beige pastel paper.
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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The southeastern U.S.'s endangered Red Wolf (Canis rufus). Dsone for my forthcoming book project STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, 2026.
🐡🧪🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #wolf #RedWolf
Portrait of a Red Wolf, looking straight at the viewer.
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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A left anterior oblique (LAO) view of human heart anatomy, to explain LAO cardiac views in diagnostic imaging.
🐡🧪🌿🌎 #medart #MedicalIllustration #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #cardiology #DiagnosticImaging
An anatomic view of the human heart, as seen in Left Anterior Oblique (LAO) views, common in cardiac imaging.
November 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Bobcat, my illustration and photography. For Streams: An Illustrated Guide, to be published by Yale University Press in 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #sciphotography #sciphoto #scientificillustration #naturephoto #naturephotography #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #bobcat #wildmammals
Drawing of a Bobcat wading at the edge of a stream, shown against my faded photograph of a local stream bank.
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana). From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
🧪🌿🌎🪶 #sciart #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #avocet
Drawing of a swimming American Avocet.
November 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Here comes the sun...
Close photo of an Ox-eye Daisy, with white petals radiating out from a circular yellow center.
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Everyone is sleeping under the (unraked, uncollected) leaves for the winter, but it was a great year in the garden. It pays wonderful dividends to look closely at the miracles right under your nose. 🧪🐡🌿🌎 #garden #gardening #pollinators #insects #flowers
An array of a few of the 500+ edited photos I did this year of flowers and insects around our (fairly ordinary, not-very-large) home garden this year. Little miracles all around...
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM