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Christine Beeton

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Might be working in the lab, might be staring at birds. Immunologist using venom peptides to target ion channels in chronic autoimmune diseases. Gardening & birding for relaxation. 🇫🇷 & 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸. No politics, no DMs. 🦉🪶🌱📷🧪🐈 Views my own.

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 3h

Neotropic cormorants nest pretty much year round in the Houston area. Here is an adult with 4 babies in the nest.
Southeast Texas, October 04, 2025.

#Birds #Photography #Nests #Babies #NaturePhotography #Cormorants #BirdWatching

An adult neotropic cormorant, all black with a white line around the beak, sitting in a nest on a dead tree, along with 4 babies begging for food.

An adult neotropic cormorant, all black with a white line around the slightly open beak, sitting in a nest on a dead tree, along with 4 babies begging for food.

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you!

Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 18h

Beautiful shot!

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 1d

I just finished working for the day so we all deserve an Eastern bluebird that sat on a fence and patiently waited for me to take a photo before flying off.
Southeast Texas, October 04, 2025.

#Birds #Photography #Birding #NaturePhotography #Bluebirds #BirdWatching

An Eastern bluebird sitting on rusted wire, body facing the camera, head turned to the side, showing a powder-blue head and tail, a rust chest, and a white lower belly. Inquisitive black eyes.

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 1d

Superb shot!

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 2d

I saw my first osprey of the season last week, on Oct 1st!
Thank you for sharing them with us over the winter.

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 2d

Medicine Nobel for researchers who identified immune system’s security guards | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Medicine Nobel for researchers who identified immune system’s security guards

Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Shimon Sakaguchi discovered regulatory T cells that prevent autoimmune disease

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 4d

I'm just old enough to be on the chewy side

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 4d

This hawk quietly flew over and landed on the fence of the wastewater treatment facility, looking for a snack in the grass. I was briefly considered and then dismissed as a snack.

#Birds #Raptors #Photography #BirdsOfPrey #Hawks #NaturePhotography #Birding #BirdWatching

A hawk sitting on a post of a wire fence covered in sharp blades. The bird is brown with a speckled white and brown belly. It is looking straight at the camera

A hawk sitting on a post of a wire fence covered in sharp blades. The bird is brown with a speckled white and brown belly. It is looking straight ahead

A hawk sitting on a post of a wire fence covered in sharp blades. The bird is brown with a speckled white and brown belly. It is looking in the grass behind it

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 4d

She always wants more brushing 🤣

Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 4d

She does! She is still sleeping it off

Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 4d

She's still fast asleep from all this effort

Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 4d

This is an overworked cat. After breakfast she had to supervise my pulling weeds in the backyard, then she had to roll over as I brushed her ( metal brush then soft brush). Then she got squished with cuddles. Tough life.

#Cats #Bidule #Caturday #Pets

A long haired white cat, eyes wide open, laying on a sofa

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 4d

It's the yellow birds, isn't it?
This is my best shot of a white collared manakin in Belize (March 2025). 🪶📷

Portions of a bird behind leaves. The bird has some yellow, white, and black but only parts of its belly and chest are visible.

Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 5d

I think she caught several. It was a very active dream 🤣

Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 6d

I would like to go to bed but Minette is twitching and making strange sounds in her sleep so I can't move quite yet.

#Cats #Minette #Pets

A Siamese mix cat curled up against her human. She is fast asleep and I would like to be

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 6d

Happy birthday!

Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you!

Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 6d

1869: Mahatma Gandhi was born. His birthday is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti in India and as the International Day of Non-Violence worldwide.

1973: I was born and I'm still hanging around, being vaguely useful at times.

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 7d

I do too 😊

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Paul Wallace @paulmwall.bsky.social · 7d

There’s lots to say about black skimmers but thing to notice here is the feet, how does this bird not fall over #birds

Black skimmer standing in the beach, 3/4 front view, facing left. This is a black and white oddly proportioned bird, with black wings and tail and crown and white cheeks and belly and flanks. Her lower beak is longer than her upper beak, which is odd. The beak’s back half is red and its front half is black. The bird has little red stick legs and its red feet are so small they don’t even look like feet.

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 7d

I think they somehow switched feet with the purple gallinules at the factory.

A mostly brown bird with some hues of blues and purple starting to show on the wings. Large feet.

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 7d

Another series of photos of an alligator hunting last weekend.
Southeast Texas, September 2025.

#Alligators #Herps #Reptiles #Photography #Wildlife #Nature #TexasStateParks #NaturePhotography

The head of an alligator in very still water

The alligator is jumping in the water, head sideways, mouth open

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 10d

Just a seagull sitting on a brown pelican.
Isabella Island, Galapagos, Ecuador, April 2022.

#Birds #Photography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography #Seagulls #Pelicans #BirdWatching #Birding #Galapagos #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography

A brown pelican sitting on the water, most of its beak underwater. On its back, a seagull is sitting.

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Christine Beeton @christinebeeton.bsky.social · 10d

I saw those lines all along the beach and was so puzzled until I found one of the culprits. I had guessed a lot of things but not an iguana 🤣

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