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A stack of swallowtails: Tiger, Black, and Spicebush. From my book A Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press. a.co/d/6rKgbMQ%F0... 🧪🌿🌎 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #iNat #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #butterflies #swallowtails
My detailed color illustration of three swallowtail butterfly species commonly seen in eastern North America. Photoshop illustrations, done with a Wacom drawing tablet.
December 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Spring Warblers, East Rock Park. From my forthcoming book Streams: An Illustrated Guide, to be published by Yale University Press in 2026.
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A page spread of my illustrations of ten warbler species commonly seen in the spring in East Rock Park, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. East Rock Park is a well-known hotspot for spring migrant songbirds moving up the Atlantic Coast.
December 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Common butterfly species of the U.S. Atlantic coast. Available as a puzzle: pixels.com/featured/but...
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Collage of about 15 different butterfly illustrations, of species common in the eastern U.S.
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Freshwater and brackish fish of the Connecticut River. Illustrations from my book A Field Guide to the Connecticut River, Yale University Press, 2024. a.co/d/hIabRmS
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Poster of several dozen fish species common in and near the Connecticut River, in New England, USA.
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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Head studies: Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus). From my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP
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Illustration of the head of a Snowy Owl. Drawn in Photoshop with a Wacom drawing tablet.
December 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Head studies: Green Heron (Butorides virescens). For my forthcoming book from Yale University Press, STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, later in 2026.
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Illustration of the head of a Green Heron, seen in side view. Drawn in Photoshop with a Wacom drawing tablet.
December 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Head studies: Black-Crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax). For my forthcoming book from Yale University Press, STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, later in 2026.
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Illustration of the head of a Black-Crowned Night-Heron, seen in side view. Drawn in Photoshop with a Wacom drawing tablet.
December 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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Cool stuff: ‘Teen’ rex no more: New study agrees Nanotyrannus is a separate species. Great illustration too. news.yale.edu/2025/12/04/t...
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‘Teen’ rex no more: New study agrees Nanotyrannus is a separate species
A new study, based in part on samples from the Yale Peabody Museum, shows that a small dinosaur thought to be a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex was actually a distinct species.
news.yale.edu
December 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Screech Owl illustration, detail.
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Illustration detail of the head of a Screech Owl, part of a much larger illustration of how nominally terrestrial predators like Screech Owls take significant amounts of aquatic prey like crayfish.
December 5, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio) illustration w custom photo background shot for the plate. For my book from Yale University Press, STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, 2026.
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An illustration (Photoshop, Wacom tablet) set into a photo I took of a local stream where I've seen Screech Owls hunt for aquatic prey like crayfish.
December 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Sanderlings (Calidris alba)) working the beach runnel. Limantour Beach, Point Reyes, California.
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A long line of Sanderlings (a small shorebird) feeding in a beach runnel.
December 4, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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North American River Otter (detail). Illustration with my photo background. For my forthcoming book from Yale University Press, STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, later in 2026.
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Head detail of my illustration of a River Otter, done in Photoshop using a large Wacom drawing tablet.
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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North American River Otter. Illustration with my photo background. For my forthcoming book from Yale University Press, STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, later in 2026.
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Illustration of a River Otter hunting from a rock in the middle of a river. Illustration done with Photoshop and a Wacom drawing tablet. I took the photo background a few seconds after missing a shot of the otter. Nice to be able to recreate the scene, if slowly... ;-)
December 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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A Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) says good morning.
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A clearwing moth (a bumblebee imitator) hovers while feeding on nectar from a Monarda (beebalm) flower.
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Enough said.
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Chart showing the effectiveness of the measles vaccine, 1929–2022.
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 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.
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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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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
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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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Perfect holiday gift for the naturalists in your life: A Field Guide to the Connecticut River, Yale University Press, 2024. a.co/d/hIabRmS
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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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Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (Pheucticus ludovicianus). Illustration from my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP
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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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Osprey (Pandion haliaetus). From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
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Two Osprey illustrations: A perched immature bird, and an adult Osprey in flight.
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 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
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Illustration of a perched immature (very brown) Peregrine Falcon.
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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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
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Head detail of an illustration of a perched immature (very brown) Peregrine Falcon.
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Smew drake (Mergellus albellus). Pencils and gouache on gray Strathmore board, ~ 7 x 9 in.
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Drawing of a male Smew duck sitting on the surface of a pond.
November 17, 2025 at 10:36 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.
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Portrait of a Red Wolf, looking straight at the viewer.
November 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Black Vulture sketch (Coragyps atratus). Various pens and colored pencils on Canson paper, ~ 7 x 9 in.
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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