[ID: Header is a photo of a polyphemus moth with wings fully extended. Profile photo is a picture of a male North American cardinal with his head tilted slightly to the side, looking at the camera. /End ID] | hey, I'm Finn (they/he/xe)! i've been obsessed with bugs, birds, herps, and anything to do with nature since i was little. this sideblog is here to dump some of my own photography as well as reblog photos, educational resources, and general nature-related content. all photos on original posts are taken by me unless stated otherwise. currently in the process of sorting out photos, adding image descriptions to recent posts, and re-posting older photos with ID's so i'm currently on hiatus from new posts!!
[ID: Two pictures from two angles of an adult mourning dove sat on its nest with a nestling-age baby next to it. The parent is glaring at the camera in both images. /End ID]
we have baby mourning doves! this was the only one out front that I could get a clear shot of but there's at least two in there.
[ID: An adult mourning dove flaring out its wings as it runs along the roof of a house. /End ID]
bonus of the other parent very angrily doing its broken wing display to get me away from the nest
do you think the process of metamorphosis hurts ? does the transforming creature inside the pupa understand whats happening to it ? do you think theyre scared ? do you think theyre afraid ?
it amazes me when other entomologists can spot the difference between these kinds of moths; i have a hard enough time deciphering seasonal Actias forms
was anyone gonna tell me that there r multiple morphs of dark-eyed juncos or was I just gonna have to struggle w that for months wondering why the fuck half of the juncos I see look Very Different??
[ID: Three photos of a female falcate orangetip butterfly perched on a small white flower. It’s a small, mostly white butterfly with a black marbled pattern on the outside of its wings and one black dot on the inside of the upper wing. In the first image, it has it’s wings fully open and facing the camera. In the second image, it is partially turned away from the camera to that you can see the inside of one wing and the outside of the other. The third image is taken from the side and it’s wings are fully closed, showing one full side of the outside of its wings.]
Falcates are such delicate little guys. They're just so tiny.
[ID: Seven images of various different cricket frogs. The first one is all brown and is sitting partially submerged in water. The second is another solid brown one that is sitting on the side of my hand. The next shows one that has a few green spots on it sitting on some grass that is partially submerged in water. The next frog is in this grassy area as well, but this frog is solid grey-ish brown. The next is another one with green speckles that is also sitting in shallow water. The final two pictures are of the same frog sat on a small stick. This one has a reddish-orange stripe down its back. In the first one, the stick is held out of the water and in the second it's sitting in shallow water. /End ID]
Lots of little guys!! I absolutely adore cricket frogs, it's just so much fun to see all the variance in these dudes. Not to mention that they're just cute
[ID: Three images of a barred owl sitting in a tree during the day. In the first image, it is sat at full height and is looking towards the camera. In the second image, it's leaned forward and looking down at something on the ground to its left. In the last image it's sat up and is glancing down directly below itself. /End ID]
Not a bug, but this guy was too good not to share! This Barred owl was just hangin out in a small tree out in a field