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Natural history illustration and the park: Säugethiere vom Celebes- und Philippinen-Archipel 1-2.....by A B Meyer, 1896-99....BHL/Smithsonian ....https://t.co/tLL7si7xdT

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2020-11-09

Natural history illustration and the park: Illustrated natural history of the three kingdoms : containing scientific and popular descriptions of man, quadrupeds, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, by AB Strong, 1848, BHL/UCL....https://t.co/Bnp0gyqCVe

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2020-11-05

Natural history and the park: Wild scenes and song-birds, by C Webber et al, 1854, BHL/Smithsonian .....https://t.co/tkNsFNM8Ti

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2020-11-03

Audubon and the park: In the days of Audubon : a tale of the "protector of birds," with an appendix on the formation of Audubon societies, by H Butterworth, 1901, BHL/Uni California......https://t.co/SFKbZYQdtZ

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2020-11-02

lovely to have this feature! Huzzah for nature, it's the one good thing that always gives hope and joy. And yes, let's all hibernate. Here are some of my of the beasts and birds Anita Rani mentioned. Nice one, !

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2020-11-02

New blog out, on illustrating the ecosystem and evolution of and associated plants & animals at in Devon for

https://t.co/0g99SQA1c2

A tough one to visualise, but a lovely job to work on once it was drawn up!

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2020-10-30

Natural history and the park: Bilderbuch für Kinder : enthaltend eine angenehme Sammlung von Thieren, Pflanzen, Blumen, Früchten, Mineralien......by FJ & C Bertuch, 1789-1830, BHL/Smithsonian.......3 vols.....https://t.co/zoqzE9Whxk

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2020-10-26

Natural history and the park: Neighbors with claws and hoofs, and their kin. For boys and girls..... by James Johonnot, 1885, BHL/Uni California Library........https://t.co/f0DONwrQuj

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2020-10-14

Gotta love a shrew. Even a bite-y, angry one.Small, bold, and (sometimes) fierce; a winning combination Here's one I illustrated for "Naming of the Shrew" by and others done for

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2020-10-13

Lizzie Harper Newsletter October 2020 - https://t.co/762KFLwh97

The latest on Lizzie's work (including her best-ever job), blogs, films, & a podcast! Original illustrations to buy and a snapshot of an illustrator's life...

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2020-10-09

Caterpillars and the park: Collection iconographique et historique des chenilles; ou, Description et figures des chenilles d'Europe, by JA Boisduval, et al, 1832, BHL/University of Illinois, https://t.co/0kuGpmRSaQ

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2020-10-09

Natural history and the park: Zoological illustrations, or, Original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals ..... 3 vols........1829-1833.....BHL/Smithsonian.....https://t.co/W0XrTh3lT1

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2020-10-08

This is the nobilis.

It's a real beauty with its green metallic elytra, always slightly gaping. Only males have distinctive swollen thighs

They eat pollen, so see them on flowers

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2020-09-19

Today's blog compares Canadian Goldenrod Solidago canadensis with Early Goldenrod Solidago gigantea.

https://t.co/iA3FXrx8YE

Goldenrod are great flowers for pollinators

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2020-08-28

Amphibians in the park: The frog book, by Mary Cynthia Dickerson......1907, BHL/Smithsonian, https://t.co/PGqZ0TtSen

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2020-08-21

Natural history and the park: Expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud : de Rio de Janeiro à Lima, et de Lima au Para, by Francois Castelnau et al, BHL/Smithsonian, 6 vols......https://t.co/v7JjVcLID7

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2020-08-21

House sparrow, Passer domesticus.

These birds used to be incredibly common across urban areas of the UK, however, they've suffered a massive population crash recently with 71% decrease between 1977 & 2008 (RSPB)

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2020-08-13

So let's pop up this reconstruction of an extinct along with its species-specific larval mouthparts. I mostly get asked to do slightly less exacting so I love the challenges work like this poses.

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2020-07-16

Natural history and the park: Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology, by FDC Godman et al, 1879-1915, BHL/Smithsonian, https://t.co/9DiyhNFEfH

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2020-07-13

Natural history illustration and the park: The MacGillivray art collection at the Natural History Museum........ https://t.co/idGBZlQJoA

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2020-07-11