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Kyla S. White
@kylaswhite.bsky.social
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Based in San Diego, CA SDSU | OSU Zoology Documenting Wildlife Diversity Wildlife Species Count: 470+ (they/them) 🇵🇭🏳️‍🌈 https://linktr.ee/kylaswhite
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · 2d
#californiagroundsquirrel #otospermophilusbeecheyi #zoology #mammalogy #sandiegocounty #california #coniferousforest #wildlifephotography #canon
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · 2d
A California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi) surveying its surrounding on a beautiful morning in the mountains.

Photographed in San Diego County, CA
November 2021
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · 3d
A Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) taking a quick break after bouncing around the tide pools.

Photographed in San Diego County, CA
November 2021

#spottedsandpiper #actitismacularius #zoology #ornithology #sandiegocounty #california #tidepools #intertidalzone #wildlifephotography #canon 🪶
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · 12d
#californiaspinylobster #panulirusinterruptus #opaleye #girellanigricans #zoology #carcinology #ichthyology #sandiegocounty #california #tidepools #wildlifephotography #gopro #goprohero7
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · 12d
A California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus) in the tide pools surrounded by Opaleye (Girella nigricans).

Photographed in San Diego County, CA
November 2021
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · 12d
#californiaspinylobster #panulirusinterruptus #opaleye #girellanigricans #zoology #carcinology #ichthyology #sandiegocounty #california #tidepools #wildlifephotography #canon
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · 24d
An Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) revealing a small glimpse of its iridescent feathers.

Photographed in San Diego County, CA
November 2021

#annashummingbird #calypteanna #zoology #ornithology #sandiegocounty #california #coastalsagescrub #wildlifephotography #canon 🪶
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · 27d
The arrival of this new specimen highlights the crucial relationship zoos play in ensuring rare and endangered species are represented in museum collections like ours: go.nhm.org/white-rhino
Bringing the skeleton into the Museum's collection meant a rare in-person look at rhino's skull. It's just as heavy as you'd think. Courtesy of Tyler Hayden.
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · 28d
This day I was graced with the presence of the second largest whale, the Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus).

Photographed in San Diego County, CA
November 2021

🛥️🐋 Gone Whale Watching

#finwhale #balaenopteraphysalus #zoology #mammalogy #sandiegocounty #california #ocean #wildlifephotography #canon
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Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County @nhm.org · Sep 10
🦎 Dilophosaurus? Actually, it's a frilled lizard!

Learn more about the frilled lizard with Collection Manager Nefti Camacho as we go behind the scenes in NHMLA's Herpetology Collection!
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iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · Sep 9
This stunning slipper orchid (Selenipedium palmifolium) currently has been documented less than 25 times on iNaturalist!

📷 marie973 on iNaturalist
📍 French Guiana
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
This orchid has a bell-shaped yellow petal that looks a little like a cartoony shoe. This orchid has a bell-shaped yellow petal that looks a little like a cartoony shoe.
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · Sep 10
An early morning hike led to this perched Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) showing off its gorget.

Photographed in San Diego County, CA
October 2021

#annashummingbird #calypteanna #zoology #ornithology #sandiegocounty #california #wetland #wildlifephotography #canon 🪶
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · Aug 31
Photographed in Orange County, CA
October 2021

🛥️🐋 Pacific Offshore Expeditions

#humpbackwhale #megapteranovaeangliae #zoology #mammalogy #orangecounty #california #ocean #wildlifephotography #canon
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · Aug 31
…Breach after breach, I was stunned by the power and beauty these beings posses and towards the end of the day, I finally managed to capture a breach on camera. There is nothing like the sight and sounds of 35+ ton whale leaping out of the water and landing back in it.
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · Aug 31
When I embarked upon this all day whale watching trip, I was treated with witnessing a small pod of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). All day they showed an enormous amount of activity, but seeing breaches were a first for me…
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · Aug 31
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · Aug 31
A group of Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) at the Channel Islands.

Photographed in Orange County, CA
October 2021

🛥️🐋 @pacificoffshore

#royaltern #thalasseusmaximus #zoology #ornithology #orangecounty #california #coast #wildlifephotography #canon
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · Aug 22
#humpbackwhale #megapteranovaeangliae #zoology #mammalogy #orangecounty #california #ocean #wildlifephotography #canon
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · Aug 22
One of my favorite sounds on this planet, is the exhale of a whale (this one being a Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)) as it surfaces.

Photographed in Orange County, CA
October 2021

🛥️🐋 Pacific Offshore Expeditions
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · Aug 20
A beautiful Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) fluke descending.

Photographed in Orange County, CA
October 2021

🛥️🐋 Pacific Offshore Expeditions

#humpbackwhale #megapteranovaeangliae #zoology #mammalogy #orangecounty #california #ocean #wildlifephotography #canon
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · Aug 19
It's genuinely absurd that Hank has co-created the most popular app in the United States. This is only going to encourage him.
Image showing the Top Charts of the App Store, with Hank's Focus Friend at #1 ahead of chatgpt and google.
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Marshal Hedin @mhedin.bsky.social · Aug 16
a globally rare blind harvester (Speleonychia) moves slowly through the perpetual darkness of a shallow but lengthy lava tube, far southern Washington
yellow-orange harvester (Opiliones) without eyes and with extra long second legs moves over black basalt inside a perpetually dark lava tube
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Marshal Hedin @mhedin.bsky.social · Aug 15
earlier this year we described the species Cybaeozyga furtiva from the Klamath Mtns Geomorphic Province of far northern CA

at time of description, the male was unknown. here he is, from the type locality

my son earned $10 for this find, later discussed how he'd like to go to a salary arrangement
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · Aug 13
It really was!!
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Kyla S. White @kylaswhite.bsky.social · Aug 13
#humpbackwhale #megapteranovaeangliae #zoology #mammalogy #orangecounty #california #ocean #wildlifephotography #canon