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Patrick Lynch
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Artist, photographer, and author of 12 books from Yale University Press, on the natural history of the Atlantic coast. Latest book: "A Field Guide to the Connecticut River." More personal stuff on facebook.com/patrick.lynch1
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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: 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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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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Good morning. She's hopefully a Mexican resident by now...
Photo of a fall migrant Monarch butterfly feeding on an Oxeye Daisy flower.
December 5, 2025 at 1:10 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.
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm
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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1. Good morning, sunshine.
2. Feed me, Seymour.
Your choice. 🙂
Close photo of the center area of an orange-and-salmon-colored dahlia flower.
December 4, 2025 at 2:17 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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Some sunshine on a cloudy day.
(Spurred Ceratina Bee on Coneflower.)
Close photo of a tiny wild bee sitting on a bright yellow coneflower.
December 2, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Large canids of eastern North America: Eastern Coyote, Timber Wolf, and Red Wolf. For my forthcoming book from Yale University Press, STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, later in 2026.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #coyotes #wolves #wildlifeart #scicomm #artsci #artistsonbluesky #illustratorsky
Detailed illustrations of the heads of three of Eastern North America's largest wild canids. Illustrations done in Photoshop, using a Wacom drawing tablet.
December 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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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.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm
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.
🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #moths #clearwings
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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North Point, Point Lobos, 2023.
Landscape photo of a rocky cove on Point Lobos, on the northern California coast.
November 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Next spring's poppies say good morning.
Close photo of the center area of a red poppy flower.
November 29, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Enough said.
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #scicomm #sciviz #vaccines #measles #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #datagraphics
Chart showing the effectiveness of the measles vaccine, 1929–2022.
November 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Good morning from the Oracle of Delphi‘s front porch. (Delphic Sanctury of Athena Pronaia.) 2017.
A wide landscape photo of temple ruins on the mountainside at Delphi, Greece.
November 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Happy Thanksgiving.
A group of yellow, orange, and pink coneflowers in a wild grassy field.
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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Kardamyli at dawn.
An ancient place. #Kardamyli was one of the seven cities that Agamemnon promised to Achilles in Homer's Illiad. Sparta lies over the distant mountains. 2017. #Greece
A broad landscape from the edge of Kardamyli, Greece.
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Good morning from the Temple of Hephaestus, next to the Athenian Forum, in #Athens, #Greece. 2017.
Wide photo of the classical Greek temple, the Temple of Hephaestus.
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Good morning, Skippy.
Close photo of a Peck's Skipper perched on the center of a bright yellow Black-eyed Susan flower.
November 24, 2025 at 1:10 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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River birds page spread. Done for my forthcoming book project STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, 2026, now in final production.
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #rivers #streams
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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Some summer sunshine on a dreary Connecticut morning.
Colorful view of daylilies in a garden, with a bright sun and blue sky.
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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A perfect guide for the Outer Banks to the Jersey Shore & Long Island. Yale University Press. a.co/d/6rKgbMQ
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifephoto #OBX #JerseyShore #OuterBanks #LongIsland #Chesapeake #DelMarVA #FieldGuide #FieldGuides
An advertisement for my book "A Field Guide to the Mid-Atlantic Coast," winner of a National Outdoor Book Award, from Yale University Press.
November 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM