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Rosemary Mosco
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Nature comics (Bird and Moon). Books about nature. Talks. Bird facts. rosemarymosco.com She/her.
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I have three copies of Climate Champions by @rachelsarah.bsky.social to give away! I bought a bunch when they came out (I’m in it). This book, targeted at middle and high schoolers, features biographies of a diversity of women working on climate action across disciplines.
A stack of blue hardcover books titled Climate Champions: 15 Women Fighting For Your Future by Rachel Sarah
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Thank you @aba.org for putting my book The Birding Dictionary on your top books of 2025 list! Get it here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Doodles for Hong Kong 🇭🇰

In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
November 29, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Another comic from this past year. Sometimes I'm in awe about how incredibly small birds can be.
In a comic strip panel, person in a red shirt walks through a sunlit forest. The text says "Sometimes I go looking for a tiny part of the universe." "This part only takes up as much space as: half an apple, a salt shaker, or 2 ping pong balls." Each of these items is shown. Galaxies and stars swirl as the text says "But somehow, in an unfathomably huge universe," and then there's a complex mess of forest leaves, with one tiny Wilson's warbler in one corner, and the text says "this one tiny part". There's a close up of the warbler, blazing yellow against a sparkly yellow background, and the text says "can fill up my whole heart."
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Somebody asked me if I could set up an annual pay option on my Patreon, so I enabled it just now! As an annual supporter you get a discount. www.patreon.com/birdandmoon Thank you so much to my patrons for creating such an upbeat space 🐦
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creating Nature Comics
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December 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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PREACH
dcrinyyc.bsky.social 🔬🔭🧭👨‍💻🏞️👾🤖🌡️ @dcrinyyc.bsky.social · 7d
Fossil-fuel companies didn’t just respond to demand they spent decades creating it. They pushed governments to build highways, pipelines, gas systems, and car-dependent cities, locking society into fossil use. Through lobbying they secured subsidies, blocked clean-energy policies,
November 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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I'm working on the next edition of my fun, short, monthly newsletter. buttondown.com/rosemarymosco
Join my Mailing List Flight Club. buttondown.com/rosemarymosco. It's short, monthly, and contains a weird bird of the month. There's a drawing of a turkey vulture carrying a letter with love.
December 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Wildlife tracking! I'm reposting things I made this past year. If you look closely at the deer tracks you'll see I added the hint that they're double registering (hind foot is stepping into the same spot as front foot).
A six-panel comic titled "Wildlife Tracking Tips". In panel 1, the text says "A white-tailed deer traveled through here," and there are white-tailed deer prints in fresh snow. In panel 2, the text says "An American Red Squirrel came by," and the leap marks of a red squirrel are in the snow. In panel 3, the text says "A Snowshoe Hare passed through," and there are the distinctive fluffy-footed marks from a snowshoe hare jumping across the snow. n panel 4, the text says "The Snowshoe Hare found a sword," and one of the front paw marks in the track has been replaced with a long thin line running alongside the track. In panel 5, the text says "The Snowshoe Hare is dual wielding," and both front paw marks have been replaced with long thin lines. In panel 6, the text says "The Snowshoe Hare tamed a mount, vastly increasing its jumping distance. You should run," and the Snowshoe Hare trail runs into a deer track and disappears.
December 1, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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If you're looking for gifts for family and friends, I have a lot of stuff on my Topatoco shop, including a Blöödchëëp Shirt and many prints of comics!
topatoco.com/collections/...
Bird and Moon
Laugh while you learn with Bird and Moon!
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November 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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🐾 One thing about us artists is that we looooove to draw animals, and we also looooooove to make merch of them! 🐾

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various animal themed merchandise on a greenish-yellow background
November 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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Autumn Leaf 3
Watercolour, approximately 80 × 132 mm.

I lost my way with this one. The extent of the rust spots were paving my way to overworking even without my own blundering, and I of course walked merrily -- and then tearfully -- right into it.

1/3
Watercolour painting of an autumn leaf, predominantly red towards its upper part, with a small area of yellow-gold at the lower end towards the stem. The leaf is covered all over with reddish-brown rust spots, with a large area of black on its upper right.
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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IT'S LIVE YOU CAN BUY IT :D

THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST is up on @libro.fm and probably other sites idk I'm too excited

This has been a long time coming!

Step into the forest and don't lose your nerve...
The Butcher of the Forest Audiobook on Libro.fm
A world-weary woman races against the clock to survive a deadly forest in this dark, otherworldly fairytale from Nebula and World Fantasy Award-winning author Premee Mohamed.At the northern edge of a ...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Looking for a gift for a birding friend or a kid who loves nature? I have 10 books for adults and kids, some bestselling and some award-winning, and you can see them all here: rosemarymosco.com/books
(Note: one of them, Birding Is My Favorite Video Game, is out of print but a new edition is coming!)
A book called The Birding Dictionary: A Tongue-in-cheek guide for people who find themselves obsessed, against all logic and reason, with birds by Rosemary Mosco, with a quote from Sibley: Best. Dictionary. Ever. And a quote from Ed Yong: laugh-out-loud funny A picture book called There Are No Ants in This Book A book called A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching A book called Flowers are Pretty Weird
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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did someone say PIGEONS??????
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November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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This is still one of the most powerful visualizations I've ever seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zP0...
Which countries are historically responsible for climate change?
YouTube video by Carbon Brief
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November 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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As the year comes to an end, I'm reposting some of the comics I made this year, including this ridiculous thing.
A six-panel comic. In the first panel, a yellow warbler says "Hey so I'm going to go out on a limb here." In panels two through five, the warbler hops along a long branch against a blue sky with clouds. In panel 6, it stops at the end of the branch and sings.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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It hadn’t occurred to me that I went with bisexual colors here, but I’m bisexual so I guess I put it in my drawings subliminally 😅
mhuzzell.bsky.social Molly @mhuzzell.bsky.social · 14d
US residents, you *need* to get this pin for any bi birders in your life.
rosemarymosco.com Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 16d
Good news: When my book The Birding Dictionary came out, we offered pins for the first folks who ordered, and we've found a new stash. We have pins for the first 50 people who submit a receipt! (Until 12/19 or while supplies last. US residents only.) www.hachettebookgroup.com/landing-page...
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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I saw zero US coverage of COP30. The world is looking at us with such embarrassment.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
COP30: UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises
Nearly 200 countries attended COP30, which aimed to commit the world to take more action on climate change.
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Good news: When my book The Birding Dictionary came out, we offered pins for the first folks who ordered, and we've found a new stash. We have pins for the first 50 people who submit a receipt! (Until 12/19 or while supplies last. US residents only.) www.hachettebookgroup.com/landing-page...
The Birding Dictionary Preorder Campaign
The Birding Dictionary The first 50 customers to submit their receipt will receive an exclusive pin featuring Rosemary Mosco’s charming illustrations! Submit your receipt and receive a…
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November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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FYI, I missed this - the law hasn't been implemented yet so we will learn more as time passes, but it's looking like the 1,095 day requirement won't affect kids born before the law goes into effect!
thepuddingblog.blog Dan from thepuddingblog.blog @thepuddingblog.blog · 16d
The 1,095 day test is for children born after the law goes into effect.

If you are second+ generation born abroad (and can show lineage) who is already born you should be a citizen under C-3, regardless of the 1,095 day rule. (I say should because there's always weird edge cases)
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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MORE good news: A Canadian bill is just about to receive Royal Assent (yes this is a thing) and soon, if your parent is a Canadian citizen who spent 1,095 days of physical presence in Canada before you were born, you will be a citizen regardless of where you were born and where you live.
November 20, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Good news: When my book The Birding Dictionary came out, we offered pins for the first folks who ordered, and we've found a new stash. We have pins for the first 50 people who submit a receipt! (Until 12/19 or while supplies last. US residents only.) www.hachettebookgroup.com/landing-page...
The Birding Dictionary Preorder Campaign
The Birding Dictionary The first 50 customers to submit their receipt will receive an exclusive pin featuring Rosemary Mosco’s charming illustrations! Submit your receipt and receive a…
www.hachettebookgroup.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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velöcicheëp
albluu.bsky.social Albluu @albluu.bsky.social · Nov 4
Molting Velociraptor 👎
November 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Auction ends today, 12pm EST.
himmapaan.bsky.social Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 26d
'Stoat and Rooster'
Ink and gouache on Fabriano Medioevalis, approximately 132 × 85 mm.

This original artwork and two older pieces are in this month's @changelingart.bsky.social auction, ending Friday 14th November, 12pm EST.

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Silhouette drawing primarily in black ink of a stoat in combat with a rooster on a patch of wild grasses. The animals face each other; the stoat, at left, is in motion with its hindquarters off the ground and its head tilted up towards the rooster opposite, who leaps into the air, hackles raised, kicking its feet outwards. The rooster's comb and wattle are the only touch of red gouache.
November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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With the aurora popping up again last night, I thought I'd repost this adventure from last year. I drew this when the great @nepeteaa.bsky.social wondered what night-migrating songbirds might make of it all. Part 1/2
A seven-page comic. On page 1, the sun begins to set over an autumnal scene in a forest. The sun continues to set, reflected in the eye of a bird. The sun finishes setting, reflected in the bird's eye and zoomed out a bit. The bird has various hues of stormy blue feathers. The sun has fully set and the stars are out, and the bird, a female Black-throated Blue Warbler, says "It's time." On page 2, the bird says "Ready for another night of migration?" to a male Black-throated Blue warbler, who replies "I ate all the good bugs in this forest, so, sure." She says "Okay. Let's do this." They take off from a branch, saying "Up up up." They hit their cruising altitude and fly through the starry darkening sky. On page 3, they are flying along and the male says "I think this trip is going pretty good so far-" And the female interrupts "Wait." There's a green reflection in her eye. She says "There's something behind us." They turn and see the eerie glimmer of aurora. The male says "Oh" On page 4, the male says "What is... Is that wildfire smoke?" And the female says "I don't think so." They book look alarmed. He says "Should we fly faster? Try to get away?" and she says "No, now it's in our flight path, too!" The aurora has spread and dances through the sky. Some of it becomes pink. He says "It's everywhere!" and she says "I... I don't understand."
November 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM