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Tim Knight

@timknight.bsky.social

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Biologist and Artist in Seattle. Enjoy nature walks, birding, and painting. Artwork inspired by nature. linktr.ee/timknight

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · Sep 6

Anna's Hummingbird in watercolor

#birds #hummingbird #birding #watercolor #birdartist #SciArt

A young Anna's Hummingbird with greenish-yellow and brown feathers created in ink and watercolor

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 7h

Canada geese flying at Lake Washington after sunset

#birds #geese #birding

Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 11h

Steller’s Jay in the sunshine

#birds #jay #birding #birdphoto

Steller’s Jay balancing on one foot in the sunshine

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 11h

Grey heron in watercolor

The Grey Heron is a tall, wading bird with a long S-shaped neck and mostly grey feathers, a white head and neck with a black eyebrow stripe, and a long, dagger-like yellow bill.

#birdartist #birdtober2025 #birdtober #watercolor #birds #birdart #heron #SciArt #painting

Grey heron in watercolor, overlaid on a nature photo by Tim Knight.

Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 1d

American Crow
Visiting the yard

#birds #crow

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 2d

Gyrfalcon in watercolor

The largest falcon in the world, the Gyrfalcon, is a fierce predator in the High Arctic, where it chases down ptarmigans in flight.

Gyrfalcon is pronounced as "JER-falcon."

#birds #watercolor #birdartist #birdtober #birdtober2025 #painting #falcon #inktober #falcon

Gyrfalcon in flight. Watercolor by Tim F Knight. Photo by Set Beaudreault in Alaska.

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 2d

Steller’s Jay

#birds #jay #birding #corvid

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 3d

Meet the Artist 👨‍🎨

I’m Tim Knight, a biologist in Seattle.

Recently retired from science communications at the UW. 🧐

Conducted field research in the Cascade Mountains ⛰ and the Washington Coast.

Studied bird communication 🦉

Began watercolor painting in 2020. #birds #birdtober #birdartist

Tim Knight, a biologist and artist in Seattle. Artwork of birds created in October 2025.

Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 3d

American crow

#birds #crow #corvid

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 4d

Arctic Tern in watercolor

Arctic terns are long-lived birds, with many reaching fifteen to thirty years of age. They eat mainly fish and small marine invertebrates.

Photo courtesy of Charles J. Sharp

#birds #watercolor #birdartist #birdtober #birdtober2025 #painting #tern #arctictern

Arctic Tern with black cap, red beak and feet, created in watercolor

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 4d

Steller’s Jay in fall colors

#birds #jay #corvid #birding #birdphoto #autumn #stellersjay

Steller’s Jay in fall colors of the Japanese maple

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 4d

Steller’s Jay

#birds #jay #corvid #birding #birdohoto

Steller’s Jay with blue stripes on the forehead and crest of gray feathers

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 4d

Red-tailed hawk perched in an evergreen tree near Lake Washington

#hawk #birds #birding

Red-tailed hawk perched on a lookout in evergreen tree

Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 5d

Kalij Pheasant

The kalij pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos), or simply kalij, is a pheasant found in forests and thickets, especially in the Himalayan foothills, from Nepal, to Thailand.

(Reference photo via Wikipedia)

#birds #watercolor #birdartist #birdtober #birdtober2025 #painting #birb

Kalij Pheasant in watercolor by Tim F Knight, biologist.

Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 5d

White-crested Helmetshrike

It is a gregarious bird and is found in small, active groups that are always on the move as they forage. They chatter noisily to one another as they move through their territory.

#birds #watercolor #birdartist #birdtober #birdtober2025 #painting #birb

White-crested Helmetshrike with a yellow eye shaped like a flower.

(Reference photo by Bernard Dupont.)

Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 6d

Steller’s Jay displaying a distinctive crest.

#birds #corvid #birding #birdphoto

Steller’s Jay with a distinctive crest and blue feathers foraging in the grass.

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 6d

Diamond Firetail Finch

Firetail finches are found in Australia and include several species, inhabiting specific temperate or grassy habitats within their respective ranges.

#birds #watercolor #birdartist #birdtober #birdtober2025 #birdpainting #mixedmedia #birb

Diamond Firetail Finch watercolor painting by Tim Knight. Watercolor inspired by a photo from Luke Shelley in Australia.

Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 6d

Harvest moon rising while a family fishes at Lake Washington. Of course, I was birding at sunset.

#moon #birds #fishing #lake

Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 7d

Steller’s Jay foraging

#birds #jay #corvid

Steller’s Jay with a gray crest and blue wings foraging in the grass

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 8d

Steller’s Jay

#birds #jay #birdphoto #corvid #stellershay

Steller’s Jay holding a peanut in its beak

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 8d

Green Pigeon in watercolor

Male Thick-billed Green Pigeon
(Inspired by a photo by Francis Yap)

Ink and watercolor painting by Tim F Knight

#birds #watercolor #birdartist #birdtober #birdtober2025 #birdartist #birdpainting #inktober #birdartist

Male Thick-billed Green Pigeon using ink and watercolor
(Photo Credit: Francis Yap)

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 9d

Steller’s Jay

#birds #jay #birding #birdphoto

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Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 9d

One picky chickadee …

Black-capped chickadee picks through seeds while a Chestnut-backed chickadee finds the prize.

#birds #chickadee #birdclip #birding

Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 9d

American Bushtits feeding

#birds #bushtit #birding

Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 10d

Black-capped chickadee with a white mantel and light-gray crown

#birds #birding #chickadee #leucisticbird

Tim Knight @timknight.bsky.social · 11d

Diet
African penguin: Primarily feeds on small schooling fish, such as anchovies and sardines.

Magellanic penguin: Eats a variety of marine life, including small fish, squid, and crustaceans.

Humboldt penguin: Preys on fish supported by the cold, nutrient-rich Humboldt Current.