Megan Crewe
@meegsy.bsky.social
Birder. Naturalist. Amateur lichenologist. Wannabe writer. Book lover. Movie lover. Wikipedia editor.
Check out these tiny, ghostly-pale woodlice I found under a log in our Norfolk garden. Known (appropriately) as Ant Woodlice, they live underground with various species of ants and eat the colony's debris and detritus. Apparently, they're blind. #invertebrate #woodlouse @norfolknats.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Check out these tiny, ghostly-pale woodlice I found under a log in our Norfolk garden. Known (appropriately) as Ant Woodlice, they live underground with various species of ants and eat the colony's debris and detritus. Apparently, they're blind. #invertebrate #woodlouse @norfolknats.bsky.social
We're finding lots of Spear Thistle Lacebugs in the garden this year. The adults are easy to overlook, being only a few millimetres long.
June 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
We're finding lots of Spear Thistle Lacebugs in the garden this year. The adults are easy to overlook, being only a few millimetres long.
The Indian Tortoiseshell is reminiscent of Europe's Small Tortoiseshell -- but redder. We spotted this one near a gorgeous waterfall in southern Bhutan. #butterfly #Bhutan #FieldGuidesBirdingTours
April 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The Indian Tortoiseshell is reminiscent of Europe's Small Tortoiseshell -- but redder. We spotted this one near a gorgeous waterfall in southern Bhutan. #butterfly #Bhutan #FieldGuidesBirdingTours
This Crested Bunting was singing his heart out from a telephone wire over a scruffy agricultural field near Punakha, Bhutan a few weeks ago. And a lovely song it was! #birds #Bhutan #FieldGuidesBirdingTours
April 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This Crested Bunting was singing his heart out from a telephone wire over a scruffy agricultural field near Punakha, Bhutan a few weeks ago. And a lovely song it was! #birds #Bhutan #FieldGuidesBirdingTours
Just back from a fab trip to Bhutan, where we saw many beautiful things, including this stunning Paris Peacock, which had iridescent scales that glittered like a starry night. They're found primarily in moist evergreen forest. #butterfly #Bhutan #FieldGuidesBirdingTours
April 20, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Just back from a fab trip to Bhutan, where we saw many beautiful things, including this stunning Paris Peacock, which had iridescent scales that glittered like a starry night. They're found primarily in moist evergreen forest. #butterfly #Bhutan #FieldGuidesBirdingTours
A tiny Vervain Hummingbird on her nest. I love how she's decorated it with bits of lichen to help camouflage it. #birds #Jamaica #FieldGuidesBirdingTours
March 15, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A tiny Vervain Hummingbird on her nest. I love how she's decorated it with bits of lichen to help camouflage it. #birds #Jamaica #FieldGuidesBirdingTours
The Jamaican Tody must surely rank as one of the world's cutest birds -- barely bigger than a ping pong (table tennis) ball but oh so feisty! We had some wonderful views of this one today. #birds #Jamaica #FieldGuidesBirdingTours
March 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Jamaican Tody must surely rank as one of the world's cutest birds -- barely bigger than a ping pong (table tennis) ball but oh so feisty! We had some wonderful views of this one today. #birds #Jamaica #FieldGuidesBirdingTours
The enigmatic Crested Quail-Dove, known locally as the "Mountain Witch", is one of the most challenging of Jamaica's endemic birds to find, so we were delighted to get good long looks at this one in the Blue Mountains today. #birds #Jamaica #FieldGuidesBirdingTours
March 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
The enigmatic Crested Quail-Dove, known locally as the "Mountain Witch", is one of the most challenging of Jamaica's endemic birds to find, so we were delighted to get good long looks at this one in the Blue Mountains today. #birds #Jamaica #FieldGuidesBirdingTours
White-throated Magpie-jays sport some seriously curly topknots. We found these two -- and four of their flock mates -- near Lago Arenal. #birds #FieldGuidesBirdingTours #CostaRica
February 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
White-throated Magpie-jays sport some seriously curly topknots. We found these two -- and four of their flock mates -- near Lago Arenal. #birds #FieldGuidesBirdingTours #CostaRica
When it comes to snazzy raptors, the White Hawk surely has to be near the top of the list. What a beauty! #birds #FieldGuides #CostaRica
February 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
When it comes to snazzy raptors, the White Hawk surely has to be near the top of the list. What a beauty! #birds #FieldGuides #CostaRica
This gorgeous Lesson's Motmot was checking out fruits at the Wilson Botanical Gardens on my recent tour there. #FieldGuides #birds #CostaRica
February 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This gorgeous Lesson's Motmot was checking out fruits at the Wilson Botanical Gardens on my recent tour there. #FieldGuides #birds #CostaRica
Perhaps a cure for the winter blues -- the gorgeous tones of a Speckled Tanager (with two White-throated Tanagers in the foreground) seen munching on seeds at a feeding station in El Copal, a private reserve in Costa Rica, during a recent tour. #FieldGuides #CostaRica #birds #tanagers
January 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Perhaps a cure for the winter blues -- the gorgeous tones of a Speckled Tanager (with two White-throated Tanagers in the foreground) seen munching on seeds at a feeding station in El Copal, a private reserve in Costa Rica, during a recent tour. #FieldGuides #CostaRica #birds #tanagers
Is it a bad sign when moss is growing -- quite extensively -- on your car? Asking for a friend! 🤣 We're growing Silvery Bryum aka Bryum argenteum.
January 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Is it a bad sign when moss is growing -- quite extensively -- on your car? Asking for a friend! 🤣 We're growing Silvery Bryum aka Bryum argenteum.
Are they eyebrows or ears? When it comes to the Crested Owl's appendages, it's kinda hard to tell! #birds #owls #CostaRica #FieldGuides
January 5, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Are they eyebrows or ears? When it comes to the Crested Owl's appendages, it's kinda hard to tell! #birds #owls #CostaRica #FieldGuides
Somehow, Brown-throated Three-toed Sloths always look like they're smiling. #sloth #CostaRica #FieldGuides
January 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Somehow, Brown-throated Three-toed Sloths always look like they're smiling. #sloth #CostaRica #FieldGuides
There are some truly handsome birds here in Costa Rica, like this Collared Araçari. #birds #CostaRica #FieldGuides
January 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
There are some truly handsome birds here in Costa Rica, like this Collared Araçari. #birds #CostaRica #FieldGuides
A real tanager-palooza today with 11 gorgeous species seen well, including these Silver-throated (yellow) and Emerald (green) tanagers. #birds #tanager #CostaRica
December 31, 2024 at 2:09 AM
A real tanager-palooza today with 11 gorgeous species seen well, including these Silver-throated (yellow) and Emerald (green) tanagers. #birds #tanager #CostaRica
A nice start with a miraculously dry day up Volcán Irazu. The predicted deluge fortunately never happened! Tropical Screech-Owl, Volcano Junco and Resplendent Quetzal.
December 30, 2024 at 2:16 AM
A nice start with a miraculously dry day up Volcán Irazu. The predicted deluge fortunately never happened! Tropical Screech-Owl, Volcano Junco and Resplendent Quetzal.
The current situation -- gearing up for my next tour, meeting the group in an hour... It's looking lovely and lush out there! Grounds of the Hotel Bougainvillea, Costa Rica.
December 28, 2024 at 9:32 PM
The current situation -- gearing up for my next tour, meeting the group in an hour... It's looking lovely and lush out there! Grounds of the Hotel Bougainvillea, Costa Rica.
These plus a new UV torch! Can't wait to get out there looking! Thanks @anaturalistabroad.bsky.social! 😁
December 25, 2024 at 12:37 PM
These plus a new UV torch! Can't wait to get out there looking! Thanks @anaturalistabroad.bsky.social! 😁
Some excellent spotting by @ians4ad.bsky.social yesterday gave me my life look at the ridiculously named Bowl Hoodie (Calyptella capula), an adorably tiny fungus. It was growing on a decaying Common Nettle stem. There were only two other records for the UK on iNaturalist!
December 22, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Some excellent spotting by @ians4ad.bsky.social yesterday gave me my life look at the ridiculously named Bowl Hoodie (Calyptella capula), an adorably tiny fungus. It was growing on a decaying Common Nettle stem. There were only two other records for the UK on iNaturalist!
There were few lichens in the heavily fertilised agricultural areas we were surveying today, so this trunk covered in Ramalina farinacea was a nice surprise.
December 21, 2024 at 8:39 PM
There were few lichens in the heavily fertilised agricultural areas we were surveying today, so this trunk covered in Ramalina farinacea was a nice surprise.
A Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl from last month's trip to Sri Lanka. What a magnificent beastie!
December 10, 2024 at 11:29 AM
A Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl from last month's trip to Sri Lanka. What a magnificent beastie!
Another photo from the garden last summer, potentially of another new species for the property. @robyaxley.bsky.social and @aspenecology.com, is this Punctilia jeckeri, with its frilly hem?
December 9, 2024 at 1:21 PM
Another photo from the garden last summer, potentially of another new species for the property. @robyaxley.bsky.social and @aspenecology.com, is this Punctilia jeckeri, with its frilly hem?
Pretty sure this is Arthonia radiata, found on a branch back in July. If so it's a first for the garden! @robyaxley.bsky.social and @aspenecology.com, what do you think?
December 8, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Pretty sure this is Arthonia radiata, found on a branch back in July. If so it's a first for the garden! @robyaxley.bsky.social and @aspenecology.com, what do you think?