if i went rummanging through your carcass, would i find you?

Be still that human need. To fill the silence with words.

[michaelnordeman]

European green woodpecker/Picus viridis/gröngöling. Värmland, Sweden (21 July 2023).

[animalphotorefs]

Species spotlight: African Painted Dogs!

The Animal Photo Reference Repository is an independent, permanently open-access project and funded entirely by donations. Artists creating derivative or transformative works (without AI) have blanket permission to use all photos in the repository as references.

**Patreon** -- **Ko-Fi**

[pigeon-butch]

my professor when trying to describe how to recognize field sparrows was just like Well they look... like they're kind. like they just look nice. and the best part is he's absolutely right

[nuclearloop]

You are Seen

[monstersovka]

🌘🌗🌕🌓🌒 wolf

[requiem-on-water]

"The Soul's Journey" (2025) by Chiharu Shiota | Ph: Charles Roussel

[herpsandbirds]

Slaty Spinetail (Sinallaxis brachyura), family Furnariidae, order Passeriformes, Volcan, Panama

photograph by Ignacio Yúfera

[lovertm]

[birds-in-posts]

Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)

Pink robin (Petroica rodinogaster)

Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)

Rüppell's vulture (Gyps rueppelli)

Phoenix (N/A)

Blue jay (Cyanocitta cristata)

Rock dove (Columba livia)

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica)

Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)

Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)

Eurasian griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus)

Common raven (Corvus corax)

Great tit (Parus major)

Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

[kedamakedama]

月と鷹/柳の下

[nefermaet]

God Spelled Backwards

[kimiko24]

Wolves in West Yellowstone, Montana [x]

[hobgobknowsbest]

"Mountain Climbing Horror Stories" by SoysenSyndrome

[pansylair]

"Survival"

Cone 5.5 stoneware, underglaze, glaze, nichrome wire

A piece about caring and bonding deeply intertwined with survival, and death as a legacy to the building of love and community.

Some may recognize this piece being on display during the spring of 2025, it was purchased for a surprise and was finally unveiled last month so I'm now sharing it online! :)

[sioltach]

I was miserably hot taking these pictures but the day was perfect under the shade of oaks and box elders

[cathartidae]

hey. dont cry. 566 california condors, okay? 369 free flying.[1] it's gonna be okay.

[cathartidae]

for the record, in 1987 there were 27. [2] things can get better.

[cathartidae]

HEY. DONT CRY. 607 CALIFORNIA CONDORS, OKAY? 392 FREE FLYING. [3]

[miraculousglitter]

Can we see cool/cute pics of some of them?

[cathartidae]

IMMMM so glad you asked! all of the above are from the internet, and the below are my own!

[gbiechele]

Some Snow Birds

Olympus Four Thirds 50-200mm f/2.9-3.5 Olympus E-M1 Mark ii

[antiqueanimals]

Don Balke (American, b. 1933). Little Blue Heron Bird, 1986. Gouache and watercolor on board.

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