wildlife appreciation

[herpsandbirds]

Blue-banded Pitta (Erythropitta arquata), family Pittidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Borneo

photographs by Supasil Kalayanakoul 

[snototter]

A rock hyrax pup (Procavia capensis) pokes its head out of a rock formation in Maasai Mara National Preserve, Kenya

by Esin Üstün

[mellifexfarm]

[dirtshrines]

carpenter bee wing

[michaelnordeman]

Stay hydrated! Eurasian red squirrel/Sciurus vulgaris/ekorre. Värmland, Sweden (16 July 2023).

[herpsandbirds]

Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Costa Rica

photograph by Rodrigo Cordero Hidalgo

[sharkapology]

People do not give us (Brasil) enough credit for:

Our fucked up dolphins

Our fucked up porcupines

Our fucked up snakes

This

[celestial-seasonings427]

What the fuck is that

[sharkapology]

can u be nice

[birds-in-posts]

Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria)

[herpsandbirds]

 Andaman Day Gecko (Phelsuma andamanensis), male, family Gekkonidae, Andaman Islands, India

photographs by Narendra Athnikar

[amnhnyc]

Surprise! Scientifically described in 1898—and last spotted in 1913—the red-crested tree rat (Santamartamys rufodorsalis) was thought to be extinct for more than a century. That changed in 2011, when two observers in a Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta nature reserve in Colombia stumbled upon this critter. This long-whiskered rodent can grow up to 17 in (45.7 cm) long. It’s nocturnal and arboreal, though little is known about this species’ behavior. The red-crested tree rat is listed as Critically Endangered, due to loss of habitat. 

Photo: ProAves Colombia, CC BY-SA 2.0, flickr

[iridescent-wildlife]

Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) male. Family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes.

Skipping ahead from Texas cause i'm tired of editing those photos for now LOL. I took a weekend trip to Arkansas for Memorial day weekend and saw lots of beautiful birds - and got one lifer!

Garfield, Arkansas, USA. May 2026.

[cluttrbugs]

Misfit curled up on a pillow amongst lots of clutter, 2005

[herpsandbirds]

Azure Tit (Cyanistes cyanus), family Paridae, order Passeriformes, Russia

photograph by Anna Golubeva 

[herpsandbirds]

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), chick (fledgling), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Arizona, USA

photograph by Mark Koster

[rainevaris]

Blind- oh, no, it's just the eyelids

[herpsandbirds]

Cloven-feathered Dove (Drepanoptila holosericea), family Columbidae, endemic to New Caledonia

photograph by Lev Frid

[avianawareness]

Wild Lovebirds of Maui

[spiribia]

It makes me cry that possums can carry stuff with their tails. It’s so cute. But if I told a possum that it would probably think i was being condescending