[maureen2musings]

Black-capped Chickadee & Downy Woodpecker showcasing winter fashion by donning a snowflake accessory

jocelynandersonphotography

[sea-slug-daily]

Today’s sea slug is Hypselodoris violacea

Image source: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/261488141

[herpsandbirds]

Trick or treat!!!

HAPPY HELLLOWEEN!!!

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), family Opisthocomidae, Opisthocomiformes, South America

photograph by Ben Sadd

[herpsandbirds]

Trick r' Treat! (pls pls let it be a viper)

PREPARE TO BE ENVENOMATED WITH THE ULTIMATE TREAT!!!

Saharan Horned Viper aka Desert Horned Viper (Cerastes cerastes), family Viperidae, Morrocco

Venomous.

photograph by Rabie Atlas

[nocturnal-stims]

Grainy Cochran frog (Cochranella granulosa), a small aboreal frog native to South America. The species has dark green bones that can be seen through their semi translucent skin, allowing them to blend into the foliage.

🐸 Fin Conrad on IG

[herpsandbirds]

Trick or treat!!! :)

ALL PRAISES BE UNTO THE SPIRITS THIS SAMHAIN!!!

Many-colored Rush Tyrant (Tachuris rubrigastra), family Tachurididae, order Passeriformes, Santiago, Chile

photograph by @niemyungphotography

[herpsandbirds]

trick or treat!

HAPPY HALLOWEEEEEEN!!!!

Scarab Beetle, Hoplia coerulea, family Scarabaeidae, SW France

photograph by Dany Rth

[michaelnordeman]

Eurasian Tree Sparrow/pilfink. Värmland, Sweden (October 12, 2025).

[michaelnordeman]

Marsh Tit/entita, Chaffinch/bofink, and Great Tit/talgoxe. Värmland, Sweden (October 12, 2025).

[michaelnordeman]

Marsh Tit/entita, Great Spotted Woodpecker/större hackspett, Great Tit/talgoxe, Blue Tit/blåmes, Eurasian Wigeon/bläsand, and Eurasian Nuthatch/nötväcka. Värmland, Sweden (October 13, 2019).

[hideki-koga]

ミヤコドリ（Eurasian oystercatcher）

[natureisthegreatestartist]

What are these creatures? They are rainbow sea slugs (Babakina anadoni), usually found in warmish Atlantic waters but now found as far north as the UK. Bizarre and beautiful, right?

[michaelnordeman]

Yellowhammer/gulsparv. Värmland, Sweden (February 12, 2023).

[michaelnordeman]

Coal Tit/svartmes. Värmland, Sweden (January 11, 2025).

[saritawolf]

Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[snototter]

A Parson's chameleon (Calumma parsonii) clings to a branch in Ambavaniasy, Madagascar.

This is one of the largest and longest living species of chameleon, reaching 26in (65cm) and having a wild lifespan of 8-9 years.

by Frank Vassen

[salticidaeily]

(Epeus glorius, via Instagram)

A glorious E. glorius, the dip of her white "mask" a pleasing mirror to the tapered curve of her opisthosoma.