Do you know about the real-life inspiration for Caterpie? 🐛Find out about the Asian Swallowtail Butterfly Larva & its similarities to a beloved Pokémon in our recent short! Thanks to @kellyrabbit.bsky.social for guest-writing this script!
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If local to the DC area, please come see the "A Persistent Nature" show in Bethesda, which I will be in
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squirrel leaping to right
nuthatch on branch facing right
sparrow on branch facing right
bluebird on branch facing left
wildlife at a local park
two otters one is showing off her baby and the other is showing off a pipe with a headline that says that
being at the age where everyone you know is having children
pied-billed grebe eating fish
hummingbird sitting on tree branch
great blue heron in reeds
great egret in reeds
More birds in San Luis Obispo
Illustration of a giant dark blue rabbit looming over a house in the middle of nowhere. The rabbit has eight eyes, one on it’s thigh and seven on it’s head.
Still
waves with dock to right and clouds above, beach in front
black and white beach photo with people on left and right, sticks in center-left, and mountains in background
dark gray seagull on right side of frame with ocean in background
multiple seagulls flying with ocean in background
Pismo Beach, December 2025
green hummingbird in flight at red feeder facing right
hummingbird with pink face on wire facing right
green hummingbird in flight at red feeder facing left
hummingbird in rain looking upwards. sitting on wire above lit lightbulb
Backyard hummingbirds
lol
California ground squirrel facing right
close-up of gull facing right
female elephant seal with mouth open and baby to her left. she is facing the camera and another seal is in front of her
elephant seal facing left with a scar on its back
San Simeon Wildlife
grey and white hawk
barn owl close up
eurasian goshawk close up with eye membrane visible
great horned owl
More Owl Moon Raptor Festival Photos
Ear tipped black cat looking up at me from my brown office carpet with huge innocent eyes. The pic is shot from above, and it looks a little like he has no legs from this angle.
Hamlet, feeling zero regrets for dodging around me to sneak onto the porch to steal porch cat food, and then hiding from me under furniture.
screech owl looking to right
screech owl looking to left
American kestrel looking to left
Close-up of California Condor looking to left
Birds from the Owl Moon Raptor Festival
blue Glen Echo Park with blurry echo and yellow and white neon to left
cuddle up blue neon sign with blur effect in background
orange neon popcorn sign with circular echos of lights
adventure theater neon sign with echo and yellow underneath
Neon sign photos at Glen Echo Park created by zooming and panning while on a tripod
Black cat in board game box lid on couch
Black cat in Gatorade box on bed
Lydia says hi (she likes to sit in boxes)
I do want to make the correction that bats cannot spread rabies unless they bite you, not just by holding them, which I feel like I wasnt clear enough about, but otherwise I am happy how it turned out!
My first podcast appearance was published today! Thank you to City Cast DC for inviting me to talk about bats! dc.citycast.fm/podcasts/rab...
Aww, they are all adorable
Your cat is adorable! What is their name?
black cat peaking out from behind arm
black cat curled up in ball
black cat peaking out from behind chair
Happy Black Cat Appreciation Day from Lydia!
A giant black cat cuts a silhouette across a nighttime cityscape. It stares at the viewer, its back arched.
Up to No Good - watercolour and acryla gouache on board
💚prints💚
forest trail in black and white
child fishing in lake with a man standing a few feet behind him
mockernut hickory tree lit from above
starry sky with trees below
Huntingdon, PA for Juniata Homecoming
Two cats on the back of my computer chair which is covered in a black fleece blanket with white pawprints. A smol but getting rounder calico is bent over and looking to one side with big eyes. A bigger ear tipped black cat is sitting up straighter, but also with giant eyes, looking in an entirely different direction. They both looks very confused, and the shot is a little blurry since they weren't perfectly still.
Action shot, lmao. Hamlet jumped on the back of my chair to bite Lumi in her butt, but she turned around and saw him. Suddenly they were both very confused about what was happening. 😂
domed top of carousel with yellow, pink, and green stripes with trees and blue sky with clouds in background
turned off neon sign saying pop with toy cow on 2nd p and pink background
building with wooden circles in red, blue, yellow, and green and trees in background
crystal pool neon sign turned off on building with red door and yellow columns with red on top. there are trees and blue sky in the background
Glen Echo Park in Maryland
black swallowtail butterfly on thistle flower facing left
Yellow swallowtail butterfly on thistle facing left and head pointed upwards
Swallowtail butterflies at Rock Creek Regional Park
black and white photo of basilisk lizard facing right
basilisk lizard facing left
basilisk lizard facing left
ocean with branches and island in top left and rock in bottom right corners
Last day of Costa Rica at Arenas Del Mar resort (and kayaking trip I didn't get photos of). Didn't take many photos that day except for this basilisk lizard and a long-exposure shot of the ocean
agouti in front of leaves
squirrel monkey mom and baby on telephone wire
squirrel monkey baby on wire with mouth open
baby squirrel monkeys on telephone wire grabbing onto each other and playing
Costa Rica Day 8: Baru National Wildlife Refuge and squirrel monkey watching on way back
Waterfall with a person sitting on rocks in front of it
Waterfall with log to the left of it
Rushing water with rocks in back
Costa Rica Day 7: Nayuca Waterfalls continued
glass frog on green leaf
long exposure of waterfall crashing onto rocks
caterpillar with black and yellow stripes and orange ends and legs on tree
baby capuchin monkey on mother's back looking at camera
Costa Rica Day 7: Nayuca Waterfalls
gecko clinging to wall
Iguana on log in black and white
Iguana on beach surrounded by fruits
Costa Rica Day 6: A gecko at Arenas Del Mar resort and Iguanas in Manuel Antonio State Park