The #familiar relationship is "soul-deep" a distinct mutual bonded choice rather than ownership.
Familiars are highly attuned to their person's emotions & health, often providing comfort, or protection"
#AnimalArtTuesday
#badgirlmysticart
#mixedmediumart
#originalart
#artsky
#artistsofbluesky
The Unicorn room at the #MetCloisters NYC. This 1 is German from the 1400s.
#AnimalArtTuesday #EastCoastKin
Bonnie, Clyde's girl. Isn't she pretty. They took a toss in the leaves, literally. Picture to come.
#AnimalArtTuesday
#AnimalArtTuesday
Box turtle. He. Met Clyde this morning... he had to get through a fence to get to a girl.
#MooseInTheCity #OutdoorArt exhibit of over 100 painted Moose in Toronto in 2000 #AnimalArtTuesday #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #Photography
A black bird sits on a railing soaked by the falling rain.
A black bird sits on a railing soaked by the falling rain.
A black bird sits on a railing soaked by the falling rain.
I can‘t remember ever seeing such a miserable #crow! #AnimalArtTuesday
#Rainy afternoon #WalkFromWork #BlackBird #BirdSky #ECK #Photography #VT
A fluffy gray brown animal with short round ears, a black eye make on its white face and a ringed gray and tan tail walks toward the left and heading down along a moss covered rocky slope from which an old scraggly tree trunk is clinging on the left.
He would like to speak to management about making these walkways a little safer.
Raccoon
#mammals #RockinTuesday #ThickTrunkTuesday #AnimalArtTuesday #ECK #raccoon #nature #wildlife #photography
A high-contrast, textured photograph of a group of gulls resting on a dark mudflat at low tide. The image is characterized by a "gritty," etched aesthetic, where the dark, wet sand appears deeply structured, resembling a charcoal or graphite drawing. In the foreground and midground, the bright white bodies of the gulls create a sharp tonal contrast against the dark earth. Their forms cast vivid, elongated vertical reflections into the shallow, shimmering pools of water, creating a rhythmic pattern of light and shadow. The heavy use of definition and sharpness emphasizes the granular texture of the mud and the rippling surface of the water, transforming a natural scene into a stylized, monochromatic-leaning study of form and reflection.
Impressionistic Gulls on the edge. Mudflats and #reflections
Since our birds are slowly returning to Seabright, not much in current reflections.
#RockinTuesday #BirdsSeenIn2026 #birds #AnimalArtTuesday
#photography #nature #thelittlethings #ECK #EastCoastKin
An image of a marmot sitting up very alertly on a large granite boulder. Its mouth is open mid shout presumably warning others tucked away in the pile of rocks below the frame of nearby danger. In the background, deep green sub-alpine fir trees fill the frame.
A very vocal resident of Blackcomb Mountain.
#AnimalArtTuesday #RockinTuesday #Wildlife #Nature #Photography #ArtYear #EastCoastKin #ECK #SquamishNation #Lil'WatNation #Whistler
A Orange and black Comma butterfly sitting on a green leaf with its wings spread. The background is a brick wall.
A orange and black Comma butterfly sitting on a green leaf with its wings closed. The background is a brick wall.
A Comma Butterfly with its wings spread and closed. 🦋😍
#ButterflyWeek #Butterfly #AnimalArtTuesday #photography #art #insects #OldPhoto
A red squirrel checks out a Nikon camera
The Photographer
for #animalarttuesday
#art #photographersofbluesky #weareroamers #artyear #explore #photography #rodents #squirrel
Painted mural on a light blue brick wall in Fort Collins, CO: A giant gray-and-black rabbit with eyes that look like a Batman mask sits in the center, surrounded by pink flowers and leaves on tall stems and a couple of small butterfly silhouettes. ©liztufte.bsky.social
How do you escape the #rabbit hole inside your head?
#AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #TagTuesday #Mural
“Birds of Big Bend National Park”
My “day job” since retiring as a Special Agent/Criminal Investigator with the federal government and other adventures (thankfully years before you-know-who became president) is painting scenes mostly of Bend National Park. Prints available.
#AnimalArtTuesday.
A roe deer head portrait in watercolour.
Doe-eyed stare from a Guardian of the Woods - my Roe Deer in watercolour #AnimalArtTuesday.
Reference image: @guus_wildlife_photography on Insta
#EastCoastKin #ECK #watercolour #photography
#ArtYear #dailyart #art #traditionalart #painting #drawing #onlybeautifulthings #artchallenge #artprompt
Groundhog with leaves and twigs in its mouth heading through 2 inch grass to its creekside burrow
In addition to ducks, geese and egret, our little urban lake also attracts other wildlife if you keep your eyes peeled. Whether you call them groundhogs, whistle-pigs, woodchuck, thick woods badgers or marmot; these burrowers are awake and active. 🐾📷
#Photography #AnimalArtTuesday #ECK
Callithrix penicillata / Black-tufted marmoset
#AnimalArtTuesday
#marmoset
#Wildlifephotography
#blueskykin
Paulo H Silva 📸🍉
@paulohs69.bsky.social
A cold, winter morning, as the breath coming from a very large, handsome,bull elk is seen in the distance. At this angle, it's hard to tell, but I count six points, so 6 years old? Snow dusted, jagged mountains are in the background with evergreens in front.
#AnimalArtTuesday
#BullElk
#wildlifephotography
#Naturephotography
@danschyk.bsky.social
Brass statues of 8 little ducklings and their Mom frozen in place on their walk on a brick sidewalk. Someone has placed easter hats on them.
Make Way For Ducklings in Boston Public Garden. Someone added their nice hats for Easter I guess?
Boston, Massachusetts
#AnimalArtTuesday
#Photography
Vertical Keetail needle fish in there normal "stance" (do not adjust your phone) 🤣
#ColorADay
#CyanTuesday #BlueTue
#AnimalArtTuesday
#Fish
#Keetailneedlefish
#Underwaterphotography
#naturephotography
📸 mariaevajarrous @mariaevajarrous.bsky.social
A tufted titmouse sits on a tree branch that slopes upward from left to right through the lower two-thirds of the image. The titmouse appears in profile at the center right in the image, and has a grey back, wings and crest, and off-white belly, with hints of reddish-brown under the wings. The titmouse and the branch its sitting on are fully in focus, as is another smaller branch below them both. Both above and below the titmouse numerous other out-of-focus branches can also be seen, as well as some beech leaves, giving rise to some nice bokeh in much of the scene. The remainder of the background is the greyish white of a cloudy day.
A tufted titmouse sitting on a branch in the woods, looking very fluffy! Norwich VT, April 2026
#ECK #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #AnimalArtTuesday #Vermont #RuralPhotography #Nature
A vibrant, square-format photograph of an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail butterfly perched on an orange and yellow Lantana flower. The butterfly's wings are spread in a "V" shape, displaying bright yellow panels with bold black stripes and blue and orange spots along the trailing edges of the hindwings. The background is a soft, lush green bokeh of leaves and other blossoms, and the image features a subtle vignette around the corners.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 🦋
#ButterflyWeek #Butterfly #AnimalArtTuesday #ArtYear #ArtChallenges #EastCoastKin #photography #art #insects #insectphotography
Happy Tuesday 🩵🕊️
#ColorADay #BlueTue #TidesOutTuesday
#photography #GreatBlueHeron #scape #beach #florida #nature #outdoors #stormhour #ECK #PhotographersUnited
#AnimalArtTuesday
A white and (likely) female-because of her darker wing borders- Celastrina neglecta butterfly feeds on pollen from a Blue Vervain. A new Blue Vervain bud sits just underneath her, and blurred green leaves in the background surround her. These butterflies, also called Summer Azures, are common in Michigan
Here's a little #Celastrinaneglecta butterfly for @rina2012.bsky.social's #ButterflyWeek
Wishing you a lovely Tuesday✨
#ColorADay #BlueTue #AnimalArtTuesday #ECK #EastCoastKin #macro #BugSky #butterfly #insect #photography #photographersofbluesky
A square-format, bright photograph of an American Coot swimming in calm, blue water. The bird is shown in profile, highlighting its dark charcoal body, black head, and distinctive white bill with a small reddish-brown shield at the top. The water surface captures a clear reflection of the bird, and the background features thin, out-of-focus reeds reflecting in the ripples. The image is finished with a soft, high-key edit and a subtle vignette. Savannah, GA
American Coot for the #BirdOfTheDay theme #Reflections 📷🪶
#AnimalArtTuesday #birds #photography #birdphotography #ECK #CanonR5mkii
A European robin is sitting on a branch. The background is a greenish bokeh
Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Reflections, The Alt Theme is #Robins
This is #ForJanet 🤍
#birds #birding #Birdlife #robins #AnimalArtTuesday #Scape #wildlife #photography #nature #outdoors #thelittlethings #ECK #EastCoastKin
A small mottled black and white bird with black legs stands in very shallow water on a beach at about a 45 degree angle to the right and facing the camera. Its windswept rear is lifted up while its head is down with its beak buried into the sand up to its face merging into its reflection on the wet sand.
It's best to do these sorts of things face-to-face.
Sanderling
#BirdOfTheDay #reflections #TidesOutTuesday #AnimalArtTuesday #ColorADay #BlueTue #ECK #birds #nature #wildlife #photography
A color photo of a hyper-realistic drawing Koala Bear, clutching a tree.
#AnimalArtTuesday
A Koala Bear drawing using Polychromos & prismacolor pencils on drafting film.
21 x 30 cm by Agata Siemiatkowski of Broadstairs Kent in the UK.
#Art #ArtYear
#KoalaBears #Drawings #3D
#Wildlife #Nature
#HyperRealism
Morning Sabine 🤩 LOVE this my friend! 🥰👍🏼
Finally I get around to posting a little something today & for starters I settled for a lovely Daisy Duck whose upper thoracic plumage reminds me a bit of a leopard’s spots
#AnimalArtTuesday #birds #animalphotography #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky #ECK
Seen from a slightly overhead angle, this hen is a study in nature's artistry. Her body plumage is a rich tapestry of warm amber, golden-brown, and deep chocolate tones, each individual feather edged with dark brown or black, creating a striking scalloped, almost leopard-like spotted effect across her breast and flanks. The upper thoracic feathers display dense, rounded dark markings set against a warm tawny ground colour that genuinely evokes a big cat's rosettes. Her back and wing coverts fan out and lift away from the body, revealing layered flight feathers with bold buff-and-dark striping, caught at just the right moment mid-ruffle, as she shakes and reseats her plumage in that characteristic full-body shimmy ducks perform to realign their feathers and trap fresh insulating air beneath them. The head is compact and neatly streaked, with buff cheeks, a darker crown, and a characteristic dark eye-stripe framing her bright amber eye. Her bill is dark-tipped and orange-tinged, characteristic of the hen. Most eye-catching are her vivid orange webbed feet, standing out boldly against the grey-brown gravel, warm, saturated, and glowing in the low-angle sunlight that also highlights every individual feather's fine detail. Her posture, rounded, feathers lifted and slightly dishevelled mid-ruffle, captures a perfectly ordinary yet deeply satisfying moment of duck self-care, the avian equivalent of a good stretch after a swim.
Finally I get around to posting a little something today and for starters I settled for a lovely Daisy Duck whose upper thoracic plumage reminds me a bit of a leopard’s spots.
#AnimalArtTuesday #birds #animalphotography #photography
#PhotographersOfBluesky #ECK
