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Dr. Heather Hinam@secondnaturemb.bsky.social |
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Helping people connect with nature through interpretation, art, and science. Ph.D. in Conservation Ecology. #scicomm #sciart dnature.cwww'>a/'>www.discoversecondnature.ca/
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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A ring-billed gull taking off from an ice floe floating where the Churchill River meets Hudson Bay. Not a typical scene for early July. The ice has held on for longer than usual. 🌿🪶
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Yeah. It's definitely not a photo that screams summer, is it? :)
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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This surprisingly in-focus parasitic jaeger offers itself as a size reference to show just how big this ice floe is. Taken at the junction of the Churchill River and Hudson Bay. 🌿🪶
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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I had the best group in Churchill! Half of them came sightseeing with me while the rest took a helicopter trip. I asked if they'd mind me hopping out briefly in a spot where I'd heard sparrows' egg lady slippers were blooming. They offered to help me look! So we searched the ditch and found them 🌿
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John Lechner
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I hear today is #PortfolioDay so here's a sampling of my illustration. I'm always available for freelance work, and I'm shopping around a few stories too, see more at my website: johnlechner.com #kidlitart
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SpiritSai
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Hi #portfolioday
I'm sai and I like to draw a bunch of fantasy themed things c: I'm available for commissions and I run a little patreon where I share lots of WIPs and worldbuilding stuff!
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Lauren
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Good morning #PortfolioDay! I'm Lauren, a biologist and scientific illustrator. I draw birds, mostly! With a dash of other natural subjects and whatever else tickles my fancy. 🎨🪶🐡🧪
Portfolio: tinylongwing.carbonmade.com
Shop: www.inprnt.com/gallery/tiny...
More: linktr.ee/tinylongwing
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Thank you :) I had fun with that one.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Thank you. I did them several years ago and haven't posted them in a while. It was my first time figuring out fish.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm Heather. I am a natural history illustrator who works in graphite, colour pencil, acrylic, and digital painting. Most of my work is for the interpretive signs that I create, but others are just for fun or subjects in the online classes I teach.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Everything tends to be bigger in the north, at least when it comes to animals. Plants tend to be the reverse.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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We do have a lot of willow up there. Where I found this one, it had to be the only thing it was eating. The only other option was white spruce.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Thanks, Marianne. Looking at bug guide, they have more northern records and @crawlieswithcri.bsky.social is pretty confident in her ID.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Do they reach that far north? We definitely don’t have any elms up there.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Thanks!
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Now that I know that they are hymenopterans, I’m thinking, possibly a sawfly of some kind?
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Calling all #insect peeps! This rather large friend was dogging one of my guests a few days ago. This was where the Churchill River meets Hudson Bay. It looks like a wasp with some truly muscular legs, but I’m not sure and would welcome any expertise. 🌿
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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It is indeed mounted between their shoulder blades.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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The photo is out of focus, but the subject matter is cool. While belugas are the focus of our tours, I'm always looking for seals. I didn't see this until later, but this harbour seal is wearing a satellite transmitter. It's part of a long-term monitoring study by the Assiniboine Park Zoo. 🌿🦑🦊🦭
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Rebecca Gelernter
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After an unexpected layoff, I am looking for more freelance work! A larger portfolio is available on my site, nearbirdstudios.com (big updates coming this week), but I'm also going to be sharing more work on here. Direct email is rebecca(at)nearbirdstudios.com 🐡
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Yeah. We really needed some sort of reference. I'm not exactly tall, but it gives you an idea :) The other big one was larger than this.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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That was pretty much our response too. When you see them from shore you don’t always realize how big they are. They were melting fast, but there’s just so much ice.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Every winter, Hudson Bay creates brand new sea ice. As evidenced by these floes that were left beached by the receding tide, the ice gets extremely thick. It was so cool to see these. It’s quite late in the year for them. 🌿
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Yup. There’s enough to feed about 3000 whales and all of the birds and other predators.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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I do feel pretty lucky to be able to do this part-time.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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I’ve been very lucky to see beluga in the Churchill river a number of times, but I’ve never seen anything quite like this. There are a few hundred whales here churning up the water, herding capelin into a bait ball to feed. It was incredible! 🌿🐳youtu.be/sgM21bM0wd8?si=QDNac_tw5hYbmFsm
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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The white really does stand out. Everybody was in awe and no one, including our guides wanted to go home. it was such an amazing feeling to be there and hear it all around you.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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We’re going to be riding the high from that experience for quite a while!
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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I’ve been very lucky to see beluga in the Churchill river a number of times, but I’ve never seen anything quite like this. There are a few hundred whales here churning up the water, herding capelin into a bait ball to feed. It was incredible! 🌿🐳youtu.be/sgM21bM0wd8?si=QDNac_tw5hYbmFsm
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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That’s really interesting news. We haven’t seen any bears yet but almost all the tagged ones are still on the ice. Two have been spotted up by the Seal river
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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We were very lucky. The ice has all blown out today.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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I’m here as a guide for a local tour company. It’s my side job.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Not in this case. Hudson Bag freezes solid every year and it melts every year. This is just annual ice. It’s actually held on longer than usual.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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An amazing adventure among the ice floes in the Churchill estuary and Hudson Bay. I took so many pictures and video. While I have been here before, I have never been when there is ice like this. It’s absolutely magical.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Thanks Mary. It’s number one of three this month.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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I spent a lovely evening with my tour group exploring Winnipeg by replica trolley before we head up to Churchill tomorrow.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Thank you 😊
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Thanks, Gwen 😊
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Thank you :) It's my favourite as well.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Thanks. It was quite challenging to try and get all of the different shades without colour.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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I don't often get hired to do pencil illustrations so these grassland birds were a fun project. 🌿🪶🎨
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Sam “The Old Dutch Snacc” Posnick
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Just wanted to give a shoutout to all the bird and nature photographers I follow. Not only are your photos fantastic but it’s so nice to have a space where if I’m feeling a bit glum, I can just open an app and BAM! There’s a picture of a good little guy! You rule, keep on doing what you do!
#birds
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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I had a little friend while I was trying to seal up where the squirrel was getting in under the house. I think we succeeded for now.
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Katharine Hayhoe
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“This map illustrates the intricately connected relationship First Nations have w their land. Canada’s home to all fortunate enough to live here + if we have the courage to listen to our national anthem w a slightly altered perspective we may learn where our land came from.”
- J Adomeit #canadaday
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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They are quite a bit different from most of the non-lady slipper orchids I know.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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Here are a few more.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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I always feel like they have faces.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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It really is. I’m lucky that there is an area nearby where many of them grow every year.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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I hope you manage to find some.
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Dr. Heather Hinam
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I can’t even really do it justice with photographs. They’re just all over the place up and down the road.
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