@rebeccanaturalist
I am a Master Naturalist, nonfic writer, nature educator, tour guide, and all-around nature nerd who spends too much time in front of screens. Author of "The Everyday Naturalist" (Ten Speed Press, June 2025). PNW. AuDHD. She/her. RebeccaLexa.com
The state company will clear cut yet another 130-year old forest because of the government guidance, which protects only ”primary old-growth forests” in southern Finland.
Because of harvesting and phased industrial forestry, the scope excludes all old southern forests.
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A photo of a lush green forest with large conifer trees.
The Trump administration is trying to remove protections on old growth #forests in the #PacificNorthwest, to include the Valley of the Giants in #Oregon. Please leave a brief public comment at eplanning.blm.gov/Project-Home... (click the blue "Participate Now" button) #nature #environment 🌿 RS OK
A photo of a box full of copies of a book called The Everyday Naturalist: How to Identify Animals, Plants, and Fungi Wherever You Go. The book has a black cover with green text, and the border is adorned with colorful illustrations of animals, plants, and fungi.
Behold! A shiny new box of copies of The Everyday #Naturalist! If you want a signed copy of your very own--and if you want to find out more about my monthly online study groups for the book (the next one is tomorrow, March 4)--you can find out more information at TheEverydayNaturalist.com! 💙📚
A cartoon brown tabby kitten wearing a pink bandana and sitting back on her hind legs. Her front paws are held before her (the only thing in focus) with her claws extended. She is looking at them with a wide eyed, incredulous look. The drawing is by Pet Foolery.
Me discovering the concept of ✨mixed media✨
A drawing of a furry animal with log pointed ears, a blunt muzzle, and brown fur with gray shading and dark brown stripes. It has five small brown eyes and one large green eye.
Oh wow. I am really digging colored pencils (Prismacolors) over alcohol markers (Copics). This is my DreamBeast inspired by striped #hyenas. #WIP #art #illustration #CreatureDesign
A photo of the back of a lower leg with pale skin. A sword broken into pieces is tattooed on it in black ink.
The same sword tattoo next to a pale arm with a tattoo of a glass vessel holding bright blue light.
My bestie @kessuburd.bsky.social and I got #LOTR themed friend #tattoos today! I chose the Shards of #Narsil as a personal symbol of resilience and rebuilding myself multiple times in my life. Artist is Kendra Phillips of Hot Damn Tattoo in #Portland. #LordOfTheRings
A photo of a forest with trees covered in thick coats of moss, surrounded at the base by large ferns, and foxglove flowers punctuating the green with spots of purple.
Three weeks from now I'll be starting a month-long residency at the Sitka Center for Art and #Ecology in Otis, #Oregon! I'll be surveying #plants on their 80 acre Preserve, and probably doing some #BotanicalIllustration, too. Very excited about this opportunity! #botany #nature 🌿
Hey, #Portland-area folks! Tualitin Hills Park and Recreation District has invited me to show people some of the natural wonders at Cooper Mountain! More details at www.thprd.org/activities/s... - sort by Winter 2026 and Nature Activities, then scroll down to Forest Ecology in the results.
A dark blue banner image with green lettering saying The Everyday Naturalist Study Group. To the left of the words is a picture of the front cover of a book called The Everyday Naturalist: How to Identify Animals, Plants, and Fungi Wherever You Go.
Next online study group is March 4 on chapter 2 of The Everyday #Naturalist, talking about the history of #taxomony all the way back to Greek philosophers (and some of the bumps along the way!) You can register for any/all monthly sessions at www.eventbrite.com/o/rebecca-le... 💙📚
This is not what a #BookReview is for. This is what customer service is for. Negative reviews about the shipping/condition of #books just bring down the overall rating unfairly. OTOH, those who have left substantial reviews for The Everyday #Naturalist have my gratitude ❤️ 💙📚
A partially completed colored pencil drawing of a spotted hyena face, where most of the left side of the face and ear, and the forehead and both eyes are colored in, but the rest is roughed in with graphite pencil.
A little more #hyena drawing tonight. Not entirely happy with the right eye, but I'll see how I like it once the fur around it is all done.
A close up photo of the colored pencil drawing of the hyena, with more of the left side of the face filled in with color.
Alright, I think this is where I am gonna leave this for now.
A photo of a coffee shop booth with a laptop that has a photo of a spotted hyena face on the screen. An open sketchbook in front of it has a partly completed drawing of the hyena. Next to it are two cases of multicolored pencils.
It's #hyena time again! Finally completed my collection of all 150 Prismacolor pencils, and already appreciating having more color options. #drawing #illustration #hyenas #SpottedHyena 🌿 🦊
A nighttime photo of a marching band in a big open plaza; everyone is wearing brightly colored costumes with a multitude of colorful lights on them.
A large dandelion made of bright orange and green lights, in front of a street where a city bus is passing by.
A large mechanical squid covered in blue lights, with long, weaving tentacles stretching out behind it.
A giant metal Venus fly trap with four traps, two of which are spewing streams of fire up into the air.
My partner and I went to the #Portland Winter Light Festival last Friday for early Valentine's. One of many, many reasons I am so in love with this city, even after almost two decades living here. #Oregon #PDX #PNW #PacificNorthwest
A drawing of a plant twig with orange-brown bark and dark green leaves with points around the edges, and the veins detailed in white. A single leaf similar to those, but in a deep red, is to the right. There is also a pencil sketch of two birds on a branch together, and another smaller bird by itself. There are shadows of slender branches cast across the paper.
This month the #Portland #Nature Journal Club met at Portland Nursery where I had some quality time with a lovely Cascade #Oregon grape (Mahonia nervosa or Berberis nervosa, depending on who you talk to). #NativePlants #BotanicalIllustration #ScientificIllustration #illustration #plants #PDX 🌿
Yeah, saw a picture of a couple leopards fighting and the pose of one got my brain going.
@brushwolf.bsky.social Nowhere near the caliber of your work, but your art is definitely an inspiration!
A pen drawing of a large panther with six legs and two spiky tentacles on its shoulders, defending itself against four dogs with long ears and tasseled tails harassing it.
Did some sketching during my very first #Shadowdark campaign (which had mimics and giant spiders, but no blink dogs or displacer beasts). Yeah, there are anatomy issues, but I had fun with all the dynamic poses (see the homage to the 1st edition Monster Manual?) #DungeonsAndDragons #D&D #fantasy
A pencil sketch of a spotted hyena with the left ear and cheek and both eyes colored in.
I'll call this good for the night. Nice to finally be working on a full-page #ColoredPencil piece! #Hyena #CrocutaCrocuta #WIP #PrismaColors
A light graphite pencil sketch of a spotted hyena head and neck on white paper, drawn in a few light lines.
Hey, @brushwolf.bsky.social ! Another of our mutual favorite critters is underway!
A head study drawing of a brown and tan coyote looking pensively to the right lower corner of the frame.
And a quick #sketch of one of my favorite critters! #coyote #Canidae #wildlife 🌿 🦊
Doing some #sketches tonight. I'm especially proud of this one! I've never drawn a #Rafflesia #flower, but I think they're just so cool looking! #Copics, fineliner, and white Signo paint pen. #plants #botany #BotanicalIllustration 🌿
A photo of a Caucasian woman with long, light brown hair, a gray shirt and tan pants standing next to a projector and a screen with several images of nature on it. She is surrounded by books and other items in a small museum.
Want me to teach community-level #NaturalHistory classes (~2 hrs each) at your local comm-college, library, park, bookstore, etc.? I'm making my 2026 schedule now! Can teach in person within reasonable distance of #Portland, OR, or online anywhere. Email me at rebeccathenaturalist(at)gmail(dot)com 🌿
I've been digging around old videos to find things that haven't been uploaded yet, and ran across this one of one of my favorite little #insects during last spring's trip to the #Missouri #Ozarks! www.youtube.com/shorts/_dFpS...
#bugs #invertebrates #animals #wildlife #nature 🌿
A photo of a tiny brown mushroom with a long, slender stem, and a delicately textured cap. It grows amid moss and dried leaves which make it look even tinier by comparison.
Sometimes it is the smallest of beauties that capture my attention. Look at the texture on the stipe of a Mycena #mushroom, like miniscule downy feathers. We walk by wonders like this all the time; only by giving ourselves permission to slow down and look do we get to appreciate them.🌿 #FungiFriends
A photo of a book resting on a brown wicker basket. The book is called The Everyday Naturalist: How to Identify Animals, Plants, and Fungi Wherever You Go and it is by Rebecca Lexa. The cover is black with light green and cream text, and brightly colored animals, plants, and mushrooms around the border.
I have dates and some event reg up for this year's inaugural online #StudyGroup for The Everyday Naturalist! First monthly session is Feb 2; details at rebeccalexa.com/the-everyday... 📚💙 🌿 🍄 🦊 🦉 💡📚 #nature #wildlife #scicomm RS OK
An AI generated image of red mushrooms with white stems that are clearly malformed, labeled with gibberish terms, and surrounded by a narrow band of various colors and sizes of rectangle for no apparent reason.
The longer you look, the worse it gets. (Tag yourself, I'm drvetenting.) #mushrooms #fungi #FungiFriends #mycology #ai #GenAI #AIslop #OhNo
A colored pencil sketch showing the bear skull on the right, and a brown bear head in the same pose on the left.
A photo of a tall glass case containing the articulated skeleton of a brown bear. The skeleton is posed standing up with its forelegs held up to show long, sharp claws, and the jaws of the skull gape open in a silent roar. The skeleton is backlit by sun coming through a large window behind the case.
I sketched the skull of this massive brown #bear at PSU's Biology dept. this past Sunday with the #Portland #Nature Journal Club! Was nice to break out the #ColoredPencils this time. #art 🦊 🌿
Thousands of #crows migrate toward downtown #Portland every evening to roost in the trees. I get to watch them flying over my apartment, at a time I call "Crow O'Clock." Here are a few getting ready to head to bed. www.youtube.com/shorts/T2jgp... #birds #nature #wildlife #animals 🌿
Here, have a little good news to start the week: www.popsci.com/environment/...
#whales #RightWhales #mammals #wildlife #animals #nature #EndangeredSpecies #conservation