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It’s #TellaFriendFriday! Please enjoy this photo of a stream #violet (Viola glabella).Then RS this or send RebeccaLexa.com to someone interested in #NaturalHistory, including my forthcoming book The Everyday #Naturalist! #nature #NatureIdentification #wildflowers #NativePlants #PNW #PacificNorthwest
A close up of a plant with green, heart-shaped leaves, and a single flower with five yellow rounded petals; the bottom petal has several vertical dark lines from the center of the flower to partway down the petal.
March 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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It's #TellAFriendFriday! Please enjoy this photo of a nice assortment of #lichens. Then tell RS or send RebeccaLexa.com to someone who may like my #NaturalHistory writing, tours and classes. #NatureIdentification #author #NaturePhotography #fungi #FungiFriday #FungiFriends 🌿
A close-up photo of a nice assortment of lichens growing on dark brown tree bark with long, prominent grooves on it. There's a big, fuzzy-looking branching pale blue lichen in the center and a tinier version of it to the left, with some scaly pale blue lichens around the edges, and crusty yellow lichens filling in some of the gaps.
February 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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My How to Identify article this week features one of my favorite #birds, the #bufflehead! rebeccalexa.com/how-to-ident...

#ducks #waterfowl #birdwatching #birding #wildlife #natureidentification #dinosaurs
October 10, 2023 at 5:03 PM
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First draft of The Everyday Naturalist is DONE. 75,530 words. Will be doing a LOT of trimming/refining in the weeks to come, but the raw material is all there. #WritingaBook #TheEverydayNaturalist #nature #NatureIdentification #ladybug #insects #invertebrates #arthropods
A bright red seven-spotted ladybug walks across cracked asphalt in the sunshine.
February 20, 2024 at 2:08 AM
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Welp. Only got to write for a couple hours, but added 1644 words to #TheEverydayNaturalist. #CitizenScience chapter is done, wordcount is 70848, just back matter to go. #natureidentification #nature #coyotes #writingabook #scicomm #nonfiction
A red and brown coyotes with very fluffy fur stands on a snow-covered slope surrounded by dead, dry grass, staring to the left of the image.
February 7, 2024 at 3:47 AM
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Another 2863 words added to #TheEverydayNaturalist mss, now at 55445 words. Not the most linear writing day, but I'll take it. #osprey #birdsofprey #raptors #birds #dinosaurs #nature #nonfiction #writingabook #author #naturalhistory #natureidentification #naturalist
January 19, 2024 at 7:25 AM
rebeccanaturalist.bsky.social
Finally back to writing #TheEverydayNaturalist mss. Added 1913 words this evening, total now at 58702. Tomorrow is an all-day writing fest--can't wait!

#nature #natureidentification #clubmoss #plants #vascularplants #botany #scientificillustration
January 30, 2024 at 7:42 AM
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Great #writing day to kick off the month--5348 words and the troubleshooting chapter is basically done. Total wordcount for The Everyday #Naturalist is 68270. Tomorrow? I dive into the #citizenscience chapter!

#Rudbeckia #Asteraceae #botany #natureidentification #writingabook
A close-up photo of a flower with a dark brown center and several long, slender, bright yellow petals arrayed around it like a sunburst, with out of focus green vegetation in the background.
February 2, 2024 at 6:38 AM
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It may be winter, but there are still a few #mushrooms to be found, to include the late oyster #mushroom! Find out how to identify this edible #fungus at rebeccalexa.com/how-to-ident...

#foraging #mushroomhunting #fungi #mycology #natureidentification #outdoors #nature
How to Identify Late Oyster Mushrooms - Rebecca Lexa, Naturalist
If you're out winter foraging, you'll want to look for late oyster mushrooms! Here's how to identify these hardy, edible fungi.
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December 28, 2023 at 10:18 PM
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New nature ID question:
What is this alien pod?

Off-white, fibrous pod type thing, found in the woods in eastern Connecticut on 4/2.
A little over 3 inches long and about 2 inches wide. Ovate and flat-ish.

#nature #NatureSky #naturalist #PlantSky #PlantIdentification #PlantID #NatureIdentification
One side of an off-white, fibrous pod like thing that is shaped like a flattened egg. The surface looks smooth with veins running lengthwise and some brown splotches. Dense short fibers emerge from a seam along the side. The pod is lying on the blade of a digging knife that has a measurement scale that indicates it’s a little over 3 inches long and about 2 inches wide. The other side of the mysterious pod, also shown on the digging knife for scale. It’s very similar to the other side, but has almost no brown splotches and has some dark dirt stuck to it. One of the narrow sides of the mystery pod, held between a person’s thumb and fingertips, in front of a wet rock. This edge is fairly smooth, as opposed to the other edge which has many dense fibers emerging along a “seam” (not pictured). There is a small hole in the edge, showing a bit of the interior which is also off-white but otherwise without anything apparently notable.
April 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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I'm ranting about nature ID #apps, #AI generated #foraging guides, and people getting poisoned again over at rebeccalexa.com/on-apps-and-...

#mushroomhunting #mushroomforaging #poison #nature #natureidentification #outdoors #mushrooms #shrooms #fungi #wildfoods
On Apps and A.I. in Foraging - Rebecca Lexa, Naturalist
Wondering about the role of aps and A.I. in foraging and other nature identification? Find out an expert's opinion here!
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March 28, 2024 at 9:57 PM
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Couldn't stop writing #TheEverydayNaturalist mss tonight until I hit exactly 56789 words. Got to write a little about the infamously painful #gympiegympie #plant, and finished the animal I.D. case studies. TGIF, back to writing Monday! #natureidentification #botany
A green vine-like plant with small purple fruits and many tiny spines all over the entire thing--do not touch!
January 20, 2024 at 6:19 AM