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#birdtober day 1: Jay Did you know that, thanks to jays, oak trees seem to have effectively spread to entire continents after the Ice Age? The jays are still doing the same job, spreading oaks to new places. Illustration for the book Korvaamattomat (The Irreplaceables), written by Juha Kauppinen

Another #birdtober challenge by Birdtober club: European pied flycatcher. I just drew it for a book on pollinators (writer Mia Rönkä). You can help this little fellow by sustaining a diverse garden. A diverse garden supports both bird and insect diversity, also securing pollination.

#birdtober@koneensaatio.bsky.social. Many birds feed on insects directly or benefit from insects pollinating the birds' or their prey species' food plants.

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Today is National Hummingbird Day. We don't have hummingbirds in Finland, but here's a Patagonian green-backed firecrown from the book Korvaamattomat by me and Juha Kauppinen. Something about the idea of it living on the edge of winter appealed to us. Sound by Cristian Pinto / Xeno-canto #SciArt

It looks magnificient!

Thank you, Aleksya 💚

Hi all Brazilians and everyone else, here's an illustration of Araucaria angustifolia, which we don't have in Finland. Two years ago I learned that it's a keystone species on which many species depend. Hopefully this critically endangered beauty will continue to enrich South American nature! #SciArt

Hyvää Suomen luonnon päivää! Pölyttäjät ovat tärkeä osa Suomen luontoa ja mahdollistavat meille värikkään ja monimuotoisen lähiluonnon. Ilman pölyttäjiä maailmamme olisi karu ja väritön. Pidetään luontomme monimuotoisena! Kuvitus pölyttäjäprojektista, jota teen Mia Röngän kanssa. #suomenluonnonpäivä