Patrick Lynch

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon, female). From my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #kingfisher #LongIslandSound

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon). From my book "PONDS: An illustrated Guide," Yale University Press, 2026. a.co/d/1dl1IFn 🧪🐡🌿🌎🪶 #scicomm #diagrams #infographics #Graphics #VisualJournalism #DataVisualization #Infographics #VisualStorytelling #VisualCommunication #kingfisher

Available now from Yale University Press: PONDS: An Illustrated Guide yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #lakes #freshwater

Available now from Yale University Press: STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlifepainting #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #BirdArt #Streams #Rivers

Learning oil painting, finally... alwayssomethingtosee.substack.com/p/learning-o... 🧪🐡🌿🌎 #scicomm #sciviz #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #OilPainting #Painting

A compilation of my bird illustrations from my book "A Field Guide to Cape Cod," Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd 🧪🐡🌿🌎🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #extinct #CapeCod

Morning walking meditation. Oil sketch, 6 x 8 in.

Morning walking meditation. Oil sketch, 6 x 8 in.

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks (Pheucticus ludovicianus). Illustration from my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP 🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds

North American River Otter illustration (head detail). From Yale University Press, STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, Sept 2026. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm

"So two weeks out, Democrats are in good shape. Democrats have just one job over these final two weeks: To remind voters, over and over, that the only way to check Trump from driving the country further into a ditch is to vote blue." (Or at least not vote R.) www.thebulwark.com/p/happy-birt...

Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), detail. From my new book Streams: An Illustrated Guide. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #capecod #birds #birdart #birdartists #birdlife #artistsonbluesky #illustratorsky

Avian musculature, pen & ink plate, ~12 x 10 in., 1985. From my book Manual of Ornithology yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #birds #birdart #birdartists #birdlife #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #scicomm

Northern Parula Warbler (Setophaga americana), detail. From my new book Streams: An Illustrated Guide. yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #capecod #birds #birdart #birdartists #birdlife #artistsonbluesky #illustratorsky

Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido, extinct). From my book A Field Guide to Cape Cod, Yale University Press. a.co/d/eK4A0sd 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #birdart #heathhen #extinct #capecod

Atlantic Menhaden plate. From my book A Field Guide to The Mid-Atlantic Coast, Yale University Press, a.co/d/6rKgbMQ 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #seabirds #whales #menhaden

Northern Cardinals, from my book A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale University Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #birds #wrens #birdart

My left anterior oblique (LAO) view of human heart anatomy, painted in gouache (1983), to explain LAO cardiac views in diagnostic imaging. 🐡🧪🌿🌎 #medart #MedicalIllustration #dailyart #scicomm #sciviz #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #cardiology #DiagnosticImaging

My left anterior oblique (LAO) view of human heart anatomy, created to explain LAO views in diagnostic imaging. An early (mid-1990s) digital piece. 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #scicomm #scientificillustration #MedicalIllustration #visualscicomm #visualscicomm #CardiacImaging 🐡 #medart #medart

An early Mac-based 3D modeling project from (gulp) 30 years ago, illustrating nuclear SPECT functional imaging of the heart. 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #scicomm #sciviz #illustration #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #medicalart #medicalillustration #cardiac

Sunday painter... Oil sketch, 9 x 12 in. Edgerton Park, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #scicomm #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #LandscapePainting #Painting

Sunday painter... Oil sketch, 9 x 12 in. Edgerton Park, New Haven, Connecticut, USA. 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #scicomm #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #LandscapePainting #Painting

I've been donating hundreds of photos and illustrations to Wikimedia, CC-BY, at full rez. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ro... 🧪🌿🌎🐡🦋 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #scicomm #Wikimedia

Available now from Yale University Press: PONDS: An Illustrated Guide yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #lakes #freshwater

STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide a.co/d/0e4XQE1J 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlifepainting #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #BirdArt #Streams #Rivers

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon). From my book "PONDS: An illustrated Guide," Yale University Press, 2026. a.co/d/1dl1IFn 🧪🐡🌿🌎🪶 #scicomm #diagrams #infographics #Graphics #VisualJournalism #DataVisualization #Infographics #VisualStorytelling #VisualCommunication #kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher (Megaceryle alcyon). From my forthcoming book "PONDS: An illustrated Guide," Yale University Press, 2026. a.co/d/1dl1IFn 🧪🐡🌿🌎🪶 #scicomm #diagrams #infographics #Graphics #VisualJournalism #DataVisualization #Infographics #VisualStorytelling #VisualCommunication #kingfisher

Available now: STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers #freshwater

Available now: PONDS: An Illustrated Guide yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #scientificillustration #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ponds #lakes #freshwater

Carolina Wren illustration (Thryothorus ludovicianus). 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #wrens #birds #BirdArt

A visit to American ruins. alwayssomethingtosee.substack.com/p/blast-furn... 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #photography #visualscicomm #BethlehemSteel #BethlehemPA

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I've been donating hundreds of photos and illustrations to Wikimedia, CC-BY, at full rez. My illustration of a Rock Beauty (Holacanthus tricolor). 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #scicomm #Wikimedia

My 2026 book: PONDS: An Illustrated Guide. youtu.be/B1b1IId_gd8?... 🧪🌿🌎🐡🪶 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #freshwater #ponds #lakes

Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea). From my forthcoming book, PONDS: An Illustrated Guide, Yale University Press, Sept 2026. 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #warblers #birds #BirdArt

My illustration: Common Swallowtails of the northeastern U.S.: Tiger, Black, and Spicebush. 🧪🌿🌎🐡🦋 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #scicomm #butterflies #insects

🧪🐡🌿🌎🦋 Eastern Tiger Swallowtails (Papilio glaucus). North Haven, Connecticut, USA, August 2025. #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #scicomm #swallowtails #butterflies #Papilionidae

Here's my Blue Glaucus nudibranch inspired design in gold! abistevens.etsy.com/listing/4572... #artShop #darkArt #sciArt

My friends, one way we can help get more smart folks over to Bluesky is if we can make it a useful place for scholars to promote their work. Help me share this, and consider pre-ordering a copy of my book or requesting that your local library buy a copy. 🦑🌍🧪🐟 #SciComm

STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, now available. a.co/d/0e4XQE1J 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlifepainting #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #BirdArt #Streams #Rivers

“Patrick Lynch raises the bar for what a field guide can be. Despite the compact size, Streams is also a beautifully written primer on stream science—a remarkable achievement.”—David Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlifepainting #scicomm #sciviz #Streams #Rivers

Hurray, my 13th and last book project is officially published and shipping as of today! STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide a.co/d/0e4XQE1J 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlifepainting #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #BirdArt #Streams #Rivers

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An alien in the sunflowers: Chinese Mantis (Tenodera sinensis). 🧪🌿🌎🐡 #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #scientificillustration #naturephoto #visualscicomm #scicomm #Mantidae

The #freshwater food web in streams. For STREAMS: An Illustrated Guide, now in production for a release on Sept. 15th from Yale University Press. 🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #streams #rivers