@cotinis

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Naturalist/photographer. Find me as @cotinis on BugGuide, Flickr, iNaturalist, Instagram, Mastodon, Blue Sky, and pixelfed.social. My professional background is in public health, especially environmental health.
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cotinisMar 1
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhDMar 1
Looking east during sunset in Tucson. The Belt of Venus.
cotinisFeb 12
Bruce MirkenFeb 12

The very conservative #WallStreetJournal editorial board has had enough:
"It’s hard to recall a regulator who has done as much damage to #medical innovation in as little time as Vinay Prasad. In his latest drive-by shooting, the leader of the Food and Drug Administration’s #vaccine division rejected Moderna’s #mRNA flu vaccine without even a cursory review."
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/vinay-prasad-fda-moderna-mrna-flu-vaccine-95572d08?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqdgQFS0MowBgcMmMnZ7F4l68V6cktrt0tWB8m1AWgkN-EPcZVu6OFUs8rw2Cxs%3D&gaa_ts=698dc015&gaa_sig=IaD8Aq-xMhumOp7sNt-yTUs1wbomSBORPWnHkJZAmPQRUSvG-x5j6fpVHDL9an_dAenMvvTJAdKEacJjUAysTg%3D%3D

#FDA

cotinisFeb 12
Redhead - Aythya americana
Location: Durham NC (USA)
Cold weather brought in a small flock of Redhead to this suburban lake. They dabbled and dove for aquatic plants, but they also caught fish, a big surprise. (References on this species say they eat vegetation and invertebrates.) An astute friend noted the cold weather likely made the fish easy prey.
cotinisFeb 7
Sea birds on a cold winter day, 26 January 2026.
Johnnie Mercer Pier, Wrightsville Beach, NC (USA)
Common Loon
White-winged Scoter (first year male?), trying to eat a sand dollar.
White-winged Scoter (male)
cotinisFeb 3
Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus
Location: Durham NC USA
Making its usual rounds, searching for Rough Earth Snakes in my yard. This seems to be one of a resident pair that is used to being photographed. This one let me get to within 20 feet (7 meters) or so.
cotinisJan 20
Black-and-white Warbler and West Indian (Florida) Manatees on a recent trip to Crystal River and Homosassa areas of Florida.
cotinisOct 12
Green Lynx Spider - Peucetia viridans (female)
Green Swamp Preserve, Brunswick County, North Carolina (USA)
Perched on Yellow Pitcher Plant, Sarracenia flava.
cotinisOct 10
Happy #Arachtober 10th!
White and yellow versions of the same species of the...
White-banded Crab Spider - Misumenoides formosipes (female)
Location: Green Swamp Preserve, Brunswick County, North Carolina (USA)
This is a wonderful preserve of The Nature Conservancy.
cotinisAug 24, 2025
Giant Otter - Pteronura brasiliensis (26 October 2024, Encontro das Águas State Park, Brazil)
This one was spotted bathing and splashing across the river channel, swam over to investigate us, then caught an eel and consumed it noisily.
cotinisJul 28, 2025
Insects from an event at Chapel Hill Public Library (North Carolina) on 26 July 2025: #nationalmothweek.
Luna Moth - Actias luna (from other side of the sheet!)
Treehopper - Glossonotus acuminatus
Bold-feathered Grass Moth - Herpetogramma pertextalis
Beautiful Mantidfly - Leptomantispa pulchella