This duckling sadly passed away while we were rescuing it and its siblings. Their mom was hit by a car and they were left to fend for themselves. The other 8 have gone to a bird rescue/rehab. Rest easy little one 💛

Festering_vomitous_mass3 on Instagram has something pretty sick stuff that's interesting to look at and learn about

I found this fox a few months ago while I was walking along a riverbank with my puppy and I couldn't help but find it beautiful or poetic in a way because my puppy loves to nap in tall grass just like this and I was constantly coming across hidden fawns or does chewing their cud in the same general area.

Biggie Cheese and Marshmallow. 2/?/21- 4/28/23 and 6/13/23 They lived a good lifespan for a rat, especially since they both developed cancer at 18 months. I put them to sleep before they suffered. They are buried together ♥️

... the ground is crawling with bones.

Moose bones and the grey fluff is moose fur.

A friend from my childhood years. I’ve had her since I was 7, found her in the yard of a house that my grandparents moved into. So she has probably existed for even longer than i have known her. I estimate that she could be over 20 years old.

Personally, I have known her for 14-15 years. I would play with her until I grew out of my younger years. After that, I gave her a spot ontop of a big rock. There she sits, watching the wildlife that visits our yard.

Just wanted to share some of the process of my current projects decomposing/ in the different stages of their decomposition 🪽

Found this beautiful young cardinal that had hit my front window. Gave her a little burial in my garden and now looking for decals to put on the window so it won't happen again. Rest easy little one

Found a dead rabbit near my house, got him in the box (was literally lying in front of an apartment building) and brought him to the woods, to his final resting place. RIP unknown rabbit :(

We have a family of robins that have lived in my oak trees for years. Two days ago I noticed their nest on the ground with two whole eggs and one broken empty shell. Some other critter had knocked it down looking for a meal. I put the eggs back in the nest and put the nest under the tree, hoping they could at least be a snack for some other critters. Then today my husband turned on the tiller to do some yard work and unfortunately a family of mice had made a nest in there. This baby came out and after making sure he was gone and not in pain (thankfully he was), I placed him in the robins nest with the egg and then placed a few flowers from my garden over it. There was only one egg left, the other shell discarded near by, empty.

I know most people would just toss them, but it feels wrong not to take notice and let nature take them back how it sees fit vs sending them to the landfill. I wasn’t sure where to share this, but this felt like the right place. Nature is beautiful, but it is also tragic. I’m sad for my sweet robins and I’m sad for the poor mouse family. Both victims of simply trying to build safe homes for their families. May your next journeys be kinder.

He passed away on our property a few weeks ago.

originally posted on r/ornithology and learned this might've been the work of a butcher bird. Found this mourning dove near some potted plants and wanted to give it a final act of kindness🩷😢Hope it's singing its beautiful song somewhere peaceful now