Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦

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Naturalist, writer, artist, and educator with a Ph.D. in Ecology. I make interpretive signs, illustrations, murals, and books. Sometimes, I chase polar bears and belugas. #scicomm #sciart http://www.discoversecondnature.ca

A cluster of purple saskatoon berries among a bunch of green rounded leaves.
Looking up at the bridge of a relatively large lake ship. On the wall, below are two large sturgeon decals curling away from each other symmetrically.
Dozens of large-winged mayflies hanging from the branches of a balsam fir in the long light of evening, their long, twin tails dangling like tinsel.
A surface seine attached to a large crane is being dragged through the top layer of water of a greenish lake on a sunny day.
Looking up at the pilot house of a lake ship with the painting of two sturgeon on the white wall. The bright sun in the blue sky is blocked by the arm of a crane.
A large red diesel engine and all of the associated machinery sits in the middle of a large room. There are water tank tanks to the left of the image.
Looking over the bow of a good size ship as she cruises into the sunrise on a very large lake.
An old-fashioned white enamel wash basin and picture sits on a wooden dresser with a green towel sitting next to it the wash basin is full of water, waiting to be used. Behind the dresser is a pine wainscotted wall with a green upper part. And paintings of Arctic wildlife.
A beluga whale swims just below the surface next to the side of a black zodiac boat.
A female magnolia warbler with a greyish-green back and bright yellow breast and belly perches on a dead branch against a deep, blue sky.
A blueprint-style line illustration of a research ship. The bottom shows the side profile of the ship with its three decks and large crane in the bow of the ship. Above it are the floor plans of the different decks showing all of the different rooms and machinery.
A red-sided garter snake sits peacefully on woman's wrist, it's yellow and dark-green scales contrasting against the dark green sleeve.
A huge piece of sea ice sitting on the sand along the shore of Hudson Bay. It's been sculpted by melt into a complex structure that stands out against the blue sky.
A bald eagle sitting on a spruce snag against a white-blue sky. Its white head is not fully developed and the beak is more silver grey than pale yellow. It's looking over its back with its feathers fluffed.
An adorable red-backed vole peeks out from underneath a wild strawberry plant in a digital illustration. The strawberry has both berries and blossoms growing on it.
A handsome male white-tailed deer standing in a grassy field showing off his growing antlers under a fuzzy layer of velvet.
A quick pencil drawing of a beluga swimming towards the viewer. Their face is shaped in such a way that it looks like they are smiling. A few bubbles trail up from behind the whale.
A grey and white Canada jay perches on a scraggly spruce branch, surrounded by fuzzy, grey old man's beard lichen.
A merganser skull on a wooden background showing off its long, thin bill and streamlined head. There is a bit of black dried material where the beak meets the rest of the skull.
What looks like 5 tiny zombie fingers rising out of some sunlit green moss is actually a fungus.
Five cupcakes in blue wrappers sitting on a glass cake plate. They have piped spirals of Tan coloured frosting on top.
A big white dog in a green harness with one ear up and one ear down sits on a limestone slab in front of a layered limestone cliff.
A brown, mottled duck flies overhead with its wings outstretched.
A digital painting of a brown, furry, American marten crouched in the crotch of an aspen tree looking off to the right of the image. The painting is in a circular badge with the name American marten on the top and Martes americana on the bottom.
A white and pink showy lady slipper droops a little on its stem among a tangle of dark green leaves. It's pink bulbous 'slipper' is surrounded by three white petals that make the orchid look a bit like like it's wearing a nun's hat.
Two slightly pinkish squares, so it look like lemon bar sitting on an old white plate with blue flower patterns on it. beside it is a short glass full of pale pink rhubarb soda. Everything is sitting on a round wooden table in front of the screened windows of an summer porch.
Two trumpeter swans swimming in the early morning light on a cloudy day.
A full-grown juvenile raven is mid-takeoff from a balsam tree, its red-lined mouth open in a scream.
A large white dog with one you’re up and one year down, smiles in a pant as she lies in the green grass on a sunny day
A 5-ish month old black bear cub looks curiously off into the distance as mosquitoes buzz around its head in the grass.
A flock of about 12 American white pelicans standing in shallow water on a grey day. They are showing off the light yellow blush their white feathers get in the spring and the knobs on their orange bills.
A large white dog with one ear up and one ear down, peeks around a white door with a big window in it that separates the main house from a screened in porch beyond
An adorable baby black bear clings to the trunk of a spruce tree so that all you can see is its one ear and eye and the paws holding on - a classic peek-a-boo.
A white water lily glows in the sunlight like it's lit from inside, its petals reflected in the dark blue water below. The dark green lily pads float all around reflecting the sunlight in the wet surfaces.
A large bull elk munches on lush, green grass next to a forest. His growing antlers are on display covered in a fuzzy skin called velvet.
A black American coot with runs along the water almost out of the frame to the right of the image. It's outstretched wings show off their white undersides.
A black-and-white striped warbler perches on a branch sticking out between two grey tree trunks.
A small yellow water lily pokes out of the water and is reflected in the vivid blue water. A handful of flat green lily pads float on the surface, breaking up the reflections.
Two adult trumpeter swans swim in the early morning light with their six little fluffy, white cygnets against a verdant backdrop of thick green cattails.
A chubby brown frog with a dark brown mask sits on a patch of limestone gravel.
A turkey vulture standing with its wings outstretched, backlit by the sun, on a cedar shingled roof.
The side profile of a wolf looking off to the left of the image. Her ears are held down in a relaxed pose.
The orange glow of the sunrise lights up the sky along the horizon while the foreground is still bathed in shadow. The highway stretches off to the horizon lined by Hydro poles.
Tall purple lupines growing in grassy ditch next to a thick forest in the sunshine.
A slice of Biscoff cream cheese pie with a rim of whipped cream along with the crust sits on a blue table. Behind it are large windows looking out over a beautiful boreal lake view on a sunny evening.
Two white trumpeter swans flap their wings as they face each other and honk in celebration on boreal pond.
A digital painting of a red-backed vole peeking out from among the leaves, white blossoms and red berries of a tiny wild strawberry against a greenish background.
Two angry swans come in for a landing with their large webbed feet deployed just above the surface of a pond lit in golden light.
Two large, white swans come straight at the camera, wings out, honking as they land aggressively on a muted golden lake surrounded by thick forest.
Three small yellow lady slippers - two are a pair in focus, showing off their bright yellow bulging slippers with three twisted purple brown petals. The third flower is in the background and slightly out of focus.
The first golden hue of the sun appears on the horizon at the end of a long gravel road ordered by thick forest on either side
A black bear cub clings to a spruce trunk and stick out its tongue to like a birch branch and catkin that happens to be hanging within reach.
A cute little phalarope (swimming shorebird) with a rusty reddish neck and back with a grey head and black mask.
A dark grainy video of a barred owl perched on a branch over top of the person taking the video. It takes off after a few seconds.
A stylized blueprint of the side profile of a ship in progress.
Two avocets in their summer colours lean their long thin bills together towards the white-coloured water. Their black and white backs and peach coloured heads contrast sharply against the monochromatic background.
A medium-sized black bear looks off to the right of the image while bits of grass dangle from its mouth and mosquitoes buzz around them in the forest.