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documenting memories
(and whales)
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10/21/2026

Just hanging out 🐢

10/09/2026

say hello to my little friend 🐊

10/01/2026

tiny dekay’s brown snake found at work!
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09/29/2026

I got a thing Spanish moss

09/21/2026

Some people like wildlife a normal amount.

Couldn’t be me.

At some point taking thousands of photos, structuring my entire personality around animals, and traveling unreasonable distances to look at creatures simply stopped being enough, so naturally I started permanently collecting them on my body.

There are orcas (from Keith Dulin) There are birds. There’s an entire Pacific Northwest marine ecosystem slowly colonizing my leg. There is a Pacific spiny lumpsucker.

Some have deeply sentimental stories.

Some are connected to people and places I love.

Some are there because I saw an animal and apparently thought yeah I need that on my skin until I die.

And then Taylor Swift got involved.

Anyway, welcome to my increasingly permanent field guide.

I fear I am nowhere near finished (also pls ignore spelling I’m very tired).

See you next time, from the wild. 🫡

09/19/2026

Sorry I disappeared. I’ve been busy living life in the South, avoiding roaches, sweating through humidity I was not evolutionarily designed for, and occasionally remembering I own a camera.

So, since it’s been a minute—hi. I’m Monica. 👋

Wildlife photographer. Conservation nerd. Orca kid who VERY much did not grow out of it. Pacific Northwesterner currently trying to understand why the bugs down here are built like that. Occasional artist. Owner of a frankly unreasonable number of animal tattoos.

I take pretty pictures, get way too excited about weird animals, and have been doing some version of this since I was about eight.

The lore is extensive. The camera roll is worse.

Anyway. I’m alive. I’m still taking pictures. And apparently I should post some of them.

Welcome back to the chaos. 🌿📸

See you next time, from the wild.

07/28/2026

Years of wildlife education have led me to this:

• stupid pink bird with a spoon bill

• stupid golf ball with spikes and googly eyes

• stupid orange boy

07/22/2026

In honor of Jimothy 🦝

Found this little buddy at Hilton Head!

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day 🌎

Turns out “helping with conservation” sometimes looks like
finding the one and only box turtle of the day…
and getting way too excited about it.

And noticing the tiny things like a little snake most people would walk right past.

Citizen science is one of the coolest ways to get involved in conservation, real data, real impact, and a chance to actually contribute to understanding the ecosystems around you.

You might’ve heard me talk about citizen science if you came on a boat with me when I was a marine naturalist, using resources like to track humpbacks.

You don’t need to be a researcher.
You just need curiosity…
and a willingness to slow down and pay attention.

Small moments like this are where it starts.

Note: this was done under permits and with trained supervision. Wildlife was handled briefly, safely, and released exactly where it was found.

See you next time, from the wild. 🌿

04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day 🌎

Turns out helping with conservation sometimes looks like
finding the one and only box turtle of the day…
and getting way too excited about it.

And noticing the tiny things, like a little snake most people would walk right past.

Citizen science is one of the coolest ways to get involved in conservation real data, real impact, and a chance to actually contribute to understanding the ecosystems around you. You might’ve heard me talk about citizen science before if you came on a whale watching boat with me when I worked as a marine naturalist, using a resource from to track individual humpback whales.

You don’t need to be a researcher.
You just need curiosity…
and a willingness to slow down and pay attention.

Small moments like this are where it starts.

Note: this was done under permits and with trained supervision. Wildlife was handled briefly, safely, and released exactly where it was found.

See you next time, from the wild. 🌿

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