#birds Shanghai Birds. A Study of Bird Life in Shanghai by E.S. Wilkinson, 1929 who was a British chartered accountant for the Shanghai Municipal Council, and birdwatcher. During WW2 he was interned by the Japanese and ran camp classes in bird watching and ornithology. via Paul French

A brown pelican doing weird pelican stuff in Monterey Bay, California #Birds #Pelicans #BirdOfTheDay #Rocky #Contortionist #WestCoast #Monterey #Scape #Photography

#photograpy #birds Just arrived from the roof nest.

#photography #Nature #insects 'Damselfly on lilac leaf' Alpes de Haute Provence 6.vii.2026 📷© @gblee.bsky.social

#photography #Nature #butterflies The British swallowtail. Papilio machaon britannicus Norfolk butterfly has been distinct subspecies for 200,000 years www.theguardian.com/environment/... Photograph: Geoff du Feu/Alamy

Shen Zhou created 'Yellow Chrysanthemums and Red Osmanthus in the Style of Wang Yuan' in 1468. It's a hanging scroll, ink on paper. The work reflects the Ming dynasty aesthetic. Cleveland Museum of Art.

Chen Hongshou created 'Paintings after Ancient Masters: Landscape in the Style of Ni Zan' during the Ming dynasty. The work is ink and color on silk. 1598–1652.

Chen Hongshou was born in Zhuji, Zhejiang province. We just published a close reading: https://bsky.app/profile/open-art.bsky.social/post/3mptmg2lhww2e

#BirdOfTheDay #Ebony&Ivory Alca torda/ Razorbill. Isle of May, 2022 © @gblee.bsky.social

Times Square, New York, 1947 - Robert Frank (1924-2019), photographe suisse-américain majeur. Son livre 'The Americans' (1958) a révolutionné la photo par un regard libre et brut sur la société américaine, influençant durablement le documentaire. #photographie #RobertFrank

“Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference. Opinion often consists of a kind of criticism. But criticism can come out of love.” Robert Frank, “The Americans”

Face à la guerre / War Zones (revue Transtext(e)s Transcultures 跨文本跨文化) — www.fabula.org/actualites/1...

#China #diaspora #photography #Nature New image drops in my archives today. Butterflies, quinces and squirrels, and garish restaurant fronts from the Chinese diaspora. www.gregorylee.net/people-and-p... www.gregorylee.net/photographs-...

Face à la guerre / War Zones (revue Transtext(e)s Transcultures 跨文本跨文化) — www.fabula.org/actualites/1...

#China #HongKong #photography #streetphotography I've just dropped half a dozen photographs on my ​​People and Places Photograph Archive - China and Hong Kong from 1978 to 1990​. Enjoy! www.gregorylee.net/people-and-p...

#photography #Nature #lavender 📷© @gblee.bsky.social 'Lavender on hillside'. Alpes de Haute Provence, France. July 2026.

#photography #moon « Lune des Fraises » / Strawberry moon Last day of June 2026 43° 54′ 38″ N, 5° 43′ 00″ E. 600m alt.

My latest blogpost. What I came to say - Gregory Lee's blog: My first summer in France - Unphotographed memories You'll have become accustomed to photographs illustrating my blogposts, but this week the blog tells an unphotographed story. www.gregorylee.net/what-i-came-...

#BirdOfTheDay #BestOfJune26 #June #photography 'Pouncing jay' 📷 © @gblee.bsky.social

#photography #art #dragonfly 'Female Beautiful demoiselle / Calopteryx virgo' photograph by @gblee.bsky.social watercolour by @natachalee.bsky.social see her website www.natachalee.art

#photography #art #dragonfly 'Male Beautiful demoiselle / Calopteryx virgo' photograph by @gblee.bsky.social watercolour by @natachalee.bsky.social see her website www.natachalee.art

#HongKong national security police arrest 2 bookshop owners over alleged sedition Hunter Bookstore owners, former district councillor Leticia Wong and local man arrested on suspicion of committing acts with seditious intent. www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

#China #photography #streetphotography New images in my People and places Photography Archive www.gregorylee.net/people-and-p...

#China #art #artists The Chinese artist and poet Yan Li 严力 is reported to have died yesterday.

#BirdOfTheDay #LittleBrownBird Not strictly speaking "a brown bird", but rather a juvenile jay with pre-adult brownish plumage. 📷 © @gblee.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay #Birds&Buds Hard to believe that the jay, along with magpies, and the crow (a highly intelligent bird), is on France's ESOD list, of “species likely to cause damage” to agriculture and thus may be hunted— without limit— throughout the year including outside the hunting season.

#photography #Xinjiang Archive update www.gregorylee.net/people-and-p...

#BirdOfTheDay #Birds&Buds Hard to believe that the jay, along with magpies, and the crow (a highly intelligent bird), is on France's ESOD list, of “species likely to cause damage” to agriculture and thus may be hunted— without limit— throughout the year including outside the hunting season.

At just 18–21 cm tall, the African Pygmy-falcon holds the title of Africa's smallest raptor. What it lacks in size, it makes up for in boldness. Rather than building its own nest, it moves directly into a chamber of a large weaver bird nest. 📷 Julio Gallardo #Birds #Raptors 🪶

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Really happy with this image of a male chaffinch #birds

#photography #birds #insects #flora I now have a Plants and non-human animals photography archive – a selection of my recent photographs of birds, insects, other non-human animals and plant life' www.gregorylee.net/photographs-...

My "Photography Archive" is now www.gregorylee.net/people-and-p.... I have also added a new page: The Plants and non-human animals photography archive – a selection of my recent photographs of birds, insects, other non-human animals and plant life' www.gregorylee.net/photographs-...

Natacha Lee's oil paintings are lovely, thanks for pointing toward her work. Always good to see fellow painters lifting each other up.

#insects #photography #Calopteryx #Nature 📷 © @gblee.bsky.social 'The beautiful demoiselle' Calopteryx virgo (male)

#bee #honeysuckle #photography William Shakespeare (from The Tempest) Where the bee sucks, there suck I: In a cowslip’s bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat’s back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.

#photography #China #monochrome More photographs in my archive from 1980s #Beijing www.gregorylee.net/photography-...

#photography #BirdOfTheDay #Touchdown 📷 © @gblee.bsky.social

#bee #honeysuckle #photography William Shakespeare (from The Tempest) Where the bee sucks, there suck I: In a cowslip’s bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat’s back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.

#insects #photography #Calopteryx #Nature 📷 © @gblee.bsky.social 'The beautiful demoiselle' Calopteryx virgo (female)

#insects #photography #Calopteryx #Nature 📷 © @gblee.bsky.social 'The beautiful demoiselle' Calopteryx virgo (male)

#insects #photography #Calopteryx #Nature 📷 © @gblee.bsky.social 'The beautiful demoiselle' Calopteryx virgo (male)

#insects #photography #Calopteryx #Nature 📷 © @gblee.bsky.social 'The beautiful demoiselle' Calopteryx virgo (male)

#photography #birds #China #BirdOfTheDay #Black 'Fishing with cormorants on Suzhou canal' December 1985 📷© @gblee.bsky.social

#photography #Nature #butterfly Silver-washed fritillaries (Argynnis paphia) © @gblee.bsky.social

#photography #Nature #butterfly Silver-washed fritillaries (Argynnis paphia)

#photography #Nature #butterfly Silver-washed fritillaries (Argynnis paphia)

#OpenAccess #HongKong #Christianity By Ann Gillian Chu @gillianchuphd.bsky.social www.routledge.com/Hong-Kong-Ch...

#France Counter-intelligence services have dismantled 9 clandestine Chinese ‘police stations’ since the start of 2026. The stations are run by the Ministry of Public Security of #China and used to track down dissidents. www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...