Shayna Marchese

A Purple Sandpiper in profile on a large rock with water behind it. The sandpiper's small and round with purplish feathers (they're more of a gray with a bit of a purple sheen to them) and it has orange-yellow legs.

A Purple Sandpiper splashing around in a puddle on a rock.

A Purple Sandpiper standing with the sun at its side looking at the camera. Here some of its feathers look more purple than gray, sort of.

Spent some time with cool winter visitors: Purple Sandpipers #birds #PurpleSandpiper

A black-and-white drawing of a White-throaded Sparrow with its head turned just slightly to one side. It looks cute. The text reads: 4:00pm: Sue sends me photos of some yard sparrows.

A black-and-white drawing of three cats eagerly awaiting a meal. The cow-cat (Astrid) says "mrr"; Mim stands on her hind legs; Milo (the tabby) is "mroow"ing. The text reads: 5:00pm: Dinner for the cats...

A black-and-white drawing of a man and woman sitting at a table with bowls in front of them. A cat has popped up and the woman's shooing him off, saying "Milo, NO." The text reads: 6:00pm: ...followed by dinner for us (cooked by Doug).

A black-and-white drawing of a woman with glasses sitting in bed looking at a laptop. The text reads: 7:00pm: the rest of my night's TV & reading. [end]

p.21-24 #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd

A black-and-white drawing of three cat litter boxes; two are flat and one has a dome over the top of it. The text reads: 2. litter boxes; 3 cats --> 3 boxes; * all clean *

A black-and-white drawing of a Turkey Vulture flying low over rooftops. The text reads: 1:00pm: I watch a Turkey Vulture fly over the houses.

A black-and-white drawing of a woman on a bike trainer; she's wearing headphones and the trainer is making a 'whirr' sound. The text reads: Then ride my bike for a few & shower.

A black-and-white drawing of a hand holding a pencil (the pencil's too big, oh well), drawing the panels of this comic. The text reads: 3:00pm: Doug's drawing botanical stuff with a ruler and I'm doing... this.

p.17-20 #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd

A black-and-white panel showing a browser folder list; all the folders have a bunch of items and all take up at least a few GB of space. The text reads: 10:00am: Back home. I have old unsorted photos I try to cull...

A black-and-white drawing of a woman in glasses frowning, thinking to herself "Why did I never do this? This is so annoying; these photos all suck."

A black-and-white drawing of a place setting for two; each plate has a poorly-drawn half-burrito and some lumps that I assure you are supposed to be plantains. The text reads: 12:00pm: Lunch: leftover takeout burritos & plantains

A black-and-white drawing of two buckets; there's a hand siphon in one with the hose going into the other. The text reads: Followed by chores. 1. Clean out rock tumbling stuff from the basement sink. One bucket is labeled as slurry water.

Here's the second half of my hourly comics... (p.13-16) #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd

A black-and-white drawing of the back of a man as he walks through a big-box hardware store. The text reads: 8:00am: the hardware store

A black-and-white drawing of of a person wearing glasses at a coffee shop, asking for a name to go with the order they just took. The text reads: 9:00am: more coffee

A black-and-white drawing of the edge of a frozen reservoir that's covered in snow. Animal tracks dot their way across the surface. The text reads: Then a quick, cold stop at the reservoir, which is mostly frozen.

A black-and-white drawing of a rock with a lot of dotted lines leading up to and around it. The text reads: a rock sticking out has a ton of tracks to it -- what's the draw?

p. 9-12 #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd

A black-and-white drawing of a French press with two mugs; one of the mugs is filled with coffee. The text reads: & coffee for the humans.

A black-and-white drawing of a man holding a book in his lap; he's sitting at a table with a laptop in front of him and a small cat perched next to it. The text reads: 6:00am: Doug gets up and makes a shopping list.

A black-and-white drawing of a hand holding a phone. The screen says it's 6:26 and that it's 0° out; feels like -18°; hi: 15°; lo: 0°. The text reads: Temperature check: it's cold.

A black-and-white drawing of a Wegmans. The text reads: 7:00am: the grocery store

p.5-8 #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd

A black panel with handwritten words saying: hourly comics / February 2, 2026

A black-and-white drawing of a woman in bed with a large tabby cat leaning on her. The cat is licking and kneading her neck. Her eyes are scrunched closed. The accompanying text reads: 3:00am: Milo wakes me up with slobber.

A black-and-white drawing of two cats sleeping. One is small and curled up into a ball and the other is larger and more of a long loaf. The text reads: 4:00am: Everyone goes back to sleep.

A black-and-white drawing of three cats, all eating from separate bowls in a line. There are labels under the cats: the big tabby says Milo; the little gray cat says Mim, and the cow-cat says Astrid. The text reads: 5:00am: Breakfast for the cats...

I definitely won't post them all today but here are some hourly comics... (of course they start with cats; every day starts with cats) #hourlycomicsday #hourlycomicday #hcd

It's awful and I'm so glad it didn't really catch on 😅

I've never heard it but: also old. I unfortunately remember the term "phablet" (phone + tablet)

PageMaker here.

A stylized illustration of a majestic adult Bald Eagle flying over a grafitti-marked landscape with bold letters spelling out F U C K I C E. The illustration recreates a viral photo of the same subject that was posted on eBird in late 2025.

A screenshot of an eBird photo of a majestic adult Bald Eagle flying over a grafitti-marked landscape with bold letters spelling F U C K I C E.

For yesterday's @cornellbirds.bsky.social #BirdArtWeek2026 theme of #PhotoNotAvailable I wanted to recreate my favorite #BaldEagle image I saw last year (not my photo).

Unfortunately for some reason, it isn't available on eBird anymore. Oh well, I hope I got all the little details right. 🪶🦅🖕🧊

A Horned Lark in a brown grassy field in winter. The bird's in profile.

A Horned Lark in a snowy field, mostly looking towards the camera. You can see a little hint of a horn on one side.

Here are a couple I like (why's it so hard to get the horns?). Both taken in Liberty State Park, Jersey City.

An inquisitive-looking Blue Jay perched on a branch on a gray winter day.

Male Peregrine Falcon from a local pair perched on a tree limb on a sunny morning eating a prey item. There's not too much left of it and what can be seen is a pink foot (definitely from a bird) and some whitish-grayish feathers on the leg.

Weekend birds: Blue Jay and Peregrine Falcon (eating a... pigeon?) #birds

Yeah, so many were floofed up to keep warmer!

A Barred Owl sits on a branch in a snowy tree with its feathers floofed up. We looked at many clumps of leaves and wasp nests before locating this owl, who was tucked in nicely amongst the trees.

A Great Blue Heron portrait. This bird was right next to a bridge with a nearly-solid fence blocking the view and my lens was too long to fit more of the bird in.

A Bald Eagle perched high in a tree on a snow-covered branch. The eagle is looking down at a flock of Canada Geese (not pictured).

A female Belted Kingfisher paused briefly above a small stream. She sits on a snowy branch, looking down at the water.

Some highlights from the 90th Boonton Christmas Bird Count #birds

A streaky-brown juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron is perched in some phragmites that are covered in snow. The bird has its head turned to the side; its eye is bright orange.

A streaky-brown juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron is perched in some phragmites that are covered in snow at the edge of a mostly-frozen pond. The heron is in a typical hunched position where its neck does not look very long at all; Black-crowned Night Herons are often described as "stocky."

From this year's Christmas Bird Count (12/14/2025):
Our route is usually nearly all cemeteries with no ponds; this year we covered Lincoln Park in Jersey City and got to see more species than usual; here's a juvenile Black-crowned Night Heron hanging out by the edge of a mostly-frozen pond. #birds

I suspect there a lot of new wave weirdos...

A young Piping Plover hunkers down on the beach in warm early-morning light. The bird's in profile; it has an all-black bill and soft brown coloring.

A small shorebird on the beach in profile in early-morning sun. Part of a green leg band is visible. The Piping Plover has a short black bill and soft brown feathers on its upperparts; below it is white. It has orangey-yellow legs.

Piping Plover, a little after sunrise, Jersey Shore. It's sporting leg bands, which are difficult to see as the bird's floofed up on a chilly morning #birds #shorebirds #PipingPlover

I really like Tombow Fudenosuke soft tip brush pens (I can usually only find them in a two-pack with a hard tip that I like less).

Specimens from Phantom Flowers, one of two books published in 1864 on the art of producing skeleton leaves. More in our latest post from @eayers0: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/phantom-flowers

Finally found one that (kind of) fits and is in a vague comfort zone and want to get another? Discontinued.

Ms. Mim of the dining room table

A large tabby tux cat is zonked out on a colorfully striped dog bed. The cat has long legs, big ears, and looks very peaceful on his throne.

Milo’s too big for cat beds so we got him a dog bed instead #caturday #catsky #catsofbluesky

Oooh I love this one!

A Seaside Sparrow perched in reeds, looking to the side. The bird is a drab grayish brown with a bit of yellow in front of its eyes and a brown mustache-like stripe running downwards from its bill, which is large for a sparrow.

Seaside Sparrow #birds (Cook's Beach, Cape May County, May 2025)

A green and burgundy hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) visits bee balm (Monarda fistulosa). The moth looks like a fuzzy flying lobster with long antennae and a curled proboscis.

It's flying lobster season #HummingbirdClearwingMoth

I had the same feeling about The Overstory.

Three floofy, unbearably cute Piping Plover chicks huddled together on the beach

anyone who did not say Piping Plover is wrong (or Red Knot, or Sanderling, or Ruddy Turnstone, or... )

A brown and white tabby tux relaxes on a grey blanket. He's looking away from the camera with a happy and maybe slightly smug expression on his face

Milo appreciation post
#Cats #CatsofBluesky #Catsky

Bees in the bee balm (Monarda fistulosa) #nativeplants