Bushtits! One of the smallest songbirds in the US. They're brown and grey, with eyes that are black (male) or yellow (female). Bushtits constantly on the move, hopping to the next branch. Using moss, grass, and spiderwebs, they build hanging nests that look like a dirty sock.
#bird #birds #bushtit
Neon of Everett (Snohomish Co.), WA, Part 14 of many. Fuji X-T5.
1. Tampico Mexican Restaurant, with a splendid neon entrance.
2-3. Erickson Furniture, a single neon "E" lifted high above the pavement.
This concludes my February 2026 expedition to Everett.
#neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa
Neon of Everett (Snohomish Co.), WA, Part 13 of many. Fuji X-T5.
1-2. Motel Express, originally Rip Van Winkle Motel, since 1949. Neon illustrates downtown Seattle, about 30 miles away.
3-4. Tampico Mexican Restaurant, with a splendid neon entrance.
#neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa
Downtown Everett. Marquee bulb or bulb-letter signs, where open face channel letters are lit from within by hundreds of light bulbs. 1890s tech, before neon signs mostly replaced it.
1-2. Funko Headquarters (backlit neon + bulb letters)
3. Marquee Apartments
#neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa
Neon of Everett (Snohomish Co.), WA, Part 12 of many. Fuji X-T5.
1-2. Gospel Light Church (Pentecostal), with a red neon cross.
3. KSER 90.7fm, listener-supported public radio, with general manager Garett Michaels.
4. El Paraiso restaurant
#neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa
Neon of Everett (Snohomish Co.), WA, Part 11 of many. Fuji X-T5.
Apex Everett, an event space in a historic building downtown. Inside, a custom LED sign points to the bar, El Sid, whose namesakes are the legendary hero El Cid and rocker Sid Vicious.
#neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa
Neon of Everett (Snohomish Co.), WA, Part 10 of many. Fuji X-T5.
1-3. Anthony's Woodfire Grill, next to Anthony's HomePort. Their second sign is backlit with neon.
4. Everett Yacht Club, with neon-look LED in the upstairs window.
#neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa
Neon of Everett (Snohomish Co.), WA, Part 9 of many. Fuji X-T5.
Anthony's HomePort Restaurant, Everett. Anthony's occupies a functioning lighthouse with a rotating beacon, overlooking a marina, with views of the Olympic Mountains across the Sound.
#neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa
Neon of Everett (Snohomish Co.), WA, Part 8 of many. Fuji X-T5.
1. Harbor Marine
2. Bayside Marine
3. Performance Marine
4. Inn at Port Gardner
#neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa
Neon of Everett (Snohomish Co.), WA, Part 7 of many. Fuji X-T5.
Everett Motel, which included a smoke shop, closed in 2012 and was demolished in 2015. The site is now a vacant lot, and only this broken neon sign remains.
#neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa
Batch 6 concludes my first Everett neon expedition, which took place in January of 2026. I returned to Everett to shoot neon again once in February and twice in March, and I believe I've now photographed all notable neon in this city. Those photos will be posted later.
Neon of Everett, WA, Part 6 of many. Fuji X-T5.
1. Farwest Motel, rooftop neon.
2. General Car Wash & Sinclair Gas
3. Sonic Drive-In. It's a cherry!
4. Royal Casino Everett. Closed 2025, pole-mounted neon still lit on one side.
#neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa
Neon of Everett, WA, Part 5 of many. Fuji X-T5.
Totem Family Dining, since 1953. The sign, painted to resemble a carved totem pole, alternately lights the two "TOTEM" words; these are composite photos to show both lit together. The message below changes often.
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Neon of Everett, WA, Part 4 of many. Fuji X-T5.
1. Love Zone, erotic toy shop, since 1996.
2. Psychic Eye Intuitive Readings & Chakra Wellness. "Palm Reader" is neon, "Psychic" is LED.
3-4. Special Interest Auto Body, with a custom neon clock inside.
#neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa
Neon of Everett, WA, Part 3 of many. Fuji X-T5.
1-3. Leavitt Auto Sales - family owned car dealer, since 1990. Awesome antique car neon sign, and the office is neon-lit too!
4. Mikie's Authentic American Cuisine - neon "Open"
#neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa
Neon of Everett, WA, Part 2 of many. Fuji X-T5.
1. One Twelfth Street Diner, permanently closed in 2025.
2. Zab Thai Restaurant (same plaza as 112th St.), window sign
3. Anderson's Shopping Center and Giorgio's Pizza
4. Central Body Works
#neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa
Neon of Everett, WA, Part 1 of many. Fuji X-T5.
1. La Palmera Family Mexican Restaurant
2-3. Dick's Hamburgers, the 10th and newest location.
4. Glacier Lanes, 1957-2020. Building is now a Ukrainian Baptist Church, but the non-functioning neon sign remains.
#neon #neonsigns #everett #everettwa
Chan's Place, Woodinville, Washington. Opened in August 1980 by the Chan family, who emigrated from China in the 1970s. Photographed May 2024. Fuji X-T5 with Sigma 10-18 f2.8.
#neon #neonsign #neonsigns #woodinville
Mirror duck.
#bird #birds #duck #whynotaduck #mallard
Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland WA
Araneus diadematus, Seattle.
#spider #orbweaver #araneus
"Please stop doing that. I'm trying to sleep, here."
#ducks #woodducks #birds
Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland WA
Sea lion, being unfailingly polite, and wondering if you have any sources to back up your opinion.
Mukilteo, WA.
Brant (Branta bernicla), a small coastal goose, about the size of seagull (one of which is included for comparison). I've only seen these once, a flock of about 20 on the Edmonds Waterfront, and they took off about 15 minutes after I got there. (from April)
#bird #birds #geese #brant #edmondswa
Heron and Antiheron.
Union Bay Natural Area, Seattle
#bird #birds #greenheron
The Sora, or Carolina Rail, forages for food in shallow wetlands, and is about the size of a robin. Rails are slender, to walk through marsh grasses - origin of the phrase "thin as a rail".
Juanita Bay Park, Aug 28. My second lifer of the day!
#bird #birds #sora #rail #kirklandwa
Northern pintail ducks, female or non-breeding. They are dabbing ducks, meaning that they will plunge their heads into the water, butts in the air, to forage for food below the surface.
Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland. One of three "lifers" I saw that day.
#ducks #northernpintail #bird #birds
Spotted sandpiper on the South Fork Stillaguamish River, Big Four Mountain Trail. Expedition led by Neil Zimmerman and Roniq Bartanen of Birds Connect Seattle.
@birdsconnectsea @she_birds #bird #birds
Male white-spotted sawyer beetle, on fireweed, Big Four Mountain, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. The elytra (wing cases) are open as he unfolds his wings to take flight. #beetle #insect #washington #nationalforest #bugs
Cedar waxwing from not very far away. Big Four Mountain, WA.
#bird #birds #cedarwaxwing
