Now I’m hungry…

Wildflowers blooming near Fort Simcoe State Park early this spring, on ground not irrigated…common names Biscuitroot or Desert Parsley and Arrowleaf Baldomroot…food /medicine source for Native American tribes…
#wildflowers #bloomscrolling #PNW
#springscape #Washingtonstate
#naturephotography

Cottenwood trees, often featured in Western/cowboy literature, were scorched when fire ran from a crew burning weeds in irrigation ditches this spring…Yakima Valley
#thicktrunkTuesday #trees #rural
#ruralscenes #WestCoastPhotography
#spring #springscape #PNW
#Washingtonstate

Great Blue Heron made a successful capture while hunting the lily pond at Sportsman State Park, Yakima, WA…
#BirdoftheDay #ComeEatWithMe #PNW
#birds #heron #birdphotography #photo
#WestCoastPhotography #birdsbeingbirds
#Washingtonstate #BirdsoftheWorld

Hahahaha…I’ll self-ban while I pull some weeds…will that work?

Enjoy matching photos in my files or shoot new ones to fit #BirdoftheDay themes…. #ABCD Avocet, Barn Swallow, Canada Goose, Wood Duck…photographed in Yakima County, WA
#birds #BirdsoftheWorld #birdsbeingbirds
#birdphotography #naturephotography
#WestCoastPhotography #birdwatching
#Washingtonstate

An early spring look at Mt. Adams from a gravel back road on the Yakama Nation’s Reservation…slow day for birds but there’s always something to photograph…
#MountainMonday #mountains #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#ruralscenes #Washingtonisbeautiful
#Washingtonstate #trees

Thank you!

Thanks…hated that he wasn’t around after the 2 years…he was a good poser…the female not so much…

Thanks you!!!

Male Northern Harrier, leaving a post where he often perched in all seasons for 2 years…Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge…”The camera lady again?”
#BirdoftheDay #CaptionThis
#stunday #WideOpenWings #birdlife
#birdphotography #BirdsoftheWorld
#WestCoastPhotography #raptors #BirdsofBlueSky #birds

Cinnamon Teal male moving from one area to another in a field during spring high water near Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge…
#Birds #BirdoftheDay #ducksoutofwater
#birdphotography #ducks #birding #WestCoastPhotography #PNW
#BirdsoftheWorld #naturephotography

Male House Finches flying into my sunflower seed feeder at White Swan, WA…they can be voracious eaters and often socialize in large flocks…
#BirdoftheDay #finches #FeederFriends
#birds #wideopenwings #BirdsofBlueSky
#birdlife #birdphotography #photography
#WestCoastPhotography

Flowering Dogwood I found in some commercial landscaping in Yakima, WA…sometimes walking a few blocks is a good thing…
#floralFriday #flowers #dailyflowers
#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#trees #spring #naturephotography

Great Horned Owlet on its first venture out of the nest gives me the customary intense owl stare…Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge
#BirdoftheDay #HeadShots #birds #owls #birdphotography #BirdsoftheWorld
#WestCoastPhotography #birdlife
#photography #BirdsofBlueSky

Spring wildflowers blooming in the west end of Lower Yakima Valley area near Fort Simcoe State Park, elevation 1400 feet…
#wildflowers #springscape #spring #PNW
#flowersofBlueSky #flowerphotography
#ruralscenes #landscapephotography
#WestCoastPhotography #Washingtonstate

A trio of Western Grebes, a waterbird known for bright red eyes and long dives after fish…wary, stayed away from shore…Hood Park pond, Burbank,WA
#BirdoftheDay #ThreeonThursday #birds
#blackheads #longnecks #waterbirds
#birdphotography #PNW #birding #WestCoastPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky

Male Bullock’s Oriole lurking in a Maple tree…when it suited him he flew to the feeder for his favorite meal—grape jelly…White Swan, WA…
#BirdoftheDay #LeafandLight #birds
#birdphotography #birdlife #birding #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography #birdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #WashingtonState

American Robin among the flowering trees spring 2026 at the Yakima Area Arboretum…
#BirdoftheDay #robins #naturalperch
#birdphotography #BirdsoftheWorld #WestCoastPhotography #birding #spring #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsSeenin2026

“I’d rather have roses in my table than diamonds around my neck.” Emma Goldman 1910, activist for peace, free love and birth control.
#roseWednesday #roses #dailyflowers
#blomscrolling #flowerphotography
#flowers #rosesofBlueSky #blossoms

Same to you! Mines being chilly, grey and I brought my annual seedling and plants I bought early inside…frost warnings…tough week for an old gardener!

English Walnut on the grounds at Yakima Area Arboretum late winter 2026…
#thicktrunkTuesday #trees
#naturephotography #PNW
#WestCoastphotography
#Washingtonstate

American Avocet in breeding plumage…the rust color will fade to grey-white in summer…prefers shallow water, mudflats, open situations…Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge
#BirdoftheDay #reflections #birds #PNW
#birdphotography #birdwatching
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography

Mallard pair at Sarge Hubbard Park pond, Yakima, WA…because they’re so common they are unfortunately often overlooked as photo subjects…
#MallardMonday #birds #ducks #photo
#birdphotography #BirdoftheDay
#birdsintheirelement #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdlife #birdwatching

Mt. Adams from a little bridge over Toppenish Creek…look close and you’ll see a Hawk silhouette on the right side of the tree…
#MountainMonday #Washingtonstate
#mountains #CascadeMountans #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography #landscape
#BlueSkyMonday #landscapephotography
#ruralscenes #naturephotography

Wow! Had to be an amazing experience…

WOW…had to be an amazing experience…

He’s so blind to the fact that he’s very definitely one of those people…cannot wait for elections…

Birding rural roads on the Yakama Reservation means staying alert…it’s open range…all livestock has the right of way…you hit it, you own it…beef market prices are very high!
#rural #ruralscenes #farming #farmlife
#livestock #Sundayyellow #stunday
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#Washingtonstate

Horned Grebe in breeding finery at McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Burbank, WA…not ducks…freshwater diving birds, remain underwater several minutes…lobed toes…
#stunday #waterbirds #birds #audubon
#colorfulcaptures #BirdoftheDay
#BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography
#blackheads #WestCoastPhotography