Melanistic Mutant Pheasant aka Black Pheasant…2 ran loose in our rural neighborhood for months..wary, so baited them with corn for photos…
#stunday #birds #gamebirds #birdlife
#BirdoftheDay #walking #tricolor #PNW
#BirdPhotography #wildlifephotography
#WestCoastPhotography #birding #BirdsoftheWorld
El Capitan.
I took this pic in Yosemite Valley, California on February 21, 2026.
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#BlueskyArtShow #background
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#BlueskyArtShow #background
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Caught the right light to show both black and white plumage and iridescent tail and wing feathers of a Black-billed Magpie…Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge…
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#WestCoastPhotography #corvidea
#birdphotography #BirdsoftheWorld
#BirdsofBlueSky #wildlifephotography
Added over 100 bulbs to my garden last fall…enjoying mass blooms this spring…great medicine in troubling times…rural Yakima County, WA…
#inmygardentoday #flowers #gardening
#bloomscrolling #gardenphotography
#PNWgardening #daffodils #mygsrden
#WestCoastPhotography #dailyflower
#Washingtonisbeautiful
El Capitan with Half Dome in the #background
I took this pic in Yosemite National Park, CA on January 10, 2026.
#BlueSkyArtShow #yosemite #PhotographersUnited #photography #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #NationalParks
Ahwahnee Meadow with The Ahwahnee Hotel in the #background
I took this pic in Yosemite Valley, CA on February 21, 2026.
#BlueSkyArtShow #PhotographersUnited #photography #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #yosemite #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #NationalParks
Mountainous terrain beside Yosemite Falls, in the #background
I took this pic February 21, 2026 in Yosemite Valley, CA.
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Down the road, in the #background
I took this pic in Yosemite National Park, California on February 21, 2026.
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A tangle in the #background
I took this pic at Pismo Beach, California on March 21, 2026.
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Morning is getting brighter these days
#FloralFriday #BloomScrolling #FlowersOnFriday #Photography #FlowerPhotography #allthephotos #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #TheWildImages #ThePhotoHour
#WestCoastPhotographers #Scape #FlowerScape #NaturePhotography #Backyard #WestCoastPhotography
Autumn in Yosemite Valley, California.
I took this pic October 26, 2025.
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Around the Meadow.
I took this pic at Round Meadow in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park, California on September 28, 2025.
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Blossoms from an upright, ornamental Hilgan Flowering Cherry tree now blooming at the Yakima Area Arboretum…
3/27/26…
#blossoms #trees #floralFriday #PNW
#bloomscrolling #flowers #blooms #FlowersofBlueSky #Washingtonstate
#flowerphotography #photography
#WestCoastPhotography
European Starling…will lose the white speckles and bill will become yellow in time for spring breeding season…
#BirdofthedDay #speckled #birds
#WestCoastPhotography #birdlife
#BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography
#backyardbirding #birdwatching
A pair of Giant Sequoias.
I took this pic at Round Meadow in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park, California on January 18, 2026.
#PhotographersUnited #photography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #AdventureDoesNotWait #NationalParks
Things seen when birding on the Yakama Nation’s Reservation: Toppenish Creek, Toppenish Ridge runs parallel to the creek, yeah, I get the message and flowering tree at auto parts store in Toppenish…
#landscape #scapes #rural #ruralscenes
#WestCoastPhotography #nature
#Washingtonstate #photography
Ducky day at the Randall Park pond, Yakima.WA…top duck in photo’s a female Mallard…other 2 are female American Wigeons…
#birds #BirdoftheDay #threeonThursday #BirdsoftheWorld #ducks #waterfowl #birdphotography ##birdwatching #spring
#WestCoastPhotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography
Moms, and toddlers enjoying a gorgeous spring day 3/25/26 among the flowering trees on the grounds of the Yakima Area Arboretum…
#HumansofBlueSky #bloomscrolling
#trees #Washingtonstate #PNW
#WashingtonisBeautiful #flowers
#floweringtrees #landscape #scapes
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
"We could be twinsies!"
I took this pic in Sequoia National Park, California on January 18, 2026.
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American Wigeon male on the pond at Randall Park, Yakima, WA…grazes open ground…hangs with diving ducks frequently robbing them of their food when they surface…
#BirdoftheDay #OpenBeak #YearRound #tricolor #birdphotography #Ducks #birdlife #WestCoastPhotography
#naturephotography #BirdsoftheWorld
Yakima River running full bank and then some 3/25/26 due to warm temperatures from system call the Pineapple Express hitting the Cascade Mountains…
#waterWednesday #rivers #water #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography #spring
#Washingtonstate #springscape
Black and white photo of gloved hands holding a hawk by the talons and legs. Bird has its beak open. Hawk is to be released back in nature.
#BirdOfTheDay
#openbeak
#birds
#EastCoastKin
#WestCoastKin
#WestCoastPhotography
#photography
Photo taken while we worked for Wildlife Rehab and Release. This was the rewarding part…releasing a healed bird back into nature. These are my husband’s gloved hands.
Lazuli Bunting male visiting my Yakima Valley feeder…yearlings males develop a unique personal song they sing for life…
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#BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography
#backyardbirding #birdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #buntings
#feeders #lookingatme #birdlife
Bridal Veil Fall.
I took this pic January 17, 2026 in Yosemite Valley, California.
#WaterfallWednesday #WallsOnWednesday #PhotographersUnited #photography #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #yosemite #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #waterfall #NationalParks
Western sky’s on fire tonight from here in the Yakima Valley at 7:45 PDT 3/24/26…
winds gusting and it’s chilly…Mt. Adams is in hiding…unaltered photo…
#sunset #Washingtonstate #clouds
#rural #rutalscenes #landscape #nature
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
Ring-necked Ducks, named for a ring of chestnut colored neck feathers that are rarely visible…freshwater diving ducks.. McNary National Wildlife Refuge…
#birds #ducks #waterfowl #ornithology #WestCoastPhotography #birding
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdoftheDay
#BirdsintheirElement #birdphotography
Spring is the most beautiful time of the year in the Yakima Valley…early ornamental trees in yard like these and cherry orchards in full bloom…
#trees #flowers #bloomscrolling
#Washingtonisbeautiful #bloomsky
#spring #springscape #photography
#WestCoastPhotography
