El Capitan.

I took this pic in Yosemite Valley, CA on April 11, 2026.

#mountainmonday #BlueSkyMonday #yosemite #NationalParks #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #AdventureDoesNotWait #photography #PhotographersUnited

Still Standing Strong #blueskymonday #blueskyartshow #photographersofbluesky #westcoastphotography #westcoastkin #trees #eastcoastkin #PNW

Bridal Veil Fall in Spring.

I took this pic in Yosemite Valley, CA on April 11, 2026.

#Stunday #waterfall #NationalParks #yosemite #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #photography #PhotographersUnited #WestCoastPhotography #AdventureDoesNotWait

#Birds and #people alike enjoy the ocean #stunday #sesnoryart #alphabetchallenge #weekNforNonsense

Sand art festival
#scape #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin #allthephotos #thephotohour #sandscape #art #bluesky #PismoBeach #photography #humansofbluesky #blueskyphotography #photographersunited #poetryofnature #WestCoastPhotography #sandartfestival #Sunlight #Sunshine #BlueSkyArtShow #New #artyear

Family of Canada Geese on a pond. Seven goslings swimming in two lines between their parents. Water is greenish in color

Sunny greetings my birding friends! Here is a flotilla of Canada Geese sailing on a pond in San Rafael, CA. #WestCoastPhotography #birds #birding #birdphotography #photography #naturephotography

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

Photo from the beach (Avila Beach), looking out at the ocean with big billowy rain clouds filling the air. In the foreground is a little, organized pile of wood and beyond that a silhouette of two people walking along the edge of the water.

#Stunday
#EastCoastKin
#WestCoastKin
#WestCoastPhotography
#photography

I found the clouds (bringing the promise of rain), stunning! #AvilaBeach

Sideview of a Great White Egret..a bird in all white feathers, long legs, long neck, and a yellow longish beak. Egret is standing in a the remains of an ocean wave…green, white foamy water.

#BirdOfTheDay
#LongNecks
#birds
#EastCoastKin
#WestCoastKin
#WestCoastPhotography
#photography

The Great White Egret, such a graceful long neck.

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

Tries to capture this morning’s rainbow and Morro Rock in the same frame.
#photography #landscape #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin #photographersofbluesky #photographersunited #westcoastphotography
#blueskyartshow

Merced River from Swinging Bridge. I took this pic in Yosemite Valley, CA on April 11, 2026.

Love how the sandbar looks like it was painted on!

#Stunday #yosemite #NationalParks #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #WestCoastPhotography #ForestFriday #AdvendureDoesNotWait

An absolutely stunning shot of Yosemite Valley during a short respite in stormy weather!

I took this pic April 11, 2026.

#yosemite #NationalParks #Stunday #PhotographersUnited #photography #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography

Closeup photo of a Sanddune Wallflower plant just starting to bloom. A few yellow blossoms are showing next to unopened green buds.

#BlueSkyArtShow
#New
#EastCoastKin
#WestCoastKin
#WestCoastPhotography
#photography

A Sanddune Wallflower starting to bloom on the coastal dunes of California

Things seen while birding: Mt. Adams, Painted Turtles sunning Toppenish Creek, slide area Rattlesnake Ridge, pre-Civil War era officer housing Fort Simcoe State Park…
#Washingtonstate #turtles #ruralscenes
#WestCoastPhotography #Photography
#Water #naturephotography #mountains
#landscapephotography

"I took the road less traveled on, and that has made all the difference." ~Robert Frost

I took this pic in Yosemite Valley, CA Feb 21, 2026.

#NationalParks #yosemite #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #AdventureDoesNotWait

Two geese floating away from camera revealing their white, fluffy tail feathers. The back feathers are brown, and the side of the long neck and face are white. The water is a blue, green color.

#BirdOfTheDay
#BirdButt
#birds
#EastCoastKin
#WestCoastKin
#WestCoastPhotography
#photography

They’re back!!! Excited to see the Osprey have returned to the nesting platforms along Interstate-82 in the Yakima Valley…
#BirdoftheDay #naturalperch #birdlife #ruffledfeathers #birdphotography #PNW
#BirdsofBlueSky #Washingtonstate
#WestCoastPhotography #photography

Yosemite Valley, California.

I took this pic February 21, 2026.

#ForestFriday #PhotographersUnited #photography #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #yosemite #WestCoastPhotography #AdventureDoesNotWait #NationalParks

Family fun this Spring among the blooming trees at the Yakima Area Arboretum…
#HumansofBlueSky #trees #scapes #WestCoastPhotography #landscape
#landscapephotography #photo
#bloomscrolling #blossoms

Bald Eagles near White Swan, WA in very early spring several years ago…unfortunately not seeing as many of this majestic bird here as we used too…
#BirdoftheDay #naturalperch #birdsofprey
#raptors #threeonThursday #birdlife
#BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #photo

Water sites in the Yakima Indian Reservation: Toppenish Creek, Harrah Drain Canal, Charlie’s Pond, McDonald Road gravel pit pond…4th year of drought…
#waterWednesday #naturephotography
#ruralscenes #water #landscape #landscapephotography #scapes
#WestCoastPhotography #Washingtonstate

Black-headed Grosbeak…breeds in western U.S. and winters in Mexico…feeds on insects, seeds and berries…enjoys grape jelly…Yakima Valley…
#birds #BirdoftheDay #blackheads #birdlife #BirdsoftheWorld #birding
#birdsofBlueSky #birdphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW #backyardbirding #birdwatching

Side view of a standing Canadian Goose with its head/neck tucked back against its back. Head is black with white cheeks, breast feathers white, and back feathers a very light beige. Goose is on the edge of the dirt with feet in the water of a green pond.

#BirdOfTheDay
#BlackHeads
#birds
#EastCoastKin
#WestCoastKin
#WestCoastPhotography
#photography

Canadian Goose contemplating the green pond

Hybrid tea rose, Rose Garden, Yakima Area Arboretum…
“There is simply the rose; it is perfect every moment of its existence.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
#roseWednesday #roses #flowers
#bloomscrolling #dailyflowers #blossoms
#flowerphotography #FlowersofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography

Beautiful old Yoshino Cherry Tree in the Yakima Area Arboretum’s flowering cherry tree collection…
#thicktrunkTuesday #trees #blossoms
#bloomscrolling #WestCoastPhotography
#WashingtonisBeautiful #spring #photo
#photography #bloomsky

Walking in a Winter Wonderland!

I took this pic in Yosemite Valley, California on February 21, 2026.

#TimelessTuesday #PhotographersUnited #photography #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #yosemite #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #AdventureDoesNotWait #NationalParks

Merced River in Winter.

I took this pic in Yosemite National Park, California on February 21, 2026.

#PhotographersUnited #photography #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #yosemite #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #AdventureDoesNotWait #NationalParks

Black-billed Magpie…unfortunately the brush where I shot this photo and there were 2 Magpie nests was cut down and burned over the weekend…Yakima County
#MagpieMonday #BirdoftheDay #birds #tricolor #WestCoastPhotography #PNW
#Washingtonstate #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdlife #naturephotography #photo

Mallard Drake on a shallow cemetery pond that’s a bird magnet in the Terrace Heights area of Yakima, WA…
#mallardMonday #BirdoftheDay #birds #PNW #wingsopennotflying #waterfowl
#birdphotography #birdsintheirelement #WestCoastPhotography #nature #water

Mt. Adams makes a favorite background for a herd of cattle in a pasture on the Yakama Nation’s Reservation…
#mountainMonday #Washingtonstate #PNW #farming #rural #cattle #photo
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#springscape #spring #pictureofday