Early morning visit with a Great Blue Heron at a pond along I-82 near Zillah, Washington…
#BirdoftheDay #LongLegs #Herons
#BirdPhotography #BirdsoftheWorld
#WestCoastPhotography #Photography
One of my backyard Peace Roses…this one shows more pink in its blooms than the other one…eastern Washington state…
#roses #MacroMonday #ColoraDay
#PinkMon #FlowerPhotography #PNW #InMyGardenToday #Bloomscrolling
#GardenPhotography #FlowerReport
Black-necked Stilts inflight over the headquarters pond at McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Burbank, Washington…nest in loose colonies…
#BirdoftheDay #InFlight #Shorebirds
#BirdPhotography #BirdLife #Birding #WestCoastPhotography #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
An immature Rufous Hummingbird…late summer, Yakima Valley, Washington, when blooms were gone from a lily that made great stilts…
#BirdoftheDay #MultiColour #Birds
#birdphotography #BirdsoftheWorld #WestCoastPhotography #ornithology
#BirdWatching #BirdLife #Hummingbirds
The bud on one of my Chianti Hybrid Sunflowers is beginning to bloom and it’s also developed numerous smaller buds…exciting to see because I started it from seed…
#Gardening #InMyGardenToday #flowers
#FlowerReport #FlowerPhotography
#Bloomscrolling #MyGarden #Sunflowers
#gardenPhotography
This is one of two Peace Roses in the backyard—the blossoms are the more yellow of the two…the Yakima Valley is a great place to grow roses…
#RoseWednesday #Roses #DailyFlowers
#Gardening #flowerphotography
#Bloomscrolling #InMyGardenToday
#GardenPhotography #PMWGardening
Unknown Pine tree (possibly a Ponderosa Pine) in our Yakima Valley yard with a condition known as “co-dominant stems” where 3 separate stems grow from a single point near the base…
#thicktrunkTuesday #Trees #Nature
#NaturePhotography #backyard
#WestCoastPhotography
Calibrachoa, commonly known as Million Bells…thus Petunia-like annual thrives in my full sun container garden in semi-arid Yakima Valley…
#ColorADay #RedWed #inMyGardenToday
#Bloomscrolling #Flowers #annuals
#FlowerPhotography #GardenPhotography #gardening #DailyFlowers
Male Lazuli Bunting in my Yakima Valley rose garden…unique among songbirds, each male has its own distinct song…summer in Western North America, winter in Western Mexico…
#BirdoftheDay #YourChoice #Birds
#BirdPhotography #BirdsoftheWorld
#BirdLife #BirdsofBlueSky #Ornithology
#WestCoastPhotography
Great Horned Owl female lays 1-4 eggs and incubates them 30-37 days while male hunts at night and feeds her…
#BirdoftheDay #SilentPresence #Birds
#Owls #raptors #birdphotography
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