Black-necked Stilt, shorebird known for those hot-pink legs…they come inland to shallow water areas in #EasternWashngton where they nest on open ground…
#BirdoftheDay #BirdyLongLegs
#Shorebirds #BirdWatching #PNW
#BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #Birding

Things seen when out birding: small band of wild horses on the grounds of Fort Simcoe, wild mushroom cluster, mixed-breed sheep flock, herd of domestic American Bison…
#EasternWashington #photography
#horses #Bison #Sheep #Mushrooms
#WestCoastPhotography #Mammals
#Nature #NaturePhotography #PNW

Lines.

I took this pic at Pismo Beach, California on September 5, 2026.

#TimelessTuesday #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #WestCoastPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #Photographers #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography

Molting Mallards gave me some kind of cool poses even if they’re missing their gorgeous feathering…Randall Park, Yakima, Washington…
#MallardMonday #Birds #Ducks #PNW #WestCoastPhotography
#WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching
#NaturePhotography #Nature

Upper Yosemite Fall in Spring

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

#mountainmonday #BlueSkyMonday #NationalParks #yosemite #waterfall #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #treescape #trees #sequoia #forest #nature #NaturePhotography

I can’t be 100% certain, but we had a at least one American Robin in our Yakima Valley yard all winter and I photographed this one in early February…same bird?
#BirdoftheDay #Robin #Birds #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography #Portrait
#WildLifePhotography #Birding
#BirdWatching #BirdsofBlueSky

Shedding bark of a Eucalyptus, possibly a Blue Gum.

I took this pic at Pismo Beach, California on September 12, 2026.

#Stunday #fineartphotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #treescape #trees #forest #nature #NaturePhotography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photographers

Bald Eagle…used to be an old, partly dead snag at the edge of Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge locals called “The Eagle Tree” because it was a favorite perch… #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #MyBestSide #Birds
#Raptors #BirdPhotography #PNW
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#WestCoastPhotography

#BlueSkyArtShow #undulating
#Scape #naturephotography
#WestCoastKin #WCK #stunday #EastCoastKin #ECK #artyear #WestCoastPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #greensat #coloraday #allthephotos #ThePhotoHour #photography #photographers

Half Dome from Glacier Point, just before Sunrise.

I took this pic in Yosemite National Park, California on August 22, 2026.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Undulating #NationalParks #yosemite #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #NaturePhotography #nature #forest

I took this pic of an #Undulating form in Cambria, California on August 29, 2026.

#BlueSkyArtShow #fineartphotography #WestCoastPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photographers #photography #PhotographersUnited

#BlueSkyArtShow
#Undulating
#EastCoastKin
#WestCoastKin
#WestCoastPhotography
#photography

Rain storm forming in this view across the Yakama Nation’s Reservation north to Union Gap, where the Yakima River, Interstate-82, Highway 97 and the BNSF Railroad all enter the lower valley… #EasternWashington #PNW
#Scape #LandscapePhotography
#Landscapes #Photography #WestCoastPhotography

Steller’s Jay already has a peanut in its very flexible gullet when it collects another it will likely stash or bury for eating later…. #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #Mouthful #Corvids
#Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdLife
#WestCoastPhotography #Nature
#NaturePhotography #Photography

A bit of the country comes to the city with this tall grass landscaping on the grounds of a restaurant across from Yakima’s historic art deco Larson Building… #EasternWashington
#UrbanGaze #StreetPhotography
#Architecture #Buildings #PNW #WestCoastPhotography
#LandscapeGardening #Photography

Just a guy veggie shopping for Sweet Corn at one of the fresh market stands here in the Yakima Valley…
#HumansofBlueSky #Monochrome
#BlackandWhitePhotography #BnW
#People #WestCoastPhotography

Love that intense yellow eye on male Brewer’s Blackbirds who also sport gorgeous full body iridescent feathering… #EasternEashington
#BirdoftheDay #Iridescence #Birds
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#BirdPhotography #BirdWatching
#WestCoastPhotography #BirdLife

It was a gray, wet, chilly Labor Day weekend in #EasternWashington didn’t break our drought but my container gardens loved it…
#ColorADay #RedWed #Flowers
#Bloomscrolling #Gardening #PNW
#FlowerPhotography #Petunias
#WestCoastPhotography #Blossoms

Yosemite Falls.

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

#WallsonWednesday #WaterfallWednesday #WaterWednesday #waterfall #NationalParks #yosemite #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #nature #forest #NaturePhotography #trees

Caspian Terns at a Columbia River boat launch far from man-made East Sand Island, home of the world’s largest breeding colony at the river’s estuary… #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #ABCD #RSTU #Birds
#SeaBirds #BirdPhotography #PNW
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#WestCoastPhotography #Photos