Yellow-headed Blackbird hanging on to an old Cattail perch in the wind…song is a harsh, mechanical-like buzzing..Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, #EasternWashington #PNW
#Birds #BirdoftheDay #BirdWatching
#YellowElements #BirdsofBlueSky
#Birdphotography #BirdLife
#WestCoastPhotography

Mountain and mist over the Merced.

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

#ForestFriday #yosemite #NationalParks #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #WestCoastPhotography #treescape #trees #forest #NaturePhotography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky

American White Pelican…dark head feathers indicate it’s a juvenile…Columbia River, McNary National Wildlife Refuge, #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #BestBeaks #Birds #BirdPhotography #Shorebirds #PNW
#NaturePhotography #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #Art #BirdWatching #BirdsoftheWorld

October has arrived
#Scape #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin #Art #Landscape #woods #solitude #Photography #Nature #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings  #TheWildImages #blueskyartshow #ForestFriday #sunset #mountains #landscapephotography
#westcoastphotography
#olympicmountains #PNWsunset
#pugetsound

My wind-whipped stand of Sunflowers looking a bit rough, but the Goldfinches, whose bright summer yellow is fading, are just there for the seeds anyway…
#ColorADay #YellowThu #Flowers
#GardenPhotography #Birding
#BirdPhotography #BloomScrolling
#Gardening #BirdWatching #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography

Yosemite Valley, California.

I took this pic April 11, 2026.

#NationalParks #yosemite #treescape #sequoia #trees #forest #nature #NaturePhotography #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photographers #PhotographersUnited #photography

Beekeepers doing bee keeping stuff—wasn’t about to get out of my truck and ask what that might be…had to be at least 100 hives in a field…Yakima Valley, #EasternWashington #PNW
#HumansofBlueSky #People #Rural
#WestCoastPhotography #Bees #Insects #RuralScenes #Agriculture

Juvenile Osprey, 2026 hatch, trying to stick a landing high in a party dead Cottonwood tree…
#BirdoftheDay #Black&White #Birds
#BirdPhotography #BirdWatching
#WestCoastPhotography #Art #PNW #Monochrome #Photography #BnW

Spring migrant male Western Tanager enjoyed a stop at my grape jelly feeder before heading to pine forests in the Cascade foothills for summer… #EasternWashington #PNW
#BirdoftheDay #Vivid #Songbirds
#BirdPhotography #Photography #Art
#WestCoastPhotography #Birds
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld

Still life - #Scape #eastcoastkin #westcoastkin #Art #still-life #Photography #food #freshfood #ArtYear #OnlyBeautifulThings  #TheWildImages #blueskyartshow
#westcoastphotography
#culinary

Bridal Veil Fall. I took this pic in Yosemite Valley, California on April 11, 2026.

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

Canada Geese landing on the gravel pit pond in the neighborhood…hope they quit mining for the fall/winter so geese and ducks move in like these did… #EasternWashington #PNW
#BirdoftheDay #BestoftheMonth #Art
#BirdPhotography #Geese #Birds #NaturePhotography #BirdWatching
#WestCoastPhotography

Round Meadow, Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California.

I took this pic July 5, 2026.

#ThickTrunkDay #treescape #sequoia #trees #forest #nature #NaturePhotography #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #NationalParks #PhotographersOfBluesky #photography

My rare shot of a hyperactive Black-capped Chickadee that isn’t just a big blur…they cache seeds & insects in tree bark & their brains grows new neurons every fall so they can locate winter feed…
#BirdoftheDay #Paridae #Birds
#BirdPhotography #BirdWatching
#NaturePhotography #WestCoastPhotography

Those buff colored heads/necks are clues that these are juvenile European Starlings with a lone fully dark feathered adult gathering pre-migration in the Yakima Valley…
#BirdoftheDay #EFG #Birds #PNW
#BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #Birding
#BirdWatching #BirdsofBlueSky

Water lilies on the large pond at Sportsman State Park, Yakima, Washington…
#ColorADay #PinkMon #Flowers
#Parks #FlowerPhotography #Wildflowers #BloomScrolling
#WestCoastPhotography

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

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

American White Pelican soaring over the Columbia River while I shoot from a highway turnout high above the water…. #EasternWashington #PNW
#BirdoftheDay #Airborne #Pelicans #BirdsInFlight #Birds #WaterBirds
#BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #Birding

#HarvestMoon
#Scape #naturephotography
#WestCoastKin #WCK #stunday #EastCoastKin #ECK #artyear #WestCoastPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #allthephotos #ThePhotoHour #photography #photographers #astrophotography

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