Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas grew up in Yakima, Washington…built in 1912 as a Post Office & Federal District Courthouse it was named for him in 1978 & is in use today…
#UrbanGaze #Architecture #Buildings
#EasternWashington #Scapes #PNW #LandscapePhotography #ArchitecturalPhotography

This youngster was with his parents feeding ducks and geese at a Yakima park…the beggars were getting aggressive…dad had to pull him away… #EasternWashington #PNW
#HumansofBlueSky #People #Birds
#WestCoastPhotography #Parks
#BlackandWhitePhotography #BnW
#Monochrome #Photography

Red-shafted Northern Flicker…hadn’t seen one in the yard all summer…then yesterday one made up for its absence by giving several poses… #EasternWashington #PNW
#BirdoftheDay #Grey #Woodpeckers
#Birds #BirdPhotography #Birding
#WestCoastPhotography #Nature
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld

Killdeer trying to get me to follow it away from its roadside nest…shot from my pickup truck…McNary National Wildlife Refuge…it was not impressed… #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #ShoreBirds #Birds
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW
#BirdPhotography #BirdWatching
#BirdsofBlueSky #Art #Nature

A charred grove of Cottonwoods at the edge of the community of White Swan, Washington…all had to be cut down due to proximity to a county road… #EasternWashington #PNW
#ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Nature
#Wildfires #LandscapePhotography
#WestCoastPhotography #Scapes

Glad I took some flower photos last week…we had freezing temperatures last night…my garden’s looking kind of poorly…time to do fall cleanup… #EasternWashington #PNW
#ColorADay #PinkMon #Gardening
#FlowerPhotography #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Blossoms
#WestCoastPhotography

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk, likely hatched in early summer 2026…tail feathers don’t yet show the rusty-red it’s named for… #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #Brown #Hawks #Birds #Raptors #BirdPhotography #Birding
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW

Some closeups of the neighborhood pigeon flock thanks to zoom…their favorite perch is a power line in our pasture… #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #Pigeons&Doves
#Birds #Pigeons #BirdWatching
#Birdphotography #Photography

Snow Geese flying up leaving Canada Geese behind on a corn stubble field…winter 2026…Yakima Valley… #EasternWashington #Birds #Geese
#BirdoftheDay #Ducks&GeeseinFlight
#BirdPhotography #BirdWatching
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#WestCoastPhotography #Photography

Smallest bird that breeds in the U.S. and Canada—Calliope Hummingbird… 3 inches long and weighs 2-3 grams…winters in Mexico and Central America… #EasternWashington
#SmallBirdSaturday #Birds #GreenSat
#ColorADay #Hummingbirds #PNW
#BirdPhotography #BirdWatching
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld

The northwest corner of the neighborhood gravel pit pond where I take a lot of photos…
#Scapes #landscapes #RuralScenes
#Water #Reflections #Trees #PNW
#LandscapePhotography #Nature
#TenMinutesFromHome #Photography #EasternWashington
#WestCoastPhotography

Took these photos yesterday early in the morning of birds enjoying my garden patch of Sunflower seed heads…House Finch, Spotted Towhee, Goldfinch…
#BirdoftheDay #GardenBirds #Birds
#BirdPhotography #BirdWatching
#Photography #Gardening #Finches
#EasternWashington

Western Meadowlark singing its flute-like spring song from the sagebrush at Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge…
#BirdoftheDay #Crooners #Songbirds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Art
#NaturePhotography #Birds #Nature
#Photography #BirdsofBlueSky #PNW
#EasternWashington #RuralScenes #BirdsOftheWorld

White-crowned Sparrows…the first one of the 2026 fall/winter season I’ve seen in our Yakima Valley yard…it was chilly #EasternWashington morning…
#BirdoftheDay #Perched #Sparrows #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #NaturePhotography #BirdsofBlueSky
#Photography #Birding #BirdLife

A cluster of Garry Oaks left to grow naturally on the rugged part of the grounds at Fort Simcoe State Park that’s not irrigated or groomed…Rattlesnakes may be lurking…
#ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Parks
#RuralScenes #EasternWashington #LandscapePhotography #Scapes
#WestCoastPhotography

It was a chilly, rainy spring morning when this Western Tanager showed up in my Yakima Valley backyard seeking shelter… #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #BadWeather #Birds
#BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #Rain
#WildlifePhotography #PNW

Sunflower I grew from seed…it’s been roughed up by the wind…Goldfinch in faded winter color enjoying nearby seed heads… #EasternWashington
#ColorADay #OrangeSun #Flowers
#Birds #FlowerPhotography #PNW
#BirdPhotography #Finches
#Gardening #BloomScrolling

Fall reflections from across the lake. 🍂🍁

#Photography #Autumn
#PearryginLake #EasternWashington
#Reflections

Wilson’s Snipe…they return to same nesting area for years…enjoy hearing the winnowing sound they make in flight to establish territory & attract a female… #EasternWashington #PNW #.WildlifePhotography
#BirdoftheDay #LongBill #Birds
#BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #NaturePhotography #BirdWatchng

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