Swallowtail Butterfly enjoying Daylily nectar in my Yakima Valley garden…
#StunDay #ColorADay #OrangeSun
#Butterflies #Insects #BloomScrolling #Gardening #GardenPhotography
#WestCoastPhotography #Flowers

Bonaparte Gull, a small, tern-like gull captured during fall migration at a pond within McNary National Wildlife Refuge…. #EasterrnWashington #PNW
#BirdoftheDay #Larus #Gulls #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching
#BirdsoftheWorld ##BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #Nature
#NaturePhotography

Lundy Canyon, California.

I took this pic October 11, 2026.

#Stunday #roadtrip #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #treescape #trees #nature #NaturePhotography #hiking #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #Photographers #photography

Male Mountain Bluebird, Bickleton, Washington, known as the “Bluebird Capital of the World”…human population 90…Bluebird population estimated “thousands”…
#BirdoftheDay #Turdidae #Thrushes #Bluebirds #Birds #BirdWatching #Art
#BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #BirdsoftheWorld

I took this pic in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest in California on October 12, 2026.

#roadtrip #forest #trees #treescape #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #nature #NaturePhotography #hiking #fineartphotography

I took this pic at Big Pine Creek, California on October 13, 2026.

#scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography #roadtrip #treescape #trees #forest #nature #NaturePhotography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photographers #photography

#Alphabetchallenge #WeekOForOpaque #Scape #naturephotography
#WestCoastKin #WCK #stunday #EastCoastKin #ECK #artyear #WestCoastPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #allthephotos #ThePhotoHour #photography #photographers #bloom #bloomscrolling

#BlueSkyArtShow #Wall #Scape
#WestCoastKin #WCK #stunday #EastCoastKin #ECK #artyear #WestCoastPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #urbangaze #allthephotos #ThePhotoHour #photography #photographers

#SensoryArt #One #Scape #WestCoastKin #WCK #stunday #EastCoastKin #ECK #artyear #WestCoastPhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Phish #PhotographersUnited #urbangaze #allthephotos #ThePhotoHour #photography #photographers

Lone Pine Peak, from Alabama Hills, California.

I took this pic October 14, 2026.

#Walls #BlueSkyArtShow #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #WestCoastPhotography #roadtrip #nature #NaturePhotography #fineartphotography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #Photographers #photography

Juvenile Cliff Swallow begging a meal from an adult while both perched on a power line over a Yakima Valley irrigation canal…August 2026
#SmallBirdSaturday #Swallows #Birds
#BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdWatching
#WestCoastPhotography #Nature
#NaturePhotography

A #Wall of rock!

I took this pic in Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite National Park, California on October 10, 2026.

#BlueSkyArtShow #roadtrip #NationalParks #yosemite #treescape #trees #forest #nature #NaturePhotography #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography

House Finch catching sunrise light as it breaks through a line of trees east of our front yard garden where it’s feeding on Sunflower seeds…
#BirdoftheDay #Dawn #Birds #Finches
#BirdPhotography #BirdsoftheWorld
#BirdsofBlueSky #NaturePhotography
#WestCoastPhotography

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

Color is starting to show in the trees on the grounds at the Yakima Area Arboretum… #EasternWashington #PNW #Trees #Scapes #Fall #Autumn
#NaturePhotography #Nature #WestCoastPhotography #Photography #AutumnColor #Landscapes #Leaves #LandscapePhotography

A male Sachem Butterfly AKA Field Skipper…they’ve established resident populations in the Yakima Valley…found on the back patio at the Yakima Area Arboretum on 10/14/2026…
#FlyDay #Butterflies #Insects #Closeups #Photography #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography #Nature
#EasternEashington #NaturePhotography

I took this pic at Olmsted Point in Yosemite National Park, California on October 10, 2026.

#yosemite #NationalParks #ForestFriday #treescape #nature #trees #NaturePhotography #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #WestCoastPhotography #fineartphotography

Tenaya Lake, taken from Olmsted Point.

I took this pic in Yosemite National Park, California on October 10, 2026.

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

Black-capped Chickadee all fluffed up for warmth on a winter day 2025 in the Yakima Valley… #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #Paridae #Birds #PNW
#BirdPhotography #BirdWatching
#NaturePhotography #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #Birding #BirdsoftheWorld #Wildlife

Autumn Color!

I took this pic October 10, 2026 at Lower Lee Vining Campground near Lee Vining, California.

#YellowThu #Yellow #roadtrip #treescape #trees #forest #nature #NaturePhotography #scape #landscapes #landscapephotography #ForestFriday #WestCoastPhotography