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

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

Spent the week on business in Eastern WA, Tri-Cities, Walla Walla area and between stops found a few minutes to pull out the Canon V1 Point and shoot,
#Landscapephotography #Canon #Photography #EasternWashington

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

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

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

This old Locust is a real survivor…it’s scars are evidence that not every vehicle successfully navigated the 90 degree turn on the gravel road it overlooks…
#ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Backroads #RuralScenes #Rural
#Photography #NaturePhotography
#EasternWashington

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

Landscapes seen when out birding in southwestern Yakima Valley #EasternWashington this week…
#Scapes #Landscapes #RuralScenes
#Backroads #Rural #Clouds

Some Palouse Semi-abstraction, warm soft light courtesy of the new normal summer smoke
#landscapephotography #palouse #inlandnorthwest #easternwashington

Friend or foe? Looks like this Osprey is trying to figure that out as I shoot from my pickup truck…McNary National Wildlife Refuge #EasternWashington
#BirdoftheDay #BirdStare #Birds
#BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #Birding
#BirdWatching #BirdsoftheWorld