Western sky’s on fire tonight from here in the Yakima Valley at 7:45 PDT 3/24/26… winds gusting and it’s chilly…Mt. Adams is in hiding…unaltered photo… #sunset #Washingtonstate #clouds #rural #rutalscenes #landscape #nature #WestCoastPhotography #photography

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Ring-necked Ducks, named for a ring of chestnut colored neck feathers that are rarely visible…freshwater diving ducks.. McNary National Wildlife Refuge… #birds #ducks #waterfowl #ornithology #WestCoastPhotography #birding #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdoftheDay #BirdsintheirElement #birdphotography

Spring is the most beautiful time of the year in the Yakima Valley…early ornamental trees in yard like these and cherry orchards in full bloom… #trees #flowers #bloomscrolling #Washingtonisbeautiful #bloomsky #spring #springscape #photography #WestCoastPhotography

AI says this is a mature Shagbark Hickory, an Eastern tree but this one is on the grounds at Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge… #thicktrunkTuesday #trees #nature #WesrCoastPhotography #naturephotography

Mt. Adams looking west from the east access road to Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge 1pm 3/23/26… #mountainMonday #CascadeMountains #WestCoastPhotography #mountains #rural #landscape #ruralscenes #scape

Added 100 Daffodil bulbs to my gardens last fall…enjoying them this spring…planning what kind I’ll added this year… #gardening #bloomscrolling #flowers #mygarden #gardenphotography #PNW #dailyflowers #flowerphotography #PNWgardening #WestCoastPhotography #flowerfeed #gardensky #photography

Went years driving to see massive flocks of Snow Geese in Washington state and now they’re finally migrating by the thousands through the Yakima Valley… #BirdiftheDay #Migratory #Geese #birds #birdphotography #Washingtonstate #WestCoastPhotography #photography #ornithology #birdwatching #birdlife

Even a cloudy morning can be lovely as this one was last week here in the Yakima Valley… #stunday #clouds #sunrise #photography #WestCoastPhotography #skyscape #Washingtonisbeautiful

Mature Bald Eagle…those intensely yellow eyes are an age clue…juveniles go from deep brown to shades of lighter brown and then light yellow over 5 years to maturity… #BirdoftheDay #lookingatMe #birds #raptors #BirdsofPrey #BirdsoftheWorld #WestCoastPhotography #photography #birdphotography #butdlife

White-breasted Nuthatch creeping headfirst down a tree seeking insects caught in bark…beak used to chisel into nuts like acorns…loud calls & songs…Fort Simcoe State Park, #Washingtonstate #birds #SmallBirdSaturday #birdlife #BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography #littlebirds #WestCoastPhotography

I’m developing a flock of chicken silhouettes…they don’t tear up my gardens, poop where I walk or wake me before dawn with incessant crowing…Yakima County, WA #Gardening #gardenphotography #gardens #inmygardentoday #mygarden #PNWgardening #gardensky #photo #WestCoastPhotography #photography

Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk on a gray, windy winter day at Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge…its intended meal escaped… #BirdoftheDay #grounded #birds #PNW #Hawks #Raptors #BirdsofPrey #birdphotography #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsSeenin2026 #birdwatching #WestCoastPhotography

AI says this is a pair of Trumpeter Swans..found on a tranquil morning on a Yakima Valley pond…heaviest North American flying bird—15-30lbs average… #birds #BirdoftheDay #MarriedCouple #birdphotography #BirdsoftheWorld #swans #WestCoastPhotography #PNW #naturephotography #birdwatching #birdlife

Rehabbing an old garden (5’x25’) with organic fertilized soil and mint compost on the east side of a section of the house…zone 7B, semi-arid climate…Primroses are the first planting… #gardening #flowers #mygarden #flowerphotography #dailyflowers #WestCoastPhotography #gardens #gardenphotography

Look what popped out of the soil I was weeding…Gray Treefrog…know they’re in the soil but when they move they always get a startled “Eeek” from me…Yakima Co., WA #gardening #amphibians #frogs #nature #photography #naturephotography #WestCoastPhotography #inmygardentoday

Johnny Jump Up or Viola Tricolor surprised me by appearing in a piece of full sun, hot garden I was weeding…amazed it survived heat there…Lower Yakima Valley… #flowers #gardening #bloomscrolling #gardenphotography #dailyflowers #spring #FlowersofBlueSky #PNW #PNWgardening #Washingtonisbeautiful

American White Pelicans in flight over Columbia River, McNary National Wildlife Refuge…vertical plate on bill during breeding season is shed it during summer… #threeonThursday #birds #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #birdlife #BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography #BurdoftheDay #wideopenwings

Mt. Adams at 9am 3/18/26 from near Harrah, Wa…air was very fresh and clean after last night’s rain fall… #CascadeMountains #Washingtonstate #Washingtonisbeautiful #mountains #PNW #clouds #WestCoastPhotography #skyscape #landscape #photography

Great Egret hunting backwaters of the Columbia River, McNary National Wildlife Refuge near Burbank, WA… #birds #BirdoftheDay #reflections #PNW #LandMeetsWater #BirdsoftheWorld #WestCoastPhotography #egrets #water #birdphotography #naturephotography #Washingtonstste #Washingtonisbeautiful

Yakima Area Arboretum Floribunda Rose…”I suppose all great happiness is a little sad. Beauty means the scent of roses and then the death of roses.” F. Scott Fitzgerald #roseWednesday #roses #redWed #coloraday #bloomscrolling #flowers #flowerphotography #bloomscrolling #WestCoastPhotography

Photo from my morning backyard walk…62 degrees at 9:30am here in the lower Yakima Valley 3/17/26…very much a spring day…I’ll be gardening… #Spring #Washingtonisbeautiful #PNW #trees #clouds #coloraday #BlueTue #WestCoastPhotography #nature #landscape #naturephotography

Stellar’s Jay pulling a raw, unsalted peanut from our feeder…watched it “swallow” as many as 3 peanuts to regurgitate and store to eat later…excellent mimic…known for “camp robber” behavior in parks… #birds #feeders #BirdoftheDay #PNW #Corvidea #jays #birdphotography #WestCoastPhotography #BlueTue

“White Spires” Columnar Flowering Crabapple found at the Yakima Area Arboretum…its commonly gown for its fragrant Spring white flower bloom, ornamental fruit and narrow growth making it useful for small spaces… #thicktrunkTuesday #trees #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #naturephotography

Red-tailed Hawk youngster that didn’t appear to have developed much fear of humans…I was walking…it was on a fence post…let me get real close to shoot with my phone… #monoMonday #birds #hawks #raptors #headshot #BirdoftheDay #birdsofPrey #BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography #WestCoastPhotography #bnw

The sky over Mt. Adams, wearing a new layer of snow thanks to the weekend’s atmospheric river, was smeared with interesting clouds this morning 3/16/26…viewed from Yakima Valley… #MountainMonday #CascadeMountains #snow #clouds #WestCoastPhotography #photography #WashingtonState #BlueSkyMonday

The backyard Forsythia bush here in the Yakima Valley is about to burst into full bloom…thinking the buds are almost as pretty as the flowers… #gardening #flowers #bloomscrolling #Sundayyellow #dailyflowers #PNW #flowersonSunday #gardenphotography #photographersofBlueSky #photo

Great Egret behind my home in poor lighting…pneumatized (hollow) bones filled with air sacs make these birds with 6 ft. wingspans weigh about 2lbs… #birds #egrets #BirdoftheDay #GrayDay #TwigsAreUs #birdPhotography #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #birdlife #BirdsSeenIn2026 #BirdsoftheWorld #photography

This is a female Black-chinned Hummingbird 5/14/25…wingbeats can reach 80 per second allowing them to hover and fly backward…Harrah, WA #smallbirdSaturday #birds #hummingbirds #BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography #backyardbirding #BirdsofBlueSky #PNW #closeup #BirdoftheDay #littleBirds

Mallard hen on the pond at Yakima Area Arboretum in the fall 2025… #birds #ducks #BirdoftheDay #closeup #HeadShot #Mallard #birdwatching #BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography #reflection #wildlifephotography #PNW #naturephotography #photography

We have rain here in semi arid Yakima Valley…sure my Daffodils appreciate it…ground I’ve been digging for Dahluas was quite dry so I’m celebrating the wetness… #gardening #rain #Daffodils #flowers #Bloomscrolling #closeup #mygarden #floralFriday #flowerphotography #naturephotography #mygarden

Am hunting for flowers I might try as soon as the weather cooperates…liked these Gerbera daisies I found in a garden shop…phone camera’s handy…part of the joy of gardening is the planning… #gardening #ThreeonThursday #flowers #dailyflowers #bloomscrolling #flowerteport #flowersofBlueSky

Great Blue Herons in tree tops east of our home on a very gray day…height 4 feet with 6 foot wingspan, 4-6lbs…”stand and wait” hunters… #ThreeonThursday #birds #herons #BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography #WestCoastPhotography #PNW #backyardbirding #Washingtonstate #silhouette #birdsintheirelement

Red-tailed Hawk…a backyard photograph near Harrah, WA…wingspan 44-52 inches…female 25% larger than male… #birds #ornithology #hawks #raptors #BirdoftheDay #widewingspan #PNW #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsSeenin2026 #birdphotography #photography #WestCoastPhotography

Visited the Winter Garden at the Yakima Area Arboretum 3/9/26…planted Spring 2023…much of the maintenance is done by volunteers… #Gardening #shrubs #conifers #trees #gardenphotography #photography #naturephotography #Washingtonstate #Washingtonisbeautiful #landscape #WestCoastPhotography #scapes

“Life is a rose garden—watch for the thorns and keep the pest dust handy.”Anonymous… #roseWednesday #roses #flowers #flowerPhotography #photography #bloomscrolling #dailyflowers #flowerreport #naturephotography

A real surprise while photographing wildflowers at Fort Simcoe State Park, 3/1/26…either a Latticed Heath Moth or an Orange Carpet Moth, AI wasn’t sure and couldn’t ID the flower… #moths #wildflowers #photography #WestCoastPhotography #nature #insects #naturephotography #thelittlethings #PNW

Great Egrets in the trees east of our home in the lower Yakima Valley…they are found on almost every continent which makes them a cosmopolitan species… #BirdoftheDay #LongNecks #birds #Egrets #birdphotography #BirdsoftheWorld #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #birding #TwosDay #ornithology #birdlife

This massive Willow tree, likely a Crack Willow, considered a hazzard to visitors and staff at Yakkma Area Arboretum, was recently taken down…the stump remains with the hope it might interest an artist… #thicktrunkTuesday #trees #westcoastkin #Washingtonstate #PNW #photography #WestCoastPhotography

Mt. Adams in background…hop yard in mid ground…introverted (?) Bison cow dining away from the herd…Yakama Nation’s Reservation… #monoMonday #monochrome #bnw #Washingtonstate #photography #blackandwhitephotography #PNW #ruralscenes #landscape #rural #bison #WestCoastPhotography #cascademountains

Bald Eagle…I don’t post locations for where I see this protected national bird because there’s always someone eager to harvest and sell eagle feathers… #birds #BirdoftheDay #sideview #eagles #BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography #ornithology #Washingtonstate #PNW #WestCoastPhotography

They’re early…my first Daffodil opened 3/7/26 in the lower Yakima Valley Eastern Washington state… #gardening #flowers #Spring #nature #photography #Washingtonstate #PNW #dailyflowers #bloomscrolling #Photo #SundayYellow #flowerphotography

Some of last week’s birding: Bald Eagle visiting our neighborhood, Mallard Drake in a ditch, White Crested Black Polish rooster from a backroad, American Robin in our driveway… #stunday #birds #birdphotography #BirdsoftheWorld #birdwatching #Washingtonstate #photography #WestCoastPhotography

Smokey, the feral tom who visits for a meal now and then, wandering through one of my gardens…Yakima Valley… #caturday #cats #mygarden #Flowers #dailyflowers #Bloomscrolling #flowerphotography ##bloomsky

A few warm days and these snowy signs of winter are now gone from the southwest side of the Yakama Nation’s Reservation…drought conditions continue #washingtonstate #photography #PNW #washingtonisbeautiful #ruralscenes #rural #WestCoastPhotography #nature #backroads #landscape #scapes #snow

Another difficult day in America and a bouquet to cheer up those suffering from gray weather and really dark current events… #bouquets #flowers #dailyflowers #bloomscrolling #flowerphotography

A real sign of Spring is when farm/garden/animal feed stores bring in stock tanks equipped with heat lamps, feeders, water sources and fill them with baby chicks for sale…Union Gap, WA #chickens #poultry #farming #rural #birds #ruralscenes #farmlife #photography #smallbirdSaturday #BirdsoftheWorld

Bullock’s Oriole male doing a bit of pole dancing as he enjoys grape jelly at the feeder…White Swan, WA… #birds #colorfulcaptures #orioles #BirdoftheDay #birdphotography #closeup #BirdsoftheWorld #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #ornithology #photography #backyardbirding

Lots of color for those who are impatiently waiting for Spring…weather rumors say March winds will likely ruin my fun in the dirt…may have to settle for potting up some flower seeds… #floralFriday #dailyflowers #bouquets #flowerphotigraphy #bloomscrolling

Water Lilies this summer 2025 at the big pond, Sportsman State Park, Yakima, WA… #ThreeonThursday #waterlilies #flowers #bloomscrolling #Washingtonstate #PNW #dailyflowers #blossoms #photography #flowerphotography #naturephotography #WestCoastPhotography #water