Grey days bring a new kind of beauty. #nature 🌱 #mosses #leaves #seasons 🌿

A pair of zippy golden crowned kinglets visiting the tiny #wildlife pond today. 🪶 #birds #nature

A #singing Swallow. This one is a gorgeous Tree Swallow displaying its lovely blue tones. #birds #BirdOfTheDay #nature 🪶

Townsend’s Warbler giving me a #staredown #BirdOfTheDay #birds 🪶 #nature

A Coopers Hawk displaying #shadesofgrey for #BirdOfTheDay #birds 🪶 🦅 #nature

A tiny marauder amid the fallen leaves #nature #wildlife 🐿️

Hairy Woodpecker with snack😎🪶🦉 #birds #woodpeckers #nature #wildlife

Wilson’s Warbler is so #yellow 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #birds

Mt. St. Helens looking pretty fabulous. ⛰️ #mountains #snowpack #landscape #nature

Hiking buddies 😎 Pacific Tree Frog, Wooly Bear Caterpillar, Black-capped Chickadee. 🐛🐸🪶 #birds #nature #reptiles #frogs

American Bushtit #takingoff out at Sauvie Island. #BirdOfTheDay 🪶 #birds #nature

Peaceful moments. #nature #creek #water #trees

Autumn leaves and Dahlias. Lovely ride in Canby Oregon. 🚴🏿🚲 #bikesky #cycling #nature 🌿

A nice carrot harvest to finish out the growing season. 🌱🌿🥕 #PNW

Fall color going strong. 🌱🌿 #PNW

Time for a pedicure? #funny #BirdOfTheDay #osprey 🪶🦅 #birds

Greetings! Rough skinned newt. 🦎 #newts #amphibians #nature

A pair of majestic bald eagles in the distance. They were watching their less than majestic offspring who was flailing around and calling from an even more distant tree. #baldeagles #raptors #birds 🪶

All kinds of #twosday #BirdOfTheDay pairs. Female Common Mergansers, California Gulls, Brown Pelicans. 🪶 #birds #nature

Phalarope follow up: I think this is a non breeding Red Phalarope given its tiny size. First time seeing one!!!🪶 #birds #shorebirds #nature

Wilson’s Phalarope? 🫨 Tiny, swimming in circles. Pre dawn photo so not the greatest resolution 🪶 #birds #nature Near Ecola Creek in Cannon Beach.

Feeling grumpy? A #greatblueheron hunkering down for #BirdOfTheDay. #heron 🪶 #birds #nature.

Scorpion weed dispersing its seeds. Native to #PNW. 🌱🌿 #nativeplants

A Great Egret out for a morning stroll for today’s #BirdOfTheDay. #egrets 🪶 #birds #nature

Wild evening primrose still blossoming. #nativeplants #nature 🌿🌱

Have seen a lot of these this fall. Poisonous Amanita aka Fly Agaric. #mushrooms #fungi 🍄🍄‍🟫 🌱

Amazing flock of golden crowned Kinglets visiting my tiny wildlife pond!!!! 🪶 #birds #kinglets Sound on to hear them chattering.

Anna’s Hummingbird amidst the fall foliage. These birds stay throughout the winter here in Oregon. 🪶 #birds #nature #photography

White throated Sparrow! Less common around here and fun to see. 🪶 #birds #nature #sparrows

Anemone with Hoverfly on board. 🌱 🐝 🦟 🌿 #pollinators #gardening #PNW

American Bushtit. I love how their piercing eyes make them look like #angrybirds 🤣 #birds 🪶 #nature #photography

A gorgeous Western Tanager for today’s #Colorful #BirdOfTheDay 🪶 #birds

Peekaboo chipmunk. 🐿️ #mammals #nature #chipmunks

Little cutie. American Bushtit 🪶 #birds #nature #photography

What a fabulous tree! 🌱🪾 #trees #maples #nature

A sweet white crowned Sparrow for today’s #BirdOfTheDay #BirdInABush 🪶 #sparrows #birds #nature

The last water lily. 🌱🌿🪷 #PNW

#birdoftheday is a Great Blue Heron and its reflection. #LongNeckedBirds #birds #herons🪶

Came across a flock of Goldfinches having a seed-fest. They are in their non breeding pale plumage. #goldfinches 🪶 #birds #nature

Mallard with an opinion. 🪶 #birds #wildlife #ducks

A pair of Gadwalls preparing to gad about. 🪶 #birds #nature #ducks #wildlife

Great Egret out for a stroll. 🪶 #birds #nature #photography #egrets

Sandhill Cranes stop off at Sauvie Island on their way down south for the winter. This group was on a private cornfield so couldn’t get any closer. Fun to observe and listen to their eerie calls. 🪶 #birds #nature #birdmigration

Good morning, Bluesky☀️ #sunrise #landscape #nature 🌱

Western pearly everlasting. Another crazy plant name! In the Aster family, native, leaves are edible when cooked. #nativeplants 🌱🌿 #asters #nature

Yellow-crowned warbler feasting on Dogwood berries. 🪶 #birds #warblers #nature 🌱

Field of rusted dreams? #vintagecars #landscape #photography

Pacific Chorus Frog, tiny but mighty. 🐸 #frogs #amphibians #treefrog #nature

Rose spirea, Watercress, Nodding Beggarticks, Bird’s-foot-trefoil. Such fun plant names. #nativeplants #wetlands 🌱🌿

Adorable Downey Woodpecker. Vocal and busy. 🪶 #birds #woodpeckers #nature #photography