Lupine from out back. #wildflowerphotography #wildflowers #naturephotography #PNWphotography #springtime

Took time out from fly fishing to take a couple of riverside pics. Salmon flies (pteronarcys californica) and golden stoneflies (hesperoperla pacifica) hatches were in full swing.

Vining maple #forestphotography #naturephotography #PNWphotos #WestCoastKin #photographersofBlueSky

A reptile and a fern imitating a reptile. This alligator lizard was cold & on the concrete shop floor in the morning. Moved him to the sun and after a little while was gone off on its way 😊 #naturephotography #reptiles #ferns #PNWphotos #BlueskyPhotography

Happy Earth Day #happyEarthDay

The Marvelous Spatuletail, found in just one valley in northern Peru and is one of the rarest hummingbirds on Earth. [📹Alex Fine] Original post

A close-up photo showing a jumping spider (Platycryptus undatus) gripping a green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata). 🔵🟢🟡🟠🔴 Photography by Vietnamese macro and nature photograph: Nguyễn Trọng Quyết [FB] quyet_macro [IG] #insect #macro #fly #spider #nature #metallic #colors

Colorful openings. A sumac emerging and a little bowl of unopened apple blossoms. #flowerphotography #springtimeblossoms #naturephotography #EastCoastKin #blueskyphotography

Morning run on the beach! 🐾⛱️ #DogsOfBlueSky

The Cathedral Group at first light, Grand Teton National Park. February, 2020. 📷 Fujifilm X-T3 + XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR 🎞 323 mm – 1/100″ – f/11 – ISO 160 🏷️ #NationalParks #Landscapes #Photography

Little montage of poison oak emerging. #forestphotography #riversidephotography #wildflowerphotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin

Bird's-foot trefoil holding a water droplet. #wildflowerphotography #naturephotography #springphotos #PNWphotography #PhotographersofBlueSky #WestCoastKin

Big leaf maple emerging along a riverside. #forestphotography #naturephotography #PNWphotography #springphotos #PhotographersofBlueSky #WestCoastKin

Nice hummingbird #Stunday #ECK #birds

Fairy slippers (Calypso bulbosa) in abundance out back this year carpeting the forest floor. Interesting row of aphids feeding along the first one's stem. #wildflowers #wildflowerphotography #wildorchids #naturephotography #PNWphotography #forestphotography

White crowned-sparrow spying on me taking flower pics in our apple trees. #birdphotography #bird's #PNWphotgraphy

Granny Smith blossoms after an early morning rain storm. #flowerphotography #appleblossoms #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin

Emerging spring blossoms promising deliciousness. Apples and blueberries. #flowerphotography #springblossoms #naturephotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin

A couple lily pics for Easter today. Wild white fawn lily along the banks of a forested river. Happy Easter. #EasterLily #wildlife #wildflowerphotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin ##EastCoastKin

Good doggie 🐶

Another "out back pic". Japanese Maple waking up to spring. #springtime #PNWSpring #flowerphotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin #photographersofBlueSky

Rosemary in our herb garden welcoming spring. #springflowers #flowerphotography #springtime #naturephotography #PNWphotogtaphy #WestCoastKin

May the call of this beautiful laughing kookaburra uplift your day. #bird #kookaburra #australia

River worn drift wood. #rivers #forest #naturephotography #PNWphotography #photographersofBlueSky

Rosehip remains leftover from winter. #MacroMonday #wildflowerphotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin

Monday fungi. Recent pic of some colorful shelf type fungi along a river bank. Scoured & cleaned by recent high water. #fungi #fungifriends #naturephotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin

Fungi Friday a poor beat up lone mushroom and a crowded fungi stump. #fungiFriday #fungifriends #naturephotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin

Only recent shot I found. A grounded Dark-eyed junco with seeds in lips cleared and ready for takeoff. #bird's #grounded #birdoftheday #photography #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #PNWphotography

Keeping with more duck pics. Like the serious stare from the little drake shoveller. And Mr & Mrs Pintail each with a little something hanging right there on their lips. #WaterfowlWednesday #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin

Pintails are so stunning. Here's another, a drake in the grass.Their back feathers are amazing & like the contrast & simultaneous camouflage with the long grass. #waterfowl #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #photographersofBlueSky

Another waterfowl pic from yesterday. A drake shoveller resting on a log. #waterfowl #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin

Finally a sunny day yesterday so went to a nearby National Wildlife refuge to check out some waterfowl etc. Here's a beautiful drake pintail that was feeding with it's mate and a few other pairs in the shallows. #waterfowl #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin

More nuthatch peering through the branches. #bird's #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin

Hope everyone has a happy Tuesday. Nature photo day 421 #peace #nature #photography #eastcoastkin #hiking #photographersofBluesky #photographersunited #pnw #landscapephotography #seascape #TidesoutTuesday #rockinTuesday

More spring springing. Red plum flowering and Indian plum just opening. #Springflowers #plums #naturephotography #flowerphotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin #Photography

Spring springing. Tall oregon grape. #forestphotography #nativeplants #naturephotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #Spring

Was given a moment for a quick portrait pic. #wildlife #wildlifephotography #deerphotography #blacktaileddeer #naturephotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin

In between wet snow squalls today. A couple of shots of early spring buds in water droplets reflecting the surrounding forest. #forestphotography #forests #springbuds #naturephotography #WestCoastKin #PNWphotography #EastCoastKin

Weathered wood and ferns. #naturephotography #forestphotography #forests #winter #photography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin

Macro Monday again. American hornbean winter leaf and bark from a burned doug fir. #MacroMonday #macrophotography #Macro #naturephotography #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin #photography

Macro Monday. Some sand. #MacroMonday #Macrophotography #naturephotography #photography #PNWphotography

Stare down from a Downy Woodpecker. Not a great shot but liked the look #BirdoftheDay Posted up on a tree branch but not on a post. #birdphotography #birds #wildbirds #naturephotography #photography

Rosehips shine so bright and standout in muted winter colors. #wildflowers #naturephotography #PNWphotography #photography #WestCoastKin

Sunny winter's day. Bend in the river. #rivers #naturephotography #landscapephotography #PNWphotos #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin

Wood scoured by flooding river waters. #MacroMonday #macrophotography #naturephotography #WestCoastKin

Mushroom Monday #MushroomMonday #Mushrooms #fungifriends #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #PNW

Another yardbird from today, a nuthatch. #birds #birdphotography #naturephotography #WestCoastKin #PNWphotography

Yardbird today downy woodpecker. #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #WestCoastKin

Few more coastal pics from the recent beautiful weather. #PNWCoast #OregonCoast #PNWphotography #PNW #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #Oceanphotos

Absolutely gorgeous on the Oregon coast this past weekend. Like summer in January! #sunshinePNW #PNWcoast #PNWphotography #WestCoastKin #EastCoastKin #Oceanphotos