A Redwing Black Bird perched at the top of a dead Alder Tree overlooking the Willapa River's grass wetland tidal flood zone in Raymond, Washington. #birdphotography #birding #bird #redwingblackbird

The Native Wild Tiger Lilies are blooming in the Pacific Northwest. #nativewildflowers #wildflowers #tigerlily #pnw

Native Wild Roses are blooming in the Pacific Northwest. #nativewildflowers #wildflowers #pnw #wildflowers

Wild Native Tiger Lilies are blooming in the Pacific Northwest. #tigerlilies #tigerlily #pnw #wildflowers

The native wild roses are blooming in the Pacific Northwest. #wildrose #wildflowers #pnw

A wild native bee and beetle share a wild native rose. #wildflower #nativebee #insect #pnw

Wild Native Roses are blooming in the Pacific Northwest. #wildflowers #wildrose #pnw

Wild Native Tiger Lilies are blooming in the Pacific Northwest. #wildflowers #tigerlily #pnw

Wild Native Tiger Lilies are blooming in the Pacific Northwest. #wildflowers #tigerlily #pnw

Wild Native Tiger Lilies are blooming in the Pacific Northwest. #wildflowers #tigerlily #pnw

Night and Day time operations of Weyerhaeuser Lumber Mill lumber drying kilns in Raymond, Washington.

A cedar waxwing perched on a dead alder tree branch. #birding #birdwatching #bird

A redwing black bird singing from its perch at the top of a dead alder tree. #birdwatching #birds #birding

Willapa Hills covered in by the coastal marine layer. #willapahills #landscapephotography #nature

Native Wild Rose. #wildrose #nativeplants #wildflower

Native Wild Roses are blooming in the Pacific Northwest. #wildflowers #nature #wildrose

Wild Red Clovers are blooming in the Pacific Northwest. #nature #wildflower #redclover #clover

A small beetle feeding on wild daisy nectar. #wildflowers #beetle #nature

The Willapa River's tidal grass wetland flood zone with the tree covered Willapa Hills in the background. #landscape #pnw #willapa

A small spider connects its web to a wild plantain flower. #spider #plantain #wildflower

A song sparrow singing its good morning song. #songsparrow #sparrow #birds

A beetle hides in a wild rose. #wildflower #nature #pnw

The coastal marine layer starts burning off around 10 am above the tidal grass wetland flood zone in Raymond, Washington. #landscape #photography #nature

Wild daisies are blooming in the Pacific Northwest. #wildflowers

A wild native bee gathers pollen from a wild native rose. #nativebee #wildrose #nativeplants

The necropsy of the gray whale that was found on Johnson's Beach in Bay Center, Washington on May 15, 2026, was performed today, May 18, 2026, by Cascadia Research Collective with assistance from Chinook Indian Nation Tribal Lands and Water Steward Hugh Amaguq Ahnatook and I. #science #marinebiology

Hudsonian whimbrel also known as Hudsonian curlew, scientific name Numenius hudsonicus. A flock of Hudsonian Whimbrels / Curlews were foraging in the tide pools on the exposed mudflats during low tide of Willapa Bay. #shorebirds #migratoryshorebirds #birding #birdwatching

A Bald Eagle waits in the rain for a seafood lunch provided by a friend that works as a seafood processor in Bay Center, Washington. #baldeagle #pacificnorthwest #pnw

A wet Bald Eagle waits in the rain for lunch provided by a friend that works as a seafood processor in Bay Center, Washington. #baldeagle #pacificnorthwest #pnw

The 20th Gray Whale has died from suspected starvation along the Washington State coastline. This adult male Gray Whale was found on the mudflats near Bay Center, Washington in Willapa Bay on the evening of May 14th, 2026.

The 20th Gray Whale has died from suspected starvation along the Washington State coastline. This adult male Gray Whale was found on the mudflats near Bay Center, Washington in Willapa Bay on the evening of May 14th, 2026.

Another Gray Whale has died from suspected starvation in Willapa Bay near Bay Center, Washington. The adult male Gray Whale was found on the mudflats near Bay Center, Washington on the evening of May 14th, 2026.

Willapa Bay is a great place to go birding for migratory shore birds. #birding #birdwatching #landscape #nature

The sun sets behind the coastal marine layer over Willapa Bay as the tide recedes. #sunset #pnw #landscapephotography

A mixed flock of migratory shorebirds flying over the mudflats of Willapa Bay as the tide recedes looking for new areas to forage. #shorebirds #migration #pnw

Whimbrels and a smaller migratory shore bird fly over Willapa Bay. #migratoryshorebirds #whimbrels #pnwbirds

An oyster boat returns to South Bend, Washington at the migratory shorebirds feed along the shoreline of Willapa Bay as the tide recedes. #willapabay #willapabayoysters #pnw

I cleaned and serviced an old made in the USA True Temper 922c levelwind bait casting fishing reel this morning.

Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife and I caught the brown pelican so they could take it to get a medical exam and then take it to Peninsula Wild Care for rehabilitation.

After I fed the Brown Pelican my previous daily limit of shelled razor clams it flew and went fishing for itself. #brownpelican

Two Dunlin and a Sanderling forage for marine organisms along the shoreline of Willapa Bay. #birds #birding #birdwatching

In the area of Grayland Beach State Park where vehicles are allowed on the beach Sanderlings feed on small marine organisms kicked up in the loose sand caused by the driver spinning their tires in the wet sand. #sanderlings #birdwatching #birding

The areas that are closed to the public within Grayland Beach State Park are for wildlife like the Western Snowy Plover to nest and for other wildlife like this Bald Eagles to be able to go to without being bothered by people, vehicles, and dogs of lease. #baldeagle #nature #pacificnorthwest

A bald eagle perched on a piece of driftwood protruding from the beach sand in front of the sand dunes. #nature #birdphotography #baldeagle

Three Bald Eagles look for razor clams left behind by clammers. #baldeagles #birdwatching #birding #pnw

A heard of Elk heads for the shade of the Pacific Northwest Coastal Forest. #elk #nature #wildlife #pnw

Brown Pelicans resting along the shoreline of Willapa Bay during low tide with the Willapa Hills in the background. #brownpelican #pelicans #landscapephotography #birdwatching

This brown pelican is now feeling better and fishing for its own fish now.

Brown Pelicans and be observed feeding on fish they catch in Willapa Bay from Tokeland, Washington. #pelicans #brownpelican #birds #nature

A juvenile bald eagle surveys the beach below its perch for any fresh seafood to eat. #baldeagle #juvenilebaldeagle #birding #birdwatching