Dramatic hardy Hibiscus blooming at the Yakima Area Arboretum…the red one is dinner plate sized, white/red tea cup sized…highlights of my walk… #ColorADay #RedWed #Flowers #FlowerPhotography #Blossoms #Bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #DailyFlowers #FlowersofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotogrsphy

Spotted Towhee seeking a soft crabapple for a nice mid-winter snack… #EasternWashington #BirdoftheDay #RedOrDead #Birds #Winter #BirdPhotography #PNW #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #BirdLife #BirdWatching #Photography

Osprey youngster hopping up and down to develop wing strength

Cottonwood Trees killed by the Slide Ranch Wildfire two years ago in #easternWashington… those dead trunks provide excellent habitat for insects and birds… #thicktrunkTuesday #Trees #Fire #RuralScenes #Scapes #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #Nature #LandscapePhotography

Great Blue Heron with a successful fish catch at the Sportsman State Park pond, Yakima, Washington… #BirdoftheDay #FabulousWaders #Reflections #BirdPhotography #ColorADay #BlueTue #Birds #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #Birding #EasternWashington #BirdWatching

Smooth Blue Aster, late summer/fall blooming perennial plant in the Winter Garden at the Yakima Area Arboretum…known as an excellent pollinator attraction… #BlueTue #ColorADay #DailyFlowers #Bloomscrolling #Blossoms #Flowers #FlowerPhotography #gardensky #GardenPhotography #FlowerSky

Juvenile Osprey practicing short distance flights from the platform nest to a nearby power pole 8/2/26… #EasternWashington #PNW #BirdoftheDay #Speckled #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdWatching #BitdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #BirdLife

Lots of the pink in my container gardens…they’re dealing surprisingly well with full sun, high winds and 90+ temperatures #EasternWashington #ColorADay #PinkMon #gardening #Flowers #FlowerPhotography #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #MyGarden #BloomScrolling #DailyFlowers

First time birding with digital camera 2010…poor visual memory so needed photos to ID birds I was seeing like this dark-morph Red-tailed Hawk…Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge #BirdoftheDay #Firsts #Birds #Hawks #BirdPhotography #Raptors #PNW #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography

Scratched earth from wind-driven 4000 acre wildfire Eastern #WashingtonState Barbed wire fence laying on charred ground…old cow carcass bones at base of sagebrush—calcium doesn’t burn… #StunDay #Fire #Wildfires #PNW #scapes #Landscapes #Photography #WestCoastPhotography #ruralscenes

Juvenile Osprey strengthening wings for flight by hopping straight up and down on platform nest… #BirdoftheDay #BestofJuly #Birds #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #WashingtonState #BirdsofBlueSky #Osprey #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdLife

Caught this Say’s Phoebe flycatcher appearing to observe a pair of Red-tailed Hawks doing a romantic arial display near Toppenish Creek, #WashingtonState #BirdoftheDay #OverTheRainbow #Birds #Flycatchers #BirdPhotography #PNW #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #BirdWatching

Red-winged Blackbird lurking in a roadside wild rose bush on a very gray day…Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge… #WashingtonState #PNW #BirdoftheDay #HedgingYourBets #Birds #Blackbirds #Songbirds #GreenSat #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography

Yakima Valley #WasingtonState is in its 4th year of drought…climate’s semi arid, high desert… annual precipitation about 8 inches…ground vegetation not irrigated is brown…lush, green is at Yakima Area Arboretum… #ColorADay #GreenSat #Photography #Landscape #WestCoastPhotography #scape #photo #PNW

Yellow-headed Blackbird on an old dried Cattail at Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge…no song—makes harsh, deep squeaky sounds… #WashingtonState #BirdoftheDay #Yellow #Blackbirds #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsoftheWorld #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdLife #BirdWatching

My first ever Dahlia blooms…can see my soil needs lots more work…have old cow manure, mint slugs, grass clippings & leaves for building loam soil…Suggestions always welcome… #gardening #Dahlias #Flowers #blossoms #GardenPhotography #BloomScrolling #FlowerReport #WestCoastPhotography

Had a flock of 9 Great Egrets visit the stand of trees behind our house for 2 days last winter…a lone Great Blue Heron joined them & stt to Syed when they left… #BirdoftheDay #EgretsAndHerons #Birds #BirdPhotography #Egrets #Herons #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld

Somehow this Blue Jay wound up at my Eastern Washington feeder after a serious windstorm…loved them in Wisconsin & it was my high school mascot…stayed 5 minutes… #BirdoftheDay #YourChoice #Jays #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #BirdLife #BirdWatching

A Peace Rose, the most famous and successful hybrid tea cultivator in history…named at end of WWII…Rose Garden, Yakima Area Arboretum… #ColorADay #YellowThu #Roses #PNW #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography #Flowers #DailyFlowers #Gardens #WestCoastPhotography #BloomSky #RosesofBlueSky #FlowerReport

Fire crews putting out hot spots on perimeter of 7/26/2026 Ransier Fire…it & 7/24/2026 Signal Peak Fire burned 4330 acres, 24 structures,16 homes, White Swan, Yakama Reservation… #Washingtonstate #HumansofBlueSky #ruralscenes #fire #photography #LandscapePhotography #rural #PNW #WestCoastPhotography

Mallard male leisurely strolling lawn near Reflection Pond at Sarg Hubbard Park, Yakima Greenway… #BirdoftheDay #DucksOutOfWater #MultiColour #Ducks #BirdWatching #BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #Parks #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdLife

Barn Swallow…fast-flying bug catcher, with a bad reputation for building messy mud nests on man-made structures…Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge… #BirdoftheDay #MultiColour #Swallows #Birds #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdPhotography #BirdLife #ornithology #NaturePhotography #PNW

The Mister Lincoln Hybrid Tea Rose in our Eastern Washington backyard…really wish I could share its classic fragrance with you as it’s as elegant to the nose as to the eye… #RoseWednesday #RedWed #Roses #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Gardening #FlowerPhotography #Photography #GardenPhotography #MyGsrden

Male Wood Duck in melting late winter snow near the pond at Sportsman State Park, Yakima,Washington… #BirdoftheDay #WeatheringtheElements #Birds #EyeoftheWild #Ducks #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #Photography #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky

Juvenile Black-chinned Hummingbird captured in flight from tree where it was hatched to my backyard nectar feeder… #BirdoftheDay #EmeraldBackdrop #Birds #Hummingbirds #BirdPhotography #PNW #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #Photography #WestCoastPhotography

Years of strong westerly winds had their way with the growth of this Oak tree on the grounds of historic Fort Simcoe State Park, #WashingtinState #thicktrunkTuesday #trees #parks #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography

A blossom on a Zinnia plant I grew from seed and transplanted to my garden…bugs bothered it but it’s amazingly resilient…Yakima Valley… #ColorADay #PinkMon #MacroMonday #Gardening #Flowers #InMyGardenToday #FlowerPhotography #Blossoms #PNW #Bloomscrolling #GardenPhotography

Adult Sharp-shinned Hawk keeping a hungry eye on my backyard bird feeding area waiting to strike when a songbird ventures out of hiding…Yakima Valley #BirdiftheDay #Grey #Birds #Raptors #BirdPhotography #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #westCoastPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdLife #Birding

Juvenile Northern Groshawk…used to enter annual amateur Central Washington State Fair photo competitions…great fun & encourage others to give it a try at their local fairs… #BirdoftheDay #Memories #Birds #Hawks #Raptors #BirdPhotography #Photo #WestCoastPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld

2000+ acre wind driven wildfire on the Yakama Nation’s Reservation near White Swan, WA July 24, 2026…photos taken from my front porch, 12 minute drive at 55mph from fire…night shot 12:30am… #ActionPhotography #landscape #rural #WestCoastPhotography #ruralscen #photography #WashingtonState