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Thank you kindly! 😊🙏

Thank you, Margot! The youngsters at the refuge often seem less wary, finding themselves right next to the road.

Beautiful shot of one of my favorite spring flowers 💛

Bright yellow Oregon grape blossoms radiate out from a central vertical green stem. Each individual blossom has 6 petals and a round center.

A macro shot of Oregon grape blossoms in spring #YellowThu #BloomScrolling #flowers #NativePlants #macro #photography

A close-up portrait of a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk, taken at Ridgefield NWR earlier this week. There is beautiful feather definition, and his yellow cere, downturned beak and eyes seem to show a concerned expression.

I’ve been worried about you and thought I should check in…
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Say, you don’t happen to have any mice in there do you?
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My favorite type of pen is a Uniball Jetstream. This one is a metallic green, photographed on a crochet start to a cardigan.

Uni Jetstream preferably 4-color combo plus mechanical pencil

Max is beautiful 😍

Beautiful capture, Gerrit. 😍 Such an elegant bird.

A red-headed woodpecker, shortly after successfully grabbing some tidbit it was pursuing 🪶

Flickers have the most elegant black dots and dashes among their brown feathers. They also have a gray throat and red cheek patches if they’re male and a chevron of black feathers on their breast. Those in our area have red shafts on the underside of their wing feathers, hence the name.

A male Red-shafted Northern Flicker, working the ground like a robin for
#WoodpeckerWednesday

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Starvation Creek Falls
Between Cascade Locks and Hood River OR for
#WaterfallWednesday

Thank you, Marina 😊

A bald eagle calling out to its mate. They had been hunting ducks at Ridgefield NWR.

A pair of bald eagles frequently perch in the branches of a particular tree at Ridgefield NWR. Today they were calling out and mating at the top of the tree. 🫣 Though I did not get a photograph of them in action.

Today’s (Wednesday's) #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShoutItOut birds calling out. Thank you Alan H @alan678.bsky.social

Shouty Eagles

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Today’s (Wednesday's) #BirdOfTheDay theme is #ShoutItOut birds calling out. This one is for folks in different time zones to get a chance first.😊
Thank you Alan H! Can you hear this young Great Blue Heron shouting "Great surprise!"
#birds #photography #EastCoastKin #PhotographersUnited

Oh, thank you for this! I feel better about myself already 🤣

A juvenile Red/tailed Hawk #TalonTuesday
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Deeply corrugated bark in a light gray with dark deeper furrows covers the trunk of an Oregon White Oak, also called a Garry Oak. Green grass is seen at the margins.

The trunk of an Oregon White Oak (Quercus garryana) near Mosier OR

#ThickTrunkTuesday #TextureTuesday.
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Thank you Shantha 😊 I got enough hills in to be sore from my recent hikes. I need to get back into condition 😅

Thank you 😊

Open dear, now I picture them scuttling towards us like little crabs across the tops of our beds, desks, and countertops. 😄🤣

Captured this morning along the Memaloose Hills Trail with the dew still on the grass and the poodle, puffing out steamy breath as the weather was in the 40s. This photo peeks into the purple interior of a grass widow blossom, and somehow the back lighting and low morning light gives a blue tinge to the uppermost petals.

Grass Widow (Olsynium douglasii)
A perennial in Iris family, seen here blooming in Columbia Gorge.

#MacroMonday #BlueSkyMonday
#AlphabetChallenge #WeekIforInteriors
#BloomScrolling #PNW
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These are the kind of smart glasses we need! Ones that have a findmyglasses feature. 🤓🧭🔊

Growing on a rock outcropping above upland oak forests along the Columbia Gorge, this perennial in the carrot family is said to have been used for food and medicine by native tribes. It has a thick taproot and blue green leaves.

Columbia Desert Parsley
(Lomatium columbianum) is a perennial native to Washington and Oregon.

#ColorADay #PinkMon #BloomScrolling #PNW
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We drove past this American #Bittern twice before being it while striking a fish.

Perfect camouflage for a successful #fishing endeavor.

#birds #RidgefieldWA #birding #fish #birdwatching #photography #art #pdx #bird #blueskyartshow #birdphotography #pnw #wildlife #nature #oiseaux #vögel #pájaro

A black and yellow bumblebee perched on a cosmos flower with pink petals shading to a deeper magenta at the center. Look closely and the bumblebee is covered with bright spots of golden pollen.

A bumblebee on a bicolored cosmos flower. Poodle and I are headed out to hike and escape the dreadful news cycle for a bit.
#FlowersOnSunday #Stunday
#flower #nature #photography #inverts
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Swans swimming out among the tall marsh grasses at Ridgefield national wildlife refuge. This is the refuge in winter when rains have brought more water into the marshy areas.

Trumpeter Swans
Ridgefield NWR

#BirdOfTheDay #FourOrMore
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The bright blue of a peacock’s head and chest; the yellow of an American Goldfinch, and the red head of a Red-breasted Sapsucker.

Red, yellow, and blue… Though not in that order.

#BirdoftheDay #PrimaryColours
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Thank you, Robyn. 😊 Wings are so glorious

Thank you! 😊