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A Grey #Squirrel with a walnut for #SquirrelSaturday! #mammal #photography #EastCoastKin

I had seen small ones, but this was large at approx 6 inches by 4 inches. The rain has been good at bringing out the mushrooms.

What a great shot! So nice, Jonathan 😍

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At the same perch, so probably the same Great blue Heron as earlier posts... but joined with a fellow Belted Kingfisher at Koll Center Wetlands today!
#TwoForOne
#birds #birding #birdwatching #Heron #Kingfisher #birdphotography #art #photography #wildlifephotography #pnw #wildlife #wilderness #pdx

Looks a bit like an orange brain, doesn't it? Or orange cheese doodles. This is #10MinutesFromHome at the local lake that I walk at most often.

This really was an amazingly deep orange color. I'm thinking it's Witch's Butter or Orange Jelly Fungus (Tremella mesenterica) growing on a flat-to-the-ground small stump.

#Mushroom #Fungi #FungiFriends #FungiFriday
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Thanks Alina 🙂 - I think they were emphasized that morning by a bit of lingering fog.

Thank you! 😊The steep side of the trail system, but it has some great light and shadows.

Thank you 😊

Thank you! I’ll have to take a look. I have been making donations to the local food bank this season.

Oh dear. It is affecting so many people in the area. You haven’t happened to see any flood-specific donation efforts for the region have you?

Thank you kindly! 😊

Thank you, Alan 🙏 And welcome home.

Thank you, Alan! 😊 I hope you’re able to catch up on sleep after your travels. Looking forward to seeing your photos.

So many swans have returned to the refuge now that we’re getting more water. Merlin only heard tundra swans.

Hurray for #FlyDay
Tundra Swans at Ridgefield NWR with a trio of ducks going bottoms-up around the frame.
#BirdOfTheDay #Splashes
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Canada geese or Cackling geese? I find it rather hard to tell the difference without hearing them, or seeing them side-by-side.

I believe these are Cackling Geese enjoying a shallow puddle at Ridgefield NWR.
#BirdOfTheDay theme of #Splashes
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Thank you!😊 I have trouble discerning which photos would work well for monochrome and am trying to develop a better eye 👁️ (practice, practice.)

A Columbia White-tailed doe grazing on the grassy dike surrounding the marsh #RidgefieldNWR

Just a quiet little refuge #scape from 10 days ago. I am anxious to see what Ridgefield NWR looks like after all of the rain. That’s the birdwatching blind in the background, top left.
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Photo of crepuscular rays, or sun beams, shining through the trees on a mid August morning last year. A family with a young child are coming up the trail on the west side of Paradise, Mount Rainier.

An edit of a photo in monochrome for #ForestFriday #ColorADay #BWFri
Mount Rainier NP #PNW
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❤️ Yours is in beautiful shape. I saved (then deleted) your pic after using Google images to confirm it was a cotoneaster, confirming what I had growing along my driveway, which has dropped its leaves. 👍🏻

I’ve only seen one eating a duck. 🦆 But I did not see them catch it.

You’re making me feel more charitably inclined towards these beautiful birds, Kris. How many do you have coming in to your feeder? (I’ve had over 40 at a time in SW WA state, and none of the hanging feeders can withstand that.) I do love seeing them in the timber lands.

Thank you 😊 All of the rain, and relatively warm weather is really bringing out the mushrooms.

Thank you 😊

A curved and bronzed maple leaf on the gravel pathway shining with its glaze of water.

The last surviving leaf on a hazelnut tree, photographed from below with the rain coming down as a mist.

A wet, orange mushroom of unknown variety amongst the forest litter. There’s a drop of water hanging from the gills.

A wet walk yesterday #PNW
#ColorADay #YellowThu
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All for love! 💗

Band-tails are soft blue-gray above and purplish-gray below, with a white crescent on the back of the neck. The upper half of the tail is gray, fading to a pale gray band at the tip. The wings are unmarked pale gray with dark wingtips noticeable in flight. The bill and feet are yellow. I don't mind a few, but large mobs will swing a hanging feeder with their wings and weight and knock them to the ground.

The alternative theme for today’s #BirdOfTheDay, #Pigeons

Band-tails are large forest pigeons that travel in groups to search for nuts, fruits, and seeds on the ground and in trees. They typically travel and feed in flocks of dozens to hundreds of individuals.

#PNW
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Thank you! 😊 They are a bright pop of color during our gray PNW winter.

Very cool shot 😎

Thank you, Rob 😊

The rich ruddy breeding plumage of a Cinnamon Teal shines on the grey waters of Ridgefield NWR. He also features a bright red eye, a dark bill, and dark tail with white highlights.

Cinnamon and Spice and everything nice --
A Cinnamon Teal drake (Spatula cyanoptera) in a watery wonderland back in April. ❣️
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