Andrea Peterson

Beautiful capture, Enrique!

A double-crested cormorant taking flight off of the waters of Puget Sound. A tree-strewn shoreline can be seen in the background.

A double-crested cormorant taking flight on the south side of Blake Island, Puget Sound

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Movement #Cormorant #SeaBirds #Suquamish #Boating #FeatheredFriends #Photography #Action #PugetSound

Thanks, Frank! 😊

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Thanks, Mary 🫶😊

Thank you so much 🫶

What a kind thing to say, thank you so much 🫶

The Seattle skyline from Elliot Bay with the Space Needle visible in the center and buildings surrounding it. The Cascades can be seen in the background and the sky is large and filled with dark and moody skies. Puget Sound waters are visible in the foreground.

The Seattle Space Needle under tempestuous skies, shot from Elliot Bay

#Seattle #SpaceNeedle #Scape #BlueSkyArtShow #Sky #Clouds #Boating #PNW #Photography #Skyline

A close-up of a tree trunk thickly covered in green moss, lichen, ferns, and a cluster of tan colored mushrooms.

Fabulous forest fungi for fun 😁

#Forest #Fungi #Mushrooms #ColorADay #GreenSat #Green #Lush #Mossy #Ferns #PNW #Photography #Scape #Nature

A black and white close-up of a fully bloomed rose

A black and white close-up of a rose from our garden

#Flowers #Roses #Bloomscrolling #BNWmacro #Macro #BNW #ClassicMono #Mono #Photography

A gray, white, buff, and black colored black-capped chickadee poised to jump into a small bird bath with its wings outstretched behind it. It is a fledgling bird and you can see pink flesh under the wing. There is a mossy rock in the water and moss and leaves in the background.

A black-capped chickadee perfecting its form while jumping into the birdbath

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Movement #BackyardBirds #Edmonds #Birdscrolling #Photography #FeatheredFriends

Thank you!!

Absolutely!! 😊

It’s mind blowing! 🤯 😊

Thank you 😊

You’re the best, thank you for your wisdom 🤩

This is wonderful! 🥰

I love it! Thank you so much 🫶🏻

Ha! How fun! He always manages to make me smile 😃

Why do sharks love Willapa Bay? Northwest scientists have some ideas Every summer, the quiet waters of Willapa Bay in Southwest Washington become a shark superhighway.

Every summer, Willapa Bay turns into a shark superhighway. Sharks, especially sevengills, migrate in from the ocean in large numbers. Northwest researchers are trying to understand why.

Stunning, Loretta! 🫶🏻

A close-up of a round fully bloomed Dahlia in black-and-white. The flower fills almost the entire image with just a little bit of stem visible toward the bottom.

A black and white version of a fully bloomed dahlia

#Flowers #FloralFriday #FridayFlowers #BlackAndWhite #ClassicMono #ColorADay #BWFri #Bloomscrolling #Photography #Mono

A pelagic red crab at the Monterey Bay aquarium this past summer

#MarineLife #SquatLobsters #Invertebrates #Galatheidae #Crustaceans #Photography #WestCoast

The ultra cool elephant fish in the Monterey Bay Aquarium searching for food

#MarineLife #DeepSea #FishyFriday #Fish #SpiderCrab #CallorhinchusMilii #Chimaeras #MBARI #Scape #California

A snapshot of the Hoh rainforest with two trees in the center of the image, absolutely covered with thick, moss and lichen. There are additional trees, plants, and ferns all throughout the image.

A beautiful green and surreal world in the Hoh Rainforest on the Washington peninsula

#ForestFriday #Scape #Forest #Rainforest #PNW #Hoh #Photography #Trees #Moss #Lichen #Nature

A pathway in a forest with a large broken tree that has fallen down and is suspended over the path. There are trees, leaves, lichen, and moss all around the image

Walking in the forest, under the trees 🌲

#ForestFriday #Forests #Trees #PNW #Photography #Lichen #Moss #Scape

Thank you! 😊

Thank you! 😊

I agree, they are a lot of fun! 😊

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