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#wildfire #westkelowna #rosevalley #naturephotography

This was my first visit the area since the fire and I was happy to see the beginnings of renewal (well, everyone except the inevitable invasives). Evidence of Woodpeckers were on many of the charred trunks and the forest understory was lush. Next Spring’s wildflowers should be a sight!

New life after the fire. The massive and destructive 2023 wildfire in West Kelowna destroyed large tracts of forest, but vegetations is beginning its return. This was my first visit the area since the fire and I was happy to see the beginnings of renewal (well, everyone except the inevitable invasives). Evidence of Woodpeckers were on many of the charred trunks and the forest understory was lush. Next Spring’s wildflowers should be a sight!

New life after the fire. The massive and destructive 2023 wildfire in West Kelowna destroyed large tracts of forest, but vegetations is beginning its return.

Common Loons on Oyama Lake, Central Okanagan. The immature Loon was pestering the parent to continue to feed it, but the adult wasn’t having any part of it.

Common Loons on Oyama Lake, Central Okanagan. The immature Loon was pestering the parent to continue to feed it, but the adult wasn’t having any part of it.

#birds #commonloon #loon #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #oyamalake #okanagan

Small pond reflecting surrounding forest near the summit of Mount Revelstoke, near the parking area of Meadows in the Sky Parkway, on a sunny, warm summer day.

Morning hike at Meadows in the Sky Parkway, Mount Revelstoke National Park, BC. An easy, scenic drive, with many pull-over viewpoints along the way and gorgeous alpine flower meadows at the summit.

A favourite Okanagan wildflower - the Sagebrush Mariposa Lily. Easily one of the most beautiful of our wildflowers.

A favourite Okanagan wildflower - the Sagebrush Mariposa Lily. Easily one of the most beautiful of our wildflowers.
#mariposalily #sagebrushmariposalily #wildflowers #okanagan #wildflowerphotography #naturephotography

Just a sweet, little Yellow Warbler, perched on a branch in the forest, to brighten up a Sunday afternoon.

Just a sweet, little Yellow Warbler to brighten up a Sunday afternoon.

#birds #birdwatching #birding #yellowwarbler #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

Thank you!😊

Thank you!

Common Look swimming in calm lake waters in morning light.

This Common Loon popped up right beside my kayak this morning, the first morning I felt confident enough to kayak with my camera in tow.

#loon #commonloon #birds #birdwatching #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #kayakphotography

Thank you Steve! I didn’t even know there was such a beauty until we were floating down the river. If you haven’t yet been, Costa Rica is a birding wonder!

Yellow-headed Caracara adult (Falcon) on a stump in the river, looking down and back, Costa Rica

Yellow-headed Caracara (Falcon) contemplation, Costa Rica
#birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #falcon #caracara #yellowheadedcaracara #wildlifephotography #costarica

Sometimes when you're birding, you get distracted by botany. Woodland Pine Drops among the trees and shrubs.

Sometimes when you're birding, you get distracted by botany. Woodland Pine Drops among the trees and shrubs.

#woodlandpinedrops #wildflowers #naturephotography #wildflowerphotography

Thank you!😊 I shoot with an OM-1 II, with their 150-600mm zoom, for birds photos.

Snowshoe Hare, sitting in a field of Oxeye Daisies and Clover.

I only had my iPhone with me during the hike, but this Snowshoe Hare seemed to be asking for its pic to be taken, while sitting prettily among the Oxeye Daisies and Clover.
#showshoehare #oxeyedaisies #mammals
#hares #naturephotography #wildlifephotography

Protective parent - Sandhill Crane and colt, Harn’s Marsh, Lehigh Acres, FL.

Protective parent - Sandhill Crane and colt, Harn’s Marsh, Lehigh Acres, FL.

#sandhillcrane #birds #colt #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #harnsmarsh

Goodbye to the Western Trillium - see you next Spring. This one last white flower was still holding out while all around it had turned pink and begun to wilt.

Goodbye to the Western Trillium - see you next Spring. This one last white flower was still holding out while all around it had turned pink and begun to wilt.
#westerntrillium #wildflower #flower #wildflowerphotography #flowerphotography #naturephotography #okanagan

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Two Eastern Kingbirds; one posted on a twig, the other flying closely over top with its beak open, squawking. All against a clean, light green background.

Two Eastern Kingbirds fighting it out over a perch.

#easternkingbird #birds #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #birdphotography

Thanks you!😊

Blue Flax wildflowers and buds against a blurred green background with hints of out-of-focus flax flowers in the background.

Love how the Blue Flax flowers and buds sway in the smallest breeze. Such a light and graceful wildflower.

#blueflax #wildflowers #flowers #flowerphotography #naturephotography

A local ordinance passed in Lake County, Illinois, is taking aim at one of the most worrying threats to declining birds: collisions with glass windows. More than a billion birds die in such collisions annually, contributing to the loss of 3 billion birds from North American populations since 1970.

‪A local ordinance passed in Lake County, Illinois, is taking aim at one of the most worrying threats to declining birds: collisions with glass windows. Read all about it at abcbirds.org/news/illinoi...

#moccasinflower #pinkladysslipper #wildflower #flowers #flowerphotography #wildflowerphotography #naturephotography #pink

Cypripedium acaule, the Pink Lady's Slipper or Moccasin Flower, is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae native to eastern North America. It is currently the provincial flower of Prince Edward Island, Canada.

This Moccasin Flower pic always cracks me up.

Cypripedium acaule, the Pink Lady's Slipper or Moccasin Flower, is a flowering plant in the orchid family native to eastern North America. It is the provincial flower of Prince Edward Island, Canada.

This Merlin with a deformed beak was being mobbed by a flock of Brewer’s Blackbirds, but it didn't seem too fazed about being dive-bombed.

This Merlin with a deformed beak was being mobbed by a flock of Brewer’s Blackbirds, but it didn't seem too fazed about being dive-bombed.
#merlin #raptor #brewersblackbird #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

Black-bellied Whistling Duck having a bath in a pond. Wonderful illustration of the saying “Like water off a duck’s back.” Wakodahatchee Wetlands, FL.

Black-bellied Whistling Duck having a bath. Wonderful illustration of the saying “Like water off a duck’s back.” Wakodahatchee Wetlands, FL.
#blackbelliedwhistlingduck #birds #wakodahatcheewetlands #duck #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

Steller’s Jay perched on a stick against a buff background.

I thought when we moved west I would miss our Blue Jays, but the Steller’s Jay has filled that hole nicely. Such personality!
#stellersjay #birds #corvids #thursjay #backyardbirding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

Thank you!😊 And lucky you!

Viewing dock at Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area, on the edge of the water, facing into heavy fog.

Into the unknown.
Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area, Charlotte County, FL.

#BlueSkyArtShow #lines #babcockwebbwma #fog #charlottecounty

Thank you!😊