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A great egret walking through a wetlands.

Great Egret out for a stroll. 🪶 #birds #nature #photography #egrets

A group of Sandhills cranes in a cornfield.

Sandhill Cranes stop off at Sauvie Island on their way down south for the winter. This group was on a private cornfield so couldn’t get any closer. Fun to observe and listen to their eerie calls. 🪶 #birds #nature #birdmigration

Thank you!

Good morning, Bluesky☀️ #sunrise #landscape #nature 🌱

Western pearly everlasting. Another crazy plant name! In the Aster family, native, leaves are edible when cooked. #nativeplants 🌱🌿 #asters #nature

Meant to say orange crowned warbler!🪶

Yellow crowned warbler perched sidewise on a dogwood branch.

Yellow-crowned warbler feasting on Dogwood berries. 🪶 #birds #warblers #nature 🌱

Field of rusted dreams? #vintagecars #landscape #photography

A pacific chorus frog looking at the camera.

Pacific Chorus Frog, tiny but mighty. 🐸 #frogs #amphibians #treefrog #nature

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Rose spirea, Watercress, Nodding Beggarticks, Bird’s-foot-trefoil. Such fun plant names. #nativeplants #wetlands 🌱🌿

A female Downey woodpecker searching branches for insects.

Adorable Downey Woodpecker. Vocal and busy. 🪶 #birds #woodpeckers #nature #photography

Wow!

Blue jay seen from behind with vibrant blue coloring.

How Blue are you? California Scrub Jay shows off its colors. 🪶 #nature #birds #photography

Pacific tree frog resting on walking deck.

Another tiny Tree Frog 🐸. This one was relaxing on a walkway near a wetlands. 🌱 #frogs #amphibians #nature

Yellow-Rumped Warbler. Although they are common here I rarely get to see them. #birds 🪶 #photography #nature

Wooly Bear caterpillar! It will become an Isabella Tiger moth. In folklore, the width of the orange band indicates winter weather with a narrower band indicating a harsher winter! 🐛. 🦋 #caterpillars #wildlife #nature 🌱

Not bad for an iPhone photo!

Good morning, Bluesky! Crescent Moon, Venus, and I think Regulus🌕🌘🪐🌠 #nightsky #moon #planets #stars

Cyclamen, Anemones, Asters. Fall is on the way. 🌱🌿 #gardening #PNW

Nice!

Somewhere beyond the sea… 🌊☁️ #nature #pacificocean #photography #seascape #driftwood

Young female Red Breasted Sapsucker visiting today. 🪶🌱 #birds #wildlife

Immature Song Sparrow with short tail feathers perched on a branch.

Borbish and FAAAT baby Song Sparrow. 🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife #photography

End of the growing season. The Anaheims and Jalapeños will be seeded, chopped and frozen for winter soups. 🌱🌶️🌿 #gardening #PNW

Jewelweed flowers are bright orange amongst lush green foliage.

Native Jewelweed. It’s an annual that disperses its seeds using a coiling valve mechanism. Thus also known as “touch-me-nots”. #nature #nativeplants 🌱

Black and white silhouette of a wood duck landing on water.

Black angel of death? No, just a wood duck coming in for a landing while his mate observes. 🪶 #birds #nature #wildlife

Cornstalks, Wild Carrot, Clouds. Walking about. 🌱 🌿🌽☁️ #nature #photography #landscape

A small squirrel known as a Douglas’ Squirrel perched on the trunk of a lilac tree.

New squirrel in our backyard habitat: Douglas’ Squirrel!Energetic and very vocal. Fun to watch. 🌱 #mammals #squirrels 🐿️ 🪶 #wildlife

Panasonic MC7500 bicycle parked in front of old cemetery temple.

Today I needed a cemetery ride to cheer me up😢😜😱 #bikesky #bicycling #vintagebicycle