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Andrea Peterson
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Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #Iridescent. I suppose this green heron fits the bill. I made many images of this beauty one morning and have yet to have that opportunity again. I think they're beautiful. #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #EastCoastKin #birds #herons
January 28, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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Say hello to Brokey Ear. He stopped by yesterday to eat peanuts and kick some ass. 🐿️

Guess what? We're all out of peanuts 🚫🥜🫣

#Squirrels #Animals #BackyardBuddy #Tough #NoFsToGive #Edmonds #Photography #Nature #AlphabetChallenge #WeekDForDramatic #Drama #Brawler #PNW
A brown and grey colored squirrel in grass looking directly into the camera. Its left ear is shredded almost in half so it looks like it has three ears. It's a tough little squirrel and is not afraid of anything or anybody. Brokey Ear succumbs to nobody.
January 28, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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A male bufflehead duck reminding us to stretch after we've been sitting and scrolling for too long 🤭

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Iridescent #Ducks #WednesdayWaders #WingsOnWednesday #Wings #Seattle #PNW #Photography
A male bufflehead duck in a pond of water, stretching, with its wings raised up over its head. The light is shining on the feathers on its head making them glow iridescently
January 28, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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A double-crested cormorant drying its wings while friends watch with feigned interest 🪶

#Birds #Cormorants #PNW #PugetSound #Stretch #Boating #PointWells #Photography #WingedWonders #WednesdayWings
A group of cormorants on a wooden structure with rope draped around it. One stands on the edge, facing the water, with its wings outstretched. There is a rusted green tank visible in the background, along with trees.
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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Soft air and quiet breath.

#Hiking #Photography #WoodlandWednesday #Nature #EastCoastKin #Ireland
Staring through the base of tall trees. Strong green and red colour in the foreground against the muted grey of fog blurring the background. Distinct branches visible above that quickly fade to grey (🎵) and brown and disappear, swallowed by the fog.
January 28, 2026 at 10:50 AM
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A glossy ibis scratching that itch at the Tracy Aviary, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 2025

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Iridescent #Colorful #SLC #Birdscrolling #Photography
A brown glossy ibis bent over scratching itself. Its feathers are a rainbow of colors as they are shining iridescently in the sunshine. It stands in the dirt and there are green leaves behind it.
January 28, 2026 at 1:49 PM
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One of our frequent crow friends looking quite indignant about the lack of peanuts in the yard

#Birds #Corvids #Crows #BackyardBirds #Edmonds #Birdscrolling #Black #FeedMe #Hangry #PNW
An American crow standing upright in grass and looking directly into the camera
January 28, 2026 at 1:35 PM
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Today's #BirdofTheDay prompt is #BrownIsBeautiful so this male Baikal teal decided to make an appearance and strut its stuff

#Birds #Ducks #Birdscrolling #Seattle #WoodlandParkZoo #Photography #PNW #PrettyBird
A brown, tan, and white duck with a thick green swoosh on its head and a thinner green line running down its face. It stands in dirt with fallen leaves behind it and blurred green leaves in the background.
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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Shadows from the past on the Washington coast

#TidesOutTuesday #Scape #Pacific #WestCoast #Shipwreck #Photography #ColorADay #BlueTue #PNW #Abandoned
A shipwrecked boat frame abandoned on a beach with the Pacific Ocean and a blue sky in the background
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Rusty Springs, aka Iron Mike, a mineral spring warmed by geothermal heat and turned orange by oxidized iron, outside of Longmire, on Mt. Tahoma (Rainier), Washington

#RockinTuesday #Forest #Trees #Rocks #MineralSprings #TrailOfTheShadows #MineralPaint #PNW #Photography
A round rock structure that covers a mineral spring with rock 'fences' bordering the water flow. The water and ground below it appear orange because of oxidized iron. This is in a forest, so trees are in the background, ferns are growing in between the rocks, and moss is visible.
January 27, 2026 at 12:58 PM
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Rhododendrons in the rain at the Seattle Arboretum, May 2025

#Flowers #Bloomscrolling #ColorADay #PinkMon #Pink #MagentaMonday #Photography #Seattle #Gardens #PNW #MondayMemory
Two large rhododendron bushes covered with flowers; the one on the left is dark pink and the other is light pink. Their leaves glisten and shine from rain, and a tree trunk is visible between the two plants.
January 26, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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A memory of spring with a field full of pink and purple tulips

#Flowers #Bloomscrolling #ColorADay #PinkMon #Pink #MagentaMonday #Photography #Scape #MondayMemory
January 26, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Good Monday Morning Blue Skyers!

Jacqueline, my drone captured this sunset in Long Beach, Washington.

Long Beach is thee longest continuous beach in the USA stretching 28 miles you can drive. It is also my clamming spot.

#BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #Photography #DJIMiniPro4
#LongBeach
January 26, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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A timely and symbolic adornment spotted at the University of Washington

#BlueSkyMonday #Seahawks #UDub #UofW #Eagle #BlueSky #MinimalMonday #Architecture #Photography #The12s #BlueSky #PNW #Seattle
The head of an eagle carved into the corner of a building with a bright blue sky and just a smidge of white cloud behind it
January 26, 2026 at 2:08 PM
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Mt. Tahoma (aka Rainier), with Blake Island, the rumored birthplace of Chief Seattle (Si'ahl), in the middle of Puget Sound (May of 2025)

#BlueSkyMonday #MountainMonday #Mountains #TheMountainIsOut #PugetSound #Boating #Suquamish #Duwamish #BlueSky #Seattle #PNW #Photography #Scape
Snow covered Mt. Tahoma, also known as Mt. Rainier, with Puget Sound waters in the foreground, and Blake Island in the middle. There is a pale blue sky above.
January 26, 2026 at 1:54 PM
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A demure and sweet looking red-necked wallaby at the Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle, Washington

#MammalsOnMonday #MarsupialMonday #Wallaby #Animals #Photography #MinimalMonday
A red-necked wallaby standing in green grass with its front paws held together in front of it, looking Into the camera. There is a tree behind it that has some branches highlighted by the sun, but the majority of the trunk is in dark shadow.
January 26, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Another bright pink and magenta dahlia from the Sky Nursery dahlia show last summer

#Flowers #Dahlias #ColorADay #PinkMon #Pink #MagentaMonday #MinimalMonday #Bloomscrolling
A fully bloomed dahlia with pink petals that curl inward and show a dark magenta color on the bottom side. It is on a thin green stem with a light colored blurry background.
January 26, 2026 at 1:32 PM
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A flock of Canada geese flying over Puget Sound this weekend

#Birds #BlueSkyMonday #BlueSky #MinimalMonday #PNW #Moon #Photography #Scape #MoonsOnMonday #Nature #Wildlife
Eight Canada geese flying in a blue and cloudless sky with a partial moon seeming to lead the way.
January 26, 2026 at 1:24 PM
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A rockfish hanging out on the ledge of the tank at the Seattle Aquarium. They do this quite a bit, and I have many shots of them doing it because it makes me smile. 😊

#MarineLife #Fish #PugetSound #PNW #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Photography #Seattle
An orange and white rock fish resting on the side of an aquarium tank. Rocks can be seen in the background.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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A pelagic cormorant regally posed on the breakwater entry to the Port of Edmonds marina yesterday

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Poise #Stunday #PNW #PugetSound #Boating #Photography #Colorful #BlueSky
A pelagic cormorant in shades of black, blue, green, and purple, perched on the wooden breakwater at the Port of Edmonds marina. The blue color of its eye is visible as well. There is a pale blue sky behind the bird.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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One of our favorite Steller's jays that visits us almost every day 💙🖤

#Birds #Corvids #Jays #BackyardBirds #Photography #Blue #Black #Edmonds #Besties #BFF #PrettyBird
A blue and black Steller's jay standing on a weathered wooden trellis, looking in to the camera. It's crest is standing up and light is shining through it, some of its feathers are ruffled because of wind, and there are pieces of dirt on its beak because it oftentimes digs through the yard looking for food.
January 24, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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A black-capped chickadee in our garden this past summer

#Birds #Chickadees #SmallBirdSaturday #BackyardBirds #Edmonds #PNW #Photography #ChickaDeeDeeDee
A white, black, and fawn colored black-capped chickadee standing on a metal chandelier with solar powered votive candles on it, looking into the camera. There are green camellia leaves in the background.
January 24, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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An Anna's hummingbird hanging out in our garden this past summer

#Birds #SmallBirdSaturday #Hummers #Hummingbirds #Birdscrolling #BackyardBirds #ColorADay #GreenSat #Edmonds #Photography #Crocosmia
An Anna's hummingbird sitting on the green branch of a crocosmia plant with a bloom shooting straight up from another branch just above the bird. A wooden trellis and green leaves are blurred in the background
January 24, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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Didn't think you'd see eye-to-eye with a red lionfish today, did you? 👁️ SURPRISE!

#MarineLife #Fish #Lionfish #BNWmacro #Macro #ClassicMono #BNW #TeamFish #AlphabetChallenge #WeekCforCloseUp #Photography
A macro close-up of the face of a red lionfish, in black and white.
January 24, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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A pair of trumpeter swans epitomizing tranquility as they coast in a pond

#Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Swans #Photography #ColorADay #GreenSat #Green #FeatheredFriends #Reflections
Two trumpeter swans swimming in a pond of water that appears green because it is reflecting the trees and plants surrounding it. One swan has its neck bent and beak touching the water, facing the camera. The other swan is diagonal to the camera and facing the left.
January 24, 2026 at 2:29 PM