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Linda Barnia King
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Retired, 7 year survivor of stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, mom, granny, proud Democrat, birder, nature photographer, flower gardener, collage/glue booker…refugee from Facebook…photos are mine unless noted…
#birds
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My #birdoftheday was a pair of Trumpeter Swans who’d been staining their #white feathers in mud at the bottom of a pond during a migration stop…Yakima County, WA
#birds #swans #birdphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #ornithology
#birdlife #audubon #naturephotography
January 26, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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At least a half ton of Black Angus beef relaxing in filtered winter sun on the Yakima Reservation, Washington…
#monoMonday #monochrome #rural
#cattle #blackandwhitephotography
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#ruralscenes #backroads
January 26, 2026 at 4:41 PM
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Things seen while birding Yakima Valley, WA—Maple leaf pile untouched by snow, abandoned ranch buildings, snow covered upper valley ridge, Toppenish Creek in lower valley…
#ruralscenes #rural #landscape #WestCoastPhotography #photography
January 26, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Bald Eagle hunting the Yakima River from a snag near Union Gap, WA on a very cold January day 2026…
#birds #eagles #raptors #ornithology
#BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#wildlifephoyography #birdoftheday
January 25, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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A rose shared in memory of murdered American patriots Renee Good and Alex Pretti…
January 25, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Canada Geese on ice…the neighborhood pond froze over last night…however, after 9 gray days we do have sunshine in Yakima County, WA…
#birds #geese #wildlifephotography
#WestCoastPhotography #ornithology
#birdphotography #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdlife #birdwatching
January 24, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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Some of the hundreds of Rocky Mountain Elk at the Oak Creek Feeding Station, Naches, WA enjoying daily afternoon feeding by volunteers that keeps them out of the area’s fruit orchards…
#elk #mammals #wildlifephotography
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#PNW #naturephotography #closeup
January 24, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Canada Geese fly up from Yakima Valley pond…geese are known to fly with one eye open using a process called unihemispheric slow wave sleep which allows half the brain to remain alert to danger…
#birds #geese #BirdsoftheWorld
#ornithology #birdlife #birdphotography
#WestCoastPhotography
January 23, 2026 at 9:32 PM
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Red-tailed Hawk tried to evade my camera flying from power pole to another, then under a small bridge, up into a snag…just idled along in my truck…finally got my photo…
#birds #hawks #raptors #ornithology
#BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography #WestCoastPhotography #photography
#ruralscenes #backroads
January 23, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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Considering the snow, cold, icy, winter weather situation in most of the U.S. today perhaps some summer Iris will provide much needed cheer…stay safe my friends…Yakima Valley…
#floralFriday #flowers #dailyflowers
#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
January 23, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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One of our neighborhood American Kestrels…female…might use our Kestrel nesting box…often hovers when hunting insects and small rodents…Yakima, County, WA…
#birds #ornithology #falcons #raptors
#BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography
#birdlife #audubon #birdwatching
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Was given a great-aunt’s massive genealogy files and this photo was in them…no location, or date, no one ID’d…owner not a family member…guessing 1890-1920, Wisconsin or Minnesota…sample rooms served wine, alcohol and cigars…
#humansofBlueSky
January 22, 2026 at 4:06 PM
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Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk…the lack of rusty-red tail feathers and those yellow eyes indicate it’s not yet mature…likely 1-2years old…Yakima Valley, WA…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #hawks
#BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #birdlife
#raptors
January 21, 2026 at 11:22 PM
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A patch of Snowdrops AKA Snowbells growing wild in an area several feet in size and now blooming during our so far snowless winter near the office parking lot at Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge…
#flowers #dailyflowers #bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #photography
#WestCoastPhotography
January 21, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Things seen on a gray day when birding on the Yakama Indian Reservation—Toppenish Creek, lots of beef cattle, Toppenish Ridge runs parallel to the creek on the south side of the valley, a vacant hawk nest I’ll be watching…
#rural #ruralscenes #cattle #nests
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
January 21, 2026 at 2:34 AM
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This large floribunda rose is known for its big old fashioned blooms…the apricot color fades to light pink…Rose Garden, Yakima Area Arboretum…summer 2025
#roseWednesday #roses #dailyflowers
#bloomscrolling #gardenphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #flowers #PNW
January 20, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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Trumpeter Swan pair and cygnets on the gravel pit pond…1/19/2026…first time we’ve found Trumpeters there…were gone an hour later…Yakima County., WA…
#birds #swans #ornithology #audubon
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#BirdsoftheWorld #birdwatching #birding
#birdlife #wildlifephotography #PNW
January 20, 2026 at 4:35 PM
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Cottonwood, a fast growing tree that may exceed 100 feet in height & 100 years in age…wood is soft, light, susceptible to wind damage…landscape favorite in Western novels…Yakama Indian Reservation, Washington…
#thicktrunkTuesday #trees #rural
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#naturephotography
January 20, 2026 at 6:05 AM
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Looks like I’m getting the stink-eye from a Bison cow even though I’m in my truck with a stout fence between us…Yakima Valley in Washington state…
#bison #buffalo #mammal #rural
#photography #naturephotography
#WestCoastPhotography
January 19, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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A pretty way to celebrate Martin Luther King Day and the much needed inspiration of so many messages he left our troubled world…he actually was awarded a well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize…
#roses #flowers #flowerphotography #bloomscrolling #dailyflowers #resist
#WestCoastPhotography #voteblue
January 19, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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Red-tailed Hawk…still a juvenile though it’s reached its full physical size…it’s been an easy winter so there are many out in the Lower Yakima Valley…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #hawks #raptors #BirdsoftheWorld #photography
#birdphotography #birdwatching #WestCoastPhotography
January 18, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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These pink roses just take my breath away…
#roses #flowers #dailyflowers
#flowerphotography #flowerreport
#stunday #flowersonSunday
#bloomscrolling #closeup
January 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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Female Belted Kingfisher hunting from a power line over a major irrigation drain canal in the lower Yakima Valley, Washington state…1/15/2026
#smallbirdSaturday #birds #ornithology #audubon #birdphotography #birdlife
#BirdsoftheWorld #littlebirds #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography
January 17, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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The second of three Paper White bulbs has opened…also evidence that I’ve not killed my Poinsettia—yet…plants all thriving in my east facing bathroom garden…🤞 #flowers #houseplants #gardening #nature #flowerreport
#bloomscrolling #dailyflowers
#flowerphotography #photography
January 17, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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The sibling fight would’ve been on if my daughter hadn’t interrupted it…she’s a peacekeeper…I wanted some action shots as they never hurt each other…still young enough to behave like playful kitties…
#caturday #cats #pets #animals
#photography #naturephotography
January 17, 2026 at 6:25 PM