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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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Icicles and fast moving water along the side of the Tieton River in White Pass, Cascade Mountains, Washington state…
#waterWednesday #water #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #nature #naturephotography
February 4, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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A lovely potted miniature Rose that would be perfect for a Valentine’s Day gift…think I’ll give myself one…
#roseWednesday #rose #flowers
#bloomscrolling #dailyflowers #rose
#flowerphotography #photography #closeup #flowerfeed
February 4, 2026 at 4:52 PM
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A bucket of little bouquets found in a floral shop…looks kind of cheerful on a very gray winter day…
#flowers #flowerphotography
#bloomscrolling #dailyflowers
February 3, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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Female Mallard on the pond at the Yakima Area Arboretum fall 2025…Mallards are dabbling ducks, tipping head down to feed in shallow water…
#BirdoftheDay #reflections #birds #ducks
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#ornithology #naturephotography #PNW
#wildllifephotography #birdwatching
February 3, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Ponderosa Pine near Highway 12 heavily damaged by 45,600 acre Retreat Fire in Wm. O. Douglas Wilderness, Yakima County Washington, summer 2024…nearby tree untouched likely due to firefighters’ effort & bark’s fire resistant properties…
#thicktrunkTuesday #trees #photography
#WestCoastPhotography
February 3, 2026 at 5:56 AM
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Very hot summer day when I shot this Black-billed Magpie panting to cool off…not making a sound…common in rural eastern Washington state…
#BirdoftheDay #birds #ornithology #BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #birding
#birdwatching #birdlife #audubon
February 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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A moment of gorgeous sunrise in the lower Yakima Valley…2/2/2026…unfortunately very brief…might rain and fog’s in the forecast too…view to the west is cloudy so missing the foothills and Mt. Adams…
#silhouette #sunrise #clouds #sky
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#naturephotography
February 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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5:30pm Pacific time
February 2, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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Male Canvasback, North America’s largest diving duck…that red eye’s the clue…female has brown eyes…McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Burbank, WA….
#Ducks #birds #BirdoftheDay #ornithology #WestCoastPhotography #photography #PNW #wildlifephotography #audubon #BirdoftheWorld #birdphotography
February 1, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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Seems to me that every day should start with the beauty of flowers—especially when there’s a painfully mean edge to so many of our days…
#stunday #flowers #dailyflowers
#bloomscrolling #flowersonSunday
#photography #flowerphotography
February 1, 2026 at 4:07 PM
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Elk at the Oak Creek Feeding Station, Naches, WA…they pour down over the ridge when the feed trucks start, antlers are great back scratchers, one bull elk to a hay pile, quarreling cows…
#elk #bullelk #mammals #wildlife #PNW #naturephotography #photography #WestCoastPhotography #wildlifephotography
January 31, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Adult White-crowned Sparrows…winters at our seed feeders here in the Yakima Valley…migrates north as the weather heats up…
#birds #smallbirdSaturday #ornithology
#BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotography #WestCoastPhotography #photography #sparrow #closeup #birdlife #audubon
January 31, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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Western Grebe, diving birds, spend life on water, known for courtship display of 2 birds rearing up & running side by side on water surface…McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Burbank, WA…
#birds #BirdsoftheWorld #ornithology #birdphotography #birdlife #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #birdlife #PNW
January 30, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Feeding the Elk herd, Oak Creek Wildlife Area, Naches, WA…surplus military trucks fitted with a mechanical floor that drops 1/2 ton hay bales in flakes…2 trucks move parallel across feeding ground…
#elk #wildlife #elkbull #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW
#naturephotography #naturephotography
January 30, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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Who doesn’t like Daisies…especially on a gloomy, foggy winter day which is what we have this morning in the lower Yakima Valley, Washington state…
#floralFriday #flowers #blossoms
#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography
#dailyflowers #photography #bouquet
January 30, 2026 at 5:18 PM
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Photo from my great aunt’s genealogy files of a small Wisconsin farm town 4th of July parade in 1956 showing some of the harness on what was likely a relative’s prize mule team…only the date, state & word “Uncle” on the photo…
#throwbackThursday #mules #rural #farming #photography #Wisconsin
January 29, 2026 at 8:37 PM
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Looking southwest about 3:30pm yesterday (1/28/2026) near Union Gap, Washington state…
#clouds #sky #rural #ruralscenes #silhouette #photography #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography
January 29, 2026 at 5:39 PM
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Elk herd at the Oak Creek Feeding Station, White Pass near Naches, Washington…
#elk #wildlife #PNW #photography
#WestCoastPhotography
January 29, 2026 at 5:30 PM
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The icey Tieton River (1/28/2026) rushing out of the Goat Rocks Wilderness in the Cascade Mountains 33 miles to eventually merge with the Naches River before it flows into the Yakima River…
#waterWednesday #water #rivers #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography #photography #naturephotography
January 29, 2026 at 3:42 AM
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Caught this Bald Eagle flying the Snake River below Ice Harbor Dam in Washington state…it caused a lot panicked fly ups among flocks of ducks and geese in the area…
#birds #raptors #eagles #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #ornithology
#BirdsoftheWorld #naturePhotography
#BirdoftheDay
January 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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Symbolizing romance, rose varieties such as these two-toned cream and blushing pink hybrid tea blooms are wedding bouquet favorites…
#roseWednesday #roses #flowers
#dailyflowers #bloomscrolling #flowerphotography #flowerreport
January 28, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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An old Great Horned Owl photo…this nest is gone…been keeping an eye on hawk nests they may steal…females do all incubation while males provide food…Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge…
#birds #owls #raptors #ornithology
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#BirdsoftheWorld #birdlife
January 27, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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A cluster of Oak trees on the wild growth portion of the grounds at Fort Simcoe State Park on the Yakama Indian Reservation, Washington…
#thicktrunkTuesday #trees #rural
#parks #WestCoastPhotography
#photography #naturephotography
January 27, 2026 at 7:40 AM
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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