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Me and My Reflection

Male Northern Shoveler, paddling around the marsh in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State.

#BirdOfTheDay #Ducks #Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #NorthernShoveler #PNW #wildlifePhotography
January 31, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Male Northern Shoveler, taken just after he finished shoveling around in the marsh for breakfast at the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #NorthernShoveler #PNW #wildlifePhotography
January 23, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Dammit!

A male Ring-necked Duck trying to disentangle himself after diving to munch on some tasty plants in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #RingNeckedDuck #PNW #wildlifePhotography
January 22, 2026 at 8:47 PM
The little red shack close up. Don Edward’s NWR on the San Francisco Bay. A lovely area to walk or sit and enjoy the view.
#redshack #shack #sanfrancisco
#nationalwildliferefuge #nature
#shorebirds #photography #photos
#donewards #park #birds #hike
#walk
January 22, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Northern Harrier on the Hunt

A female northern harrier patrolling the marshes of the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State in search of brunch.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #NorthenHarrier #PNW #wildlifePhotography
January 21, 2026 at 7:39 PM
American Coot on the hunt in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State. Despite its fierce mien, it's only a threat to vegetables.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #AmericanCoot #PNW #wildlifePhotography #AnimalArtTuesday
January 20, 2026 at 6:01 PM
I Got Something Say!

Male Red-winged Blackbird telling everybody all about it on a winter morning in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #RedWingedBlackbird #PNW #wildlifePhotography
January 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Time for these Ducks to Fly!

Ducks (Common Goldeneye?) take off from a canal in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington State.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #Ducks #PNW #wildlifePhotography
January 1, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Mmmmm....Grass!

A white-tailed deer buck - Columbian White-tailed deer? - enjoys breakfast in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington State.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #Deer #PNW #wildlifePhotography
December 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Sandhill Crane on Patrol

An alert Sandhill Crane patrols along the edge of a flock of Canada Geese in the Ridgefield NWR in Washington State.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #SandhillCrane #PNW #wildlifePhotography
December 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Breakfast Getaway

A female Hooded Merganser paddles away from her fellows to enjoy breakfast in peace. Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Washington.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #hoodedMerganser #PNW #wildlifePhotography
December 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
December 13, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Doe in the Cattails

Deer grazing amidst the cattails close to the road in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington state.

#Washington #RidgefieldNWR #artPhotography #photography #NationalWildlifeRefuge #fineArtPhotography #deer #PNW #wildlifePhotography
December 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
More pics from my trip to Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge in SW Illinois. #wildlife #butterflies #tworivers #nationalwildliferefuge
October 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Sandhill cranes in flight, Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge, Alabama, USA.

#flyday #birds #photography #nature #Alabama #nationalwildliferefuge #careforcreation #laudatosi
September 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
August 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
#RedBellied #Woodpecker 🪶
(Melanerpes carolinus)
#Loxahatchee ARM LOX NWR
#NationalWildlifeRefuge
#Florida
photo by Steve Spanoudis
from the collections at theotherpages.org

(you generally hear them before you see them)

#bird #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography #sonyalpha #everglades
August 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Happy Turtle Tuesday Bluesky!

Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) at Quivira National Wildlife Refuge on 8/2/2025. I helped her to the grassy edge she was heading after taking this pic.

#Turtles#TurtleTuesday#Quivira#NationalWildlifeRefuge#Parks#Kansas#Wildlife#Nature
August 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM