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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 6m

Lots of wonderful fall color at the Yakima Area Arboretum…only had time to cruise the parking lot and driveway but my camera was busy…Hope the color lingers so I can shoot more of it…
#AutumnVibes #fallcolor #trees
#easternWashington #photography
#naturephotography #landscape
#WestCoastPhotography

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 41m

Female Northern Harrier on the hunt in our neighborhood…they don’t often perch high like other hawks…male is silver/gray…white rump patch is an ID clue…
#birds #hawks #birdwatching #birding
#easternWashington #BirdsofBlueSky
#BirdsoftheWorld #birdphotogrsphy
#WestCoastPhotographyphotography

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 12h

Google Lens says this floribunda rose is likely named Vavoom…its orange color speaks of enthusiasm, energy and desire… from the Rose Garden, Yakima Area Arboretum…
#roseWednesday #rose #flowerreport
#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #dailyflowers
#easternWashington #closeup

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 23h

The Kara Kondo Dryland Garden, Yakima Area Arboretum is a raised island of ground that’s not irrigated…planted with native and adapted plantings plus cacti and other succulents tolerant of semi-arid climate…
#gardening #easternWashington #PNW
#wildflowers #WestCoastPhotography
#gardensky #landscape

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 23h

Lots of Mallards at the cemetery pond I always check when birding in town…Wood Ducks were there also but they flew before I could get a shot…Yakima, WA…
#Birds #ducks #BirdsofBlueSky #closeup
#BirdsoftheWorld #birdwatching
#photography #WestCoastPhotography
#easternWashington #birdlife #birding

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 1d

Mt. Adams with new snow this clear blue sky morning 10/14/2025…ridges to the northwest also with new snow…and 2 shots of southwest ridges still getting snow yesterday’s gray sky morning 10/13/2025…
#easternWashington #mountains #PNW
#snow #WestCoastPhotography #rural
#photography #AutumnVibes

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 1d

In June 2024 a wildfire on the Yakama Nation’s Reservation in Washington burned 3100 acres, 20 homes and hundreds of trees…this is one of the older victims…
#thicktrunkTuesday #trees #PNW
#photography #WestCoastPhotography
#easternWashington

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 1d

The bush was not identified when I took this photo…volunteers have since placed name tags at the base of all of the garden’s bushes so would have to check back…problem is there are more than one rose of this type in the garden and I don’t know which one I photographed…project for next summer…sorry…

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 1d

Took time to do a bit of birding watching any fall color viewing in Yakima, WA on a mostly gray day after a night of rain in the valley and snow in the higher elevations…
#birds #AutumnVibes #fallcolor #PNW
#easternWashington #leaves #trees
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#landscape #swans

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 1d

Sharp-shinned Hawk that just made a House Sparrow kill in the backyard…highly agitated perhaps from the adrenaline flush while attacking…blurred photo because shot through weeds…
#birds #Raptors #hawks #nature
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#photography #easternWashington
#WestCoastPhotography

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 1d

Border Collie stock dog working with his horse and human partners moving bucking stock from a rodeo practice arena…extremely energetic, athletic and smart…Yakima Valley, Washington…
#monoMonday #monochrome
#blackandwhitephotography #dogs
#horses #easternWashington
#WestCoastPhotography #photography

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 2d

No two of these red and white Roses look alike…some have pronounced stripes and others a more marbled look…Rose Garden, Yakima Area Arboretum…
#rose #roseWednesday #flowers
#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography
#easternWashington #closeup #PNW
#flowerreport #PhotographersofBlueSky

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 2d

Got a frog when I was shooting fallen Oak leaves and acorns on the grounds at Fort Simcoe State Park, near White Swan, WA…glad it moved or I would’ve missed it…
#frogs #nature #fallcolors #oak #parks
#easternWashington #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #leaves
#AutumnVibes #stunday

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 2d

Lucky you got a Cooper’s Hawk in flight…been trying for one like that for years and only get perched shots…

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 2d

A close up of the Great Blue Heron found at Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge…Toppenish Creek is running below the snag it’s perched on…
#birds #heron #greatblueheron
#easternWashington #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #birding
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #birdlife

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 3d

Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge is partly open for exploration…Toppenish Creek water level very low…bird observations are too…close look from the observation deck shows a Great Blue Heron…
#birds #heron #easternWashington
#photography #WestCoastPhotography
#birding #rural #wildlifephotography

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 4d

Some of fall’s softer colors here in the Yakima Valley…snow in the Cascades last night…we need a very deep snow pack up there to counter the drought…
#AutumnVibes #fallcolors #ruralscenes
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#cows #easternWashington #PNW
#rural #PhotographersofBlueSky

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 4d

Yes, they’re not likely to sit still…I just kept clicking away hoping for that one decent shot…

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 4d

Cedar Waxwing enjoying the fruit trees at the Yakima Area Arboretum…they are one of the few North American birds that specializes in eating a fruit diet…
#birds #birdwatching #photography
#birdphotography #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotigraohy #waxwing
#BirdsoftheWorld #birding

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 4d

Unfortunately, no…not even for dogs…way too many to deal with is what I’ve heard…

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 4d

Feral tom cat we call Smokey hasn’t been seen for several days…usually drops by for a meal…not lately…he’s disappeared like this before so this could just be another of his adventures/romances…but, life is tough for country cats who don’t trust humans…
#caturday #cats #photography #rural

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 5d

More food from the Yakima Valley as the growing season winds down…Apples, grapes and field corn still being harvested and ground is being tilled…flocks of migrating birds are feasting where they can…
#foodFriday #vegetables #farming
#easternWashington #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #food #PNW

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 5d

European Starling in its fall colors…those dots of white will disappear over the winter months…huge flocks assembling now here in the Yakima Valley…invasive but interesting…
#birds #birdwatching #birdlife #birding
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#photography #birdphotography
#easternWashibgton

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 5d

Posting Daffodil shots from last spring because today I’ll be planting 50 bulbs to go with the 50 I planted last week…love these things!!!
#gardening #flowers #flowerreport
#easternWashington #photography
#flowerphotography #bloomscrolling
#WestCoastPhotography #closeup

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 5d

Might’ve been a “found” boot someone put there just in case someone came looking for it…