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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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Lazuli Bunting, male…first time I saw one I was new to birding…thought someone’s parakeet had escaped…eventually they came to my Lower Yakima Valley feeders…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #closeup
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#stunday #birdphotography #PNW
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
December 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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This is a compact shrub rose that AI says is a Floribunda variety known as “Sunsprite”…it’s planted as a hedge at the Rose Garden, Yakima Area Arboretum…
#stunday #rose #roseWednesday #PNW
#flowers #flowerphotography #closeup
#WestCoastPhotography #bloomscrolling
#gardenphotography
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Feral cats in this rural neighborhood…they’ve been taking care of a terrible mouse/rodent problem that has gotten worse here during recent mild winters…am trying to treat them for fleas when they come for supplemental food…can’t be caught…use max zoom to photograph…
#caturday #closeup #Photography
December 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Female Black Bear scratching an itch on a hot early fall day…she had been wading in a spring-fed puddle…I photographed her for 3 years before she vanished…Fort Simcoe State Park, Washington state…
#bears #wildlife #mammals #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW
#wildlifephotography #nature #parks
December 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Despite several frosty nights this Ornamental Kale, that AI thinks is a variety named “Crystal Snow”, continues to survive beautifully in a friend’s Yakima Valley garden…
#gardening #gardenphotography
#PNWgardening #flowerphotography
#flowerreport #WestCoastPhotography
#gardens #closeup
December 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Fire in the sky this evening, 12/5/2025, Lower Yakima Valley, WA…
#sunset #WestCoastPhotography
#clouds #rural #photography #PNW
#silhouette #landscape
December 6, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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My Harlequin Amaryllis bulb has flowered…2 of 4 buds are open…it’s a small, very delicate thing…
#flowers #amaryllis #Christmas
#bloomscrolling #dailyflowers
#flowerreport #flowerphotography
#photography #closeup #floralFriday
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Bullock’s Oriole…they weave long hanging basket type nests of grass and other plant fibers…easily attracted to grape jelly…will raid hummingbird feeders…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #orioles
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #PNW
#Birdphotography #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #birdlife
December 5, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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House Finch enjoying my sunflower seed feeder…yellow color morph indicates its diet during molting was low in carotenoids…females seem to prefer bright red males…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #birdlife
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #birdwatching
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
December 4, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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The last of my friend’s Dahlias that were blooming at the end of November
2025…hard frost has now set in the Yakima Valley so she’ll dig them up soon…
#flowers #dahlias #gardening #closeup
#dailyflowers #bloomscrolling #PNW
#flowerphotography #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #PNWgardening
December 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Brewer’s Blackbird, male…he perched like this on a steel fence post for several minutes…no idea what he was looking at…
Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #PNW
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #birdlife
December 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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AI says this is a David Austin English shrub rose called “Golden Celebration” known for its exceptional fruity fragrance…Grown in the Rose Garden, Yakima Area Arboretum…
#roseWednesday #rose #flowers
#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography
#dailyflowers #WestCoastPhotography
December 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Miscellaneous Canada Goose photos shot on the grounds at the Yakima Area Arboretum spring/fall 2025…
#birds #geese #ornithology #audubon
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #birdlife #birding
#naturephotography #photography #WestCoastPhotography
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Missing summer but happy to have photos like this Water Lily in the Sportsman State Park, Yakima, WA as a reminder of the natural beauty of the season…
#flowers #bloomscrolling #dailyflowers
#reflection #water #PNW #parks
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#flowerphotography
December 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Sunrise through the trees shot from our back deck…Yakima County, Washington…
#thicktrunkTuesday #trees #rural
#sunrise #photography #landscape
#WestCoastPhotography
December 2, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Beer bottle found along a road during a walk, cleaned up and covered with Mod Podge and ripped paper scraps…makes a great vase for dried weeds/flowers…
#crafts #rippedpaperart #art #collage
#collageart #creative #ArtistsofBlueSky
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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11/30/2025 found 6 Great Egrets taking a migration rest on the gravel pit pond, lower Yakima Valley, WA…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #egrets
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#birdphotography #TheWildImages
#birdlife #birding #reflection
December 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Spring branding…ground crew will flip calf on its side…put hoof through neck loop to reduce stress, give it veterinary attention & brand it indicating legal ownership…Yakima Co., WA
#monoMonday #horse #cattle #rural
#WestCoastPhotography #b&w
#blackandwhitephotography #PNW
#monochrome #photography
This entire process takes less than 5 minutes…
December 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Celebrating this frosty morning the First of December 2025 with a photo of a colorful pot of Poinsettias…
#flowers #bloomscrolling #closeup
#flowerphotography #photography
#dailyflowers
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Mallard hens enjoying the Yakima Area Arboretum pond early this fall…no wind so had fun shooting reflections…
#birds #ducks #ornithology #audubon
#reflection #BirdsoftheWorld #PNW
#BirdsofBlueSky #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #birding
#birdphotography #wildlifephotography
November 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Shot photos of a friend’s lovely birthday bouquet…
#flowers #dailyflowers #rose
#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography
#photography
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Just now stepped out to try for a hawk shot…heard loud geese noises…missed the hawk but got this flock of Canada Geese heading south…11/29/24…Harrah, WA…phone camera…
#birding #geese #ornithology #audubon
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#birdwatching #birdlife
November 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Bald Eagle pair perched above the Naches River near Naches, WA…had to shoot from great distance and through brush to capture size difference…male is smaller bird…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #raptors
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#birdwatching #TheWildImages
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Snapdragons still blooming after Thanksgiving here in south-central eastern Washington state…elevation about 1000 ft.
#flowers #bloomscrolling #PNW
#gardening #flowerphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #closeup
#photography #flowerreport #gardening
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Feral faces…lots of zoom is the only thing that makes photographs possible…
#caturday #cats #closeup #photography
#TheWildImages #pets
November 29, 2025 at 7:35 AM