Linda Barnia King
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Linda Barnia King
@lindaking78.bsky.social
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
December 1, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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
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
Shot photos of a friend’s lovely birthday bouquet…
#flowers #dailyflowers #rose
#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography
#photography
November 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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
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
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
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
Brisket my son smoked for Thanksgiving…BBQ is his thing and competition BBQ events are a hobby…enjoys creating his own rubs…keeps us well fed…
#FoodFriday #foodie #whatscooking
#foodphotography #FoodSky #cooking
#BBQ #photography
November 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Ring-necked Duck at McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Burbank, WA…brown feathers around neck that it’s named for are rarely visible…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #closeup
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #nature #ducks
#WestCoastPhotography
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Snow this morning 11/28/2024 to the west of us including on Mt. Adams…we had heavy rain last night on the valley floor…hope our historic drought is breaking…
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#mountains #snow #landscape #scape
#nature #rural #snow #ruralscenes
#WestCoastKin
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Photos I took 11/26/2024 of a friend’s garden where many things are still blooming in the Lower Yakima Valley despite several nights of light frost…
#flowerphotography #bloomscrolling
#flowers #WestCoastPhotography
#photography #gardening
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Killdeer…irrigation system had a problem…made a little pond at a low spot in our pasture…Killdeer loved it…sadly the system got fix, pond dried up, Killdeer moved on…
#birds #closeup #ornithology #audubon
#Birdoftheday #Photography #birdlife
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#TheWildImages
November 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Happy Thanksgiving if you’re celebrating it today…Found this very unique,what I’m calling, Thanksgiving Poinsettia in Yakima, WA while doing last minute shopping yesterday!
#Thanksgiving #flowers #photography
#holidays #WestCoastPhotography
#bloomscrolling #WestCoastKin
#dailyflowers #flowerreport
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
These are antique embossed post cards over 100 years old I found in an antique shop at Shantiko, Oregon, population about 30, a “ghost town”, once known as the wool capitol of the world in early 1900s…
#Thanksgiving #antiques #closeup
#Oregon #collectibles
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
AI says this is a “Chicago Peace” Hybrid Tea Rose…found it this summer in commercial landscaping, Yakima, Washington…
#roseWednesday #rose #flowers
#bloomscrolling #flowerreport
#WestCoastPhotography #closeup
#flowerphotography #photography
November 26, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Light-morph Krider’s Red-tailed Hawk…rarely seen here…found it in the lower Yakima Valley…western red-tails have many more color morphs than eastern birds…
#birds #ornithology #audubon #PNW
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#birdphotography #TheWildImages
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Dogwood tree wearing its fall colors in October…note interesting puzzle-piece bark…spring flowers and fall colors—generous tree…it’s in a small grove of other Dogwood types…Yakima Area Arboretum
#thicktrunkTuesday #trees #autumn
#fallcolor #AutumnVibes #leaves
#WestCoastPhotography #photohraphy
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A flying leap’s a great way to end a successful 8 second bull ride…Helix, Oregon…
#monoMonday #monochrome
#blackandwhitephotography
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW
#photographersofBlueSky
#photography
November 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Wild Turkeys hunting a safe place for the holidays…their lean, streamlined bodies allow them to fly…domestic turkeys bred for dinner tables can’t…Fort Simcoe State Park…
#birds #birdsofBlueSky #ornithology
#audubon #BirdsoftheWorld #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #TheWildImages
#usbird #birdlife
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM