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Great Blue Heron about to fly up from a pond at Sportsman State Park, Yakima, Washington…
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June 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
lindaking78.bsky.social
Up close with an American Crow…took all my zoom but it seemed OK with people…maybe a resident at Sportsman State Park, Yakima…
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August 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Mallard duckling on a cemetery pond, Terrace Heights, Yakima County, WA…
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June 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Red-tailed Hawk leaping into flight from a fence post…they’re the most common hawk in the Yakima Valley…
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June 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
lindaking78.bsky.social
Water lily found on the large pond at Sportsman State Park, Yakima WA…
Google Lens says it’s a hardy variety likely Nymphaea ‘Fabiola’…it took my breath away…
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July 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
lindaking78.bsky.social
Great Blue Heron making a landing on the big pond at Sportsman State Park, Yakima WA…
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July 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
lindaking78.bsky.social
Captured this Great Blue Heron hunting at the Lily pond in Sportsman State Park, Yakima, WA…
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August 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
lindaking78.bsky.social
This hummingbird came away from my nectar feeder with an ant on its beak…flew to the tree where I think it’s nesting…was back at the feeder a moment later minus the ant…
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June 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
lindaking78.bsky.social
Very high temperatures in eastern Washington state have this Great Blue Heron attempting to cool down by open-bill breathing as many birds do…
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July 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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A band of wild horses on the Yakama Reservation south of Toppenish, WA…
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July 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Black Bear female (her cub’s in the brush behind her) enjoying wild apples fresh off the tree rather than those on the ground…used all the zoom I had…
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September 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Steller’s Jay, the only crested jay west of the Rocky Mountains, surprised us by spending much of the summer with us in the Yakima Valley…guess it liked the steady supply of raw peanuts…
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July 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Messy as they are, watching Barn Swallows build these mud nests is fascinating…didn’t realize it was such a frantic process…Yakima, WA…
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July 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Calliope Hummingbird, the smallest bird found in North America, visiting my feeder in Yakima Valley, WA during spring migration…it didn’t linger…
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August 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Rufous Hummingbird at my Yakima Valley, WA feeder…likely migrating south…known for aggressive behavior, males do not assist females with incubation or care of young…
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August 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
lindaking78.bsky.social
Great Blue Heron at lunch among the blooming water lilies at Sportsman State Park, Yakima, WA…fishing was good…it got two before flying off to digest
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July 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
lindaking78.bsky.social
Shot this hummingbird from an open kitchen window…was really amazed by the feather pattern on the wings…
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July 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
lindaking78.bsky.social
Hummingbird crowd at my feeder…believe Black-chinned female and two youngsters from my observations…had a female for several weeks before this photo and only females incubate eggs…
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August 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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This Killdeer doesn’t want me anywhere near its partner on their nest…taken at McNary NWR in Washington…
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July 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Caspian Tern panting in the 98 degree heat at a boat launch on the Columbia River, McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Burbank, WA…Gull sized, largest tern…
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August 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Caught this Hummingbird blinking…they have both upper and lower lids plus a nictitating membrane that’s transparent and keeps the eye moist and protected during flight…
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July 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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Song Sparrow treating the world to its spring songs at the headquarters area, McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Burbank. WA…fantastic place to spend time with a camera…
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July 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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A few American White Pelicans resting and grooming and cooling off on a very hot day in the shallows of the Yakima River near Toppenish, WA…
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July 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Goldfinch, Washington’s state bird, enjoying my nyger feeder…
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July 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Male Belted Kingfisher near Harrah, WA hunting an irrigation canal from a phone line…they nest in 3-6 foot long tunnels that slope upward to keep rain out…
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August 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM