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No, it's not a invasive Nutria... it's a Muskrat!

#NotABird

#MuskratLove

#wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #pnw #pacificnorthwest #RNWR #RidgefieldWA
April 8, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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30 seconds Music Video starring the Tree Swallow with Red-Winged and Yellow Headed Blackbirds backup singers!

#BTV ....get it?

#birds #birdsong #birdcalls #RNWR #birding #birdwatching #wildlife #nature #naturesounds #RidgefieldWA #wildliferefuge #ECK #WestCoastKin #pnw
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May 2, 2026 at 12:34 AM
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A very cooperative singing Tree Swallow over the #RNWR marsh at sunset! Video soon!

#birds #swallow #goldenhour #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #ECK #photography #art #wildlifephotography #blueskyartshow
#birdoftheday (not today)
#WestCoastKin #pnw #wildlife #nature #birdcall #birdsong
April 29, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Natural Love on Valentines Day...

Mother and Fawn.

Endangered Columbia White Tailed Deer

#ValentinesDay #Love
#wildlife #nature #cute #deer
#cuteness #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #fawn #pnw #pdx #Portland #ridgefieldwa #rnwr #RidgefieldNWR
February 14, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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With cattail fluff for its nest, the #MarshWren launches from the reeds!

#1/1500Second
#MotionBlurStill
#TinyBird

#birds #birding #pnw #birdphotography #art #wildlifephotography #WestCoastKin #birdwatching #birdsinflight #luckyshot #RNWR #ECK #photography #wildlife #nature #oiseaux #PNW #Portland
April 20, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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Showing off its namesake, the male Green Winged Teal is a stunning little common duck!

#birds #birdphotography #birding #feathers #birdwatching #dinosaur #wildlifephotography #ECK #naturephotography #art #photography #wildlife #nature #canard #WestCoastKin #pnw #RNWR
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May 3, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Perched amongst the spring leaf buds, the male Yellow-Headed #Blackbird surveys his nesting territory at #RNWR

#birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #birdphoto #art #pnw #ECK #portrait #photography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #WestCoastKin #photographer
April 25, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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A pretty white Egret hunting frogs and snakes against lush spring-green grass at RNWR.

#springtime #birds #birdphotography #ECK #birding #birdwatching #ornithology #ornithologie #pájaro #oiseaux #vögel #WestCoastKin #egrets #BirdofTheDay #spring #Egret
April 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
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Funny call and behavior of a secretive wading bird that is difficult to spot:
American Bittern.

Hit Play to enjoy short video!

#RNWR #birding #wadingbirds #birds #bittern #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #wildlife #nature #pnw
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March 22, 2026 at 9:35 PM
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At least two Short Eared Owls flew up from the reeds yesterday at marker 12 at 3:45 before scared off by the families speeding by to see the pet deer at #RNWR

#birding #owls #birds #birdwatching
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#birdphotography #pnw #nature #wildlife #eule #hibou
On the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge #rnwr autoroute a Short Eared Owl perches on a national wildlife refuge boundary sign at 3:45 in the evening at marker 12.
November 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
jonathanfoodie.bsky.social
Wilson's Snipe bath time at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Washington state!

#60seconds #HitPlay

#birds #Snipe #bathtime #cuteness #birdbath #birds #pnw #Wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #cute #animals #animalphotography #RidgefieldWA #RNWR #pnw #portland
April 23, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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The North American Beaver is the largest Rodent on the continent. It is monogamous, can weigh up to 70 lbs (32 kg) and is Oregon's state mammal Video soon!

#NotABird

#Beaver #rodents #oregon #OregonBeavers #mammals #wildlife #nature #wildlifephotography #ECK #naturephotography #rnwr
#westcoastkin
Oregon state mammal the American Beaver glides thru the wildlife refuge waters of Ridgefield NWR
April 30, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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On our last loop of the evening around the autoroute, this beautiful #BaldEagle was perched above its hunting grounds and within sight of its nest with at least two #eaglets at #RNWR

#birds #eagles #birdphotography #pnw #wildlifephotography #art #nature #photography #ECK #WestCoastKin #birding #pdx
April 15, 2026 at 12:20 AM
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The secretive Sora feeds along the reed edges in the breeding season after wintering in Central America.

#birds #waterbirds #Sora #shorebirds #birdwatching #westcoastkin #birding #birdphotography #pnw #wildlifephotography #pdx #naturephotography #ECK
#rnwr #wildlife #oiseaux #vögel #pájaro #birding
May 6, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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After watching the Eagles fishing Smelt, we did a few laps at #RNWR and had a few #portraiture sessions with the Red Winged Blackbirds. Hope you like #blackbirds

#birds #pnw #birdwatching #birdphotography #art #portrait #WestCoastKin #photography #Fotografie #blueskyartshow #wildlifephotography
March 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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The very unusual looking male #WoodDuck in its full breeding colors is excitedly guarding its mate at #RNWR

#birds #birding #ducks #ECK #canard #birdphotography #nature #photography #birdwatching #pnw #pdx #wildlifephotography #bird #duck #wildlife #westcoastkin #vögel #pájaro #oiseaux
April 18, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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So far there are maybe a half dozen of these comical Yellow-Headed #Blackbirds at #RNWR, we expect many more in the next month!

#birds #birding #funnybird #art #wildlife #Nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #ECK #photography #fotografia #blueskyartshow #pnw #Fotografie #wildlifephotography
April 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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A Wilson's Snipe with a drop of water on its beak balancing on the floating reeds at #RNWR

#SnipeHunting !!!

#birds #birding #birdwatching #birdphotography #pdx #blueskyartshow #ECK #photography #wildlife #pnw #nature #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #photography #fotografia #Fotografie
April 26, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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A flock of Long Billed Dowitchers were searching the muddy lake shores at #RNWR with an occasional Yellowlegs yesterday!

#shorebirds #photography #birds #art #birdphotography #birdphoto #nature #portland #wildlifephotography #portrait #ridgefieldnwr #pnw #eastcoastkin #birding #birdwatching #vögel
March 11, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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With the evening sunlight, the Red-Winged Blackbird loudly claims his wetlands territory at Ridgefield NWR last night

#birds #birding #Blackbird #wildlife #nature #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #vögel #pájaro #oiseaux #ECK #photography #art #birdphoto #bird #RNWR #PNW #pdx
May 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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Happy Bunny Saturday!

It's Springtime at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge with lots of bunnies running around and the migrants #birds to arrive soon!

#NotABird

#nature #wildlife #pnw #pacificnorthwest #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #RNWR #RidgefieldWA
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April 25, 2026 at 2:29 PM
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We never expected to see this:

A #Sora quickly swimming across the waterway at #RNWR yesterday evening.

Why didn't it just fly?

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#birds #Rail #bird #waterfowl #birding #ornithology #pnw #birdwatching #birdphotography #art #wildlifephotography #nature #swimming #swim
February 26, 2026 at 8:31 PM
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Hit Play for 49 seconds of the sounds of the #pnw wetlands, starring the comical Yellow Headed Blackbird!

#birds #birdcalls #birdsong #birdwatching #birding #wildlife #Nature #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #ornithology #ornithologie #bird #oiseaux #vögel #pájaro #RNWR #RidgefieldWA #pdx
April 30, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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With this impressive adult #BaldEagle flying around #RNWR it clearly explains why the awkward teenage #eagle posted yesterday was hiding the the mossy tree branches.

#birds #birdsinflight #raptors #eagles #birdphotography #birding #birdwatching #pnw #photography #wildlife #pdx #blueskyartshow
January 13, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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The American Bittern is an ambush hunter... it's camouflage matches the brown foliage as it plucks unsuspecting prey out of the waters.

#hunting #birds #ornithology #vögel #pájaro #oiseaux #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #bittern #shorebirds #pnw #nature #wildlife #photography #rnwr #birding
March 15, 2026 at 3:31 PM