Blackbird and Cattails
A Yellow-headed Blackbird launching off of the cattails for flight. This is a remake of the image taken back in summer of 2022 at the Summer Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon.
#yellowheadedblackbird #blackbird #bird #flight #cattails #marsh #wildliferefuge #summerlakeoregon #wildlife #animal #nature #flying

Flyover
A Tree Swallow doing a flyover of a nesting box.  It was a cool weather day with the sun attempting to burn through the fog.
#flying #bird #treeswallow #swallows #nestingbox #sunshine #misty #foggy

Young Sandhill Crane
A young Sandhill Crane landing in the Summer Lake National Wildlife Refuge in south central Oregon. 
#sandhillcrane #juvenilesandhillcrane #bird #nature #wildlife #animal #flight #wings #grasslands #oregon #summerlakeoregon

Young Swallow Flight
Really hard catching these young juvenile swallows in flight.  I managed to capture a good shot of this one while doing a swift pan with it.  I wish the background was a little better but thankfully it was blurry, and you can't really tell it's a sign behind the shot.
#juvenileswallow #swallows #treeswallow #flight #bird #animal #nature #wildlife

Courting the Perch
Tree Swallows in a courting competition for one on the perch.
#swallows #treeswallows #bird #animal #nature #wildlife #flight #wings #perched

Three's a Crowd
There were originally 2 swallows perched on the post but then the third one came down at them and stirred it all up.
#swallows #treeswallows #bird #birdflight #flight #nature #wildlife #animal #wings

Perched Swallow Pair
A cute pair of Tree Swallows taking a break on top of a nesting box post and enjoying a little time with each other.
#treeswallows #birds #swallow #nature #animal #perched #post #wildlife

Perpetua Storm
A storm moved into the hills southeast of Cape Perpetua on the Oregon coast. (2022)
#oregoncoast #pacificcoast #capeperpetua #storm #mountains #forest #wilderness #oregonexplored

Beached
A lone piece of wood washed up during high tides on an Oregon coastal beach.

#beachwood #beach #pacificocean #oregoncoast #ocean #wood #onesubject #pnw #pacificnorthwest #oregonexplored

Thielsen View
Looking across Diamond Lake and seeing the tall majestic Mount Thielsen reaching into the sky. (2023)
#blackandwhitephoto #blackandwhite #mountthielsenview #mountthielsen #pnw #pacificnorthwest #cascademountains #oregon #mountain

Broken
Taken from the Thielsen View Campground at Diamond Lake, Oregon.  A broken tree framing in Mount Thielsen in the background. (07/2023)

#diamondlakeoregon #diamondlake #oregonexplored #lake #water #trees #wilderness #mountthielsen #pnw #pacificnorthwest

Misty Serenity
Early morning mist rising from the water and a rowboat sitting just off the bank.

#misty #mist #sunrise #sunburst #lakeside #lake #water #reflection #rowboat #boat #redboat #foggy #washington

Droplets on a Leaf
Out visiting family for Thanksgiving and they just had a bit of rain early in the morning.  This little leaf was on their table in the backyard, and it was covered with small droplets.  This is a 95 shot focus stacked image. (11/22/23)
#leaf #droplets #macro #nature #macrophoto #water #waterdrops

Brewers Blackbird
A Brewers blackbird perched on a lone branch at the top of a bush at the Summers Lake Wildlife Refuge in southern Oregon. (05/22/23)
#blackbird #brewersblackbird #bird #perch #bush #nature #animal #bird #wildlife

Incoming
A tree swallow coming in for a landing at the top of a nesting box.

#nestingbox #treeswallow #swallow #bird #animal #nature #wildlife #flight #flying

Portrait of a Swallow
A cute little tree swallow stopped for a minute at the top of this post to pose for a portrait shot.

#treeswallow #wildlife #nature #animal #bird #perched #swallows

Fall Seed
Another find among the fall leaves and green foliage is this one lonely, standing high, dandelion seed puff.  The morning light made for a nice dramatic effect.
#dandelionseeds #dandelion #macro #fallleaves #fallcolors #fall #seedpods #seedpuff #macrophoto #nature

Moss and Fall
There's nothing more interesting than crawling around on the ground looking for a good macro shot.  There were tons of leaves that have fallen from several different types of trees in the area but this was the only piece of oak moss that I could see anywhere on the ground.  With the daylight just coming it stood out from the green ground foliage and the colorful leaves. (11/16/23)
#oakmoss #moss #macro #macrophotography #macrophoto #fallcolors #leavesontheground #fall #fungi

Swallow Wings
A Tree Swallow stretching its wings out to take off of this board on an edge of a fence. (Washtucna, WA)
Nikon Z6II /  Tamron 150-600mm /  ISO-800 /  F-9 /  1/2000 /  155mm

#treeswallow #bird #wings #birdwings #nature #naturelovers #flight

Maple Colors
A beautiful Japanese maple leaf that landed stem down and almost standing upright. The early morning frost was just starting to melt with the sun now coming out.
#macro #macrophotography #japanesemapleleaf #mapleleaf #fallcolors #maple #nature

Oak Fall Leaf
 A beautiful and colorful oak leaf lying on the ground foliage. 

#oakleaf #fallcolors #nature #macro #macrophotography

Fallen Leaf
A lone fall colored golden leaf lying on a bed of ground foliage. 

#fallcolors #leaf #macro #macrophotography #nature #foliage #macrophoto

Liberty Cap
This little fungi is commonly known as Magic mushroom. They can grow upto 5 inches but these 2 are aproximately 1.5 inches.  Having heavy rain fall lately has spiked the growth of them in the Washington area. (11/16/23)
Camera: Nikon Z6II
Lens: Sigma 105mm Macro
ISO: 200 /  f/8 /  1/320 sec. 

#mushrooms #mushroomart #magicmushrooms #macrophoto #macro #nature #washingtonstate #washington

Rolling Roads
A long straight highway going over the rolling hills in eastern Washington just south of Ritzville. (11/1/2023)
#highway261washington #highway #highways #easternwashington #ritzvillewa #openroads #blackandwhite #rollingroads #rollinghills

261 Sunset
Found a spot to drive a little off of highway 261, just south of Ritzville, WA, for a bit of an early sunset shot.  Still managed to catch some colors in the sky and the rolling fields were never ending it seemed like. (10/28/23)
#sunset #highways #highwaysunset #rollingfields #rollinghills #farmland #dryfarmland #washington #washingtonlife #easternwashington

Turbine Sunset
The dryland farming surrounds the vast hills of wind turbines in this eastern Washington area.  A beautiful sunset setting in the background. (10/29/23)
#sunsetlovers #sunset #windturbines #turbines #washington #easternwashington #farmland #fields #grainfields

Roads and Turbines
A stretch of highway heading over the hills in eastern Washington.  This highway goes near a large area of wind turbines in the area. (10/29/23 - Ritzville, WA)
#highways #roads #sunset #sunsetviews #easternwashington #washington #windturbinesunset #windturbines #turbines

International W-450
This old tractor is an International W-450 which was built from 1956-1958 in an Illinois plant.  This particular one can be found at the top of a hill just off of Washington highway 261 just south of Ritzville.  Being its antique equipment, I thought a black and white version was fitting. 
#farmequipment #abandoned #farmlife #farming #farm #hillside #tractor #tractorlove #oldtractors #washington #ritzvillewa #ritzville

Sunset Energy
Looking down a straight away on a highway in eastern Washington to see the sunset colors in the sky.
#sunset #road #highway #street #colorfulsky

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