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Linda Barnia King
@lindaking78.bsky.social
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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…
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Things seen when out birding: customized 1929 Ford model A Pickup, Yakima, WA rail yard, Quarter Horses near White Swan, sign at Job Corps Center…
#rural #Photography #urban #horse
#WestCoastPhotography #scape
#PhotographersofBlueSky #PNW
#vehicles #landscape#ruralscenes
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Red-tailed Hawk photographed at a great distance through dense early morning fog near Toppenish, WA…
#birds #audubon #ornithology #hawks
#BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
#photography #WestCoastPhotography
#BirdoftheDay #raptors #birdwatching
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Another of my friend’s Dahlias…branch is from a Harry Lauder’s Walking Stick aka Contorted Filbert or Hazelnut, an ornamental shrub known for its twisted branches…
#stunday #dahlias #flowers #closeup
#photography #WestCoastPhotography
#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography
November 16, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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A couple of Black Bears high in a big Oak grazing on green acorns which they prefer over ripe…smallest of 3 North American bears…very agile climbers…claws do not retract…near White Swan, WA…
#wildlife #bears #mammals #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #trees
#pictureofday #PhotographersofBlueSky
November 15, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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This male American Kestrel was definitely on rodent patrol in an area where an organic farmer put up nesting boxes near veggie fields…Harrah, WA
#birds #audobon #ornithology #PNW
#BirdoftheDay #BirdsoftheWorld
#BirdsofBlueSky #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #falcons
#raptors #birdwatching
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Dahlia from a friend’s garden that’s still blooming 11/15/2025…we have 53 at 7am this morning—very unusual…Lower Yakima Valley, WA…
#flowers #bloomscrolling #closeup
#gardening #flowerreport #dahlias
#photography #WestCoastPhotography
#Flowerphotography #dailyflowers
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Feels soooo good to scratch that itch…this feral tom stays close to the house and has become increasingly friendly…his sibling is a roamer and less social…
#caturday #cats #pets #photography
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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More photos from the Japanese Garden, Yakima Area Arboretum…will be sad to see the fall colors end…
#AutumnVibes #fall #autumn #fallcolors
#landscape #WestCoastPhotography
#Photography #trees #gardensky
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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American Robin hanging out on the rocks at the edge of my garden 11/12/2024…most migrate out of the Yakima Valley but some overwinter…saw 2 yesterday…
#birds #ornithology #audobon #birdlife
#BirdoftheDay #BirdsoftheWorld
#BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography
#photography #wildlifephotography
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Lots of hot pink Snapdragons still blooming here in the Lower Yakima Valley…however, looks like we’ll be at or near frost after this weekend…
#flowers #gardening #flowerreport
#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography
#closeup #depthoffield #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #gardensky
November 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Green Frog…not native to Washington state but known to be found here at times…it was photographed years ago at the headquarters pond, McNary National Wildlife Refuge, Burbank, WA…
#amphibians #frogs #wildliferefuge
#naturephotography #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #nature
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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Another late blooming rose, probably of the “Candy Cane” variety, from a friend’s gardens…11/9/2025, Yakima Co., WA…
#rose #bloomscrolling #flowers
#roseWednesday #flowerphotography
#closeup #WestCoastPhotography
#photography #PhotographersofBlueSky
November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Grew up in the 1940-60s…never thought grocery shopping would evolve to warehouses, bulk buying, memberships required, pre-assembled & cooked meals, flatbed carts, self-checkout, credit cards…
#HumansofBlueSky #monochrome #B&W
#photography #storytelling #people #blackandwhitephotography
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Unusual solitary, brief visitors at the gravel pit pond near Harrah, WA—a Bonaparte Gull & a Double-crested Cormorant…likely blown inland by coastal storms during migration…
#birds #ornithology #audobon #gulls
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#birdphotography #birdwatching
#WestCoastPhotography #PNW
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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The Yakima River scenes first week of November 2025…irrigation diversion dam, empty Osprey nest I’ll be watching come spring and of course lots of fall color…
#waterWednesday #water #landscape
#naturephotography #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #fallcolors
#reflection #AutumnVibes #fall #autumn
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Great Egret in flight along the bank of the Snake River near Burbank, WA…it had been hunting from rocks like these but fled when a Bald Eagle flew into the area…
#birds #egrets #BirdsoftheWorld
#ornithology #audobon #photography
#BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography
#naturephotography #birdwatching
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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This lovely rose is on a bush that’s still blooming in a friend’s Lower Yakima Valley garden 11/12/2025…heavy frost likely next week…
#roseWednesday #rose #flowerreport
#bloomscrolling #flowerphotography
#WestCoastPhotography #gardening
#photography #PhotographersofBlueSky
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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WWII photos I got after my dad’s death…no info on them…probably France since he was stationed somewhere there for 2 years…posted with thanks to America’s vets and those of our allied nations…
#HumansofBlueSky
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Great Blue Heron hunting an irrigation canal that was draining at the end of irrigation season…flew at the sound of my truck on gravel…had camera ready for a change…Yakima Valley, Washington…
#birds #heron #ornithology #audobon
##BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
November 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Hollyhock still blooming 11/10/2025, Yakima Valley, Washington…currently 11/11, 7:30am, 32 degrees, dense fog…will see what survives in my garden when sun breaks through…
#gardening #flowerphotography #PNW
#dailyflowers #bloomscrolling #flowers
#WestCoastPhotography #closeup
#flowerreport #garden
November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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November 11th is Veterans Day in the U.S, honoring all peace & war time military veterans…my Dad served in the U.S. Army March 1941-November 1945, 2years in France as a troop & supply driver, Military Police Officer, 2years stateside including the Aleutian Islands, watching Russia…
#HumansofBlueSky
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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European White Birch trees were planted in a country yard near White Swan, WA either very late 1930s or early 1940s…known for their drooping branches that have shed their brilliant yellow fall leaves…
#thicktrunkTuesday #trees #nature
#WestCoastPhotography #photography
#naturephotography #rural
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Black-billed Magpie…it’s hanging out near the garage cans hoping someone forgets to put the lids down…member of Corvid family (crows, ravens, jays) so noisy and intelligent…
#birds #ornithology #Audubon #closeup
#birdphotography #photography
#WestCoastPhotography
#BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Dahlias in a friend’s gardens…she lives about 10 minutes drive northwest of me but hasn’t had frost yet…I was able to shoot lots of photos & collect some seeds while chatting with her…
#bloomscrolling #dahlias #closeup
#flowerphotography #photography
#WestCoastPhotography #gardening
#flowerreport
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Bison cow grazing irrigated pasture with a small domestic herd…Yakima Valley, WA….commonly called Buffalo…largest North American mammal…Yakama Nation is developing their own herd as are other tribes…
#monoMonday #monochrome #b&w
#blackandwhitephotography #closeup
#photograohy #WestCoastPhotography
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM