Matt Hucke
@matthucke.bsky.social
Photographer, programmer, author of "Graveyards of Chicago" and "Seattle Neon". Wartime consigliere.
Chan's Place, Woodinville, Washington. Opened in August 1980 by the Chan family, who emigrated from China in the 1970s. Photographed May 2024. Fuji X-T5 with Sigma 10-18 f2.8.
#neon #neonsign #neonsigns #woodinville
#neon #neonsign #neonsigns #woodinville
October 23, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Chan's Place, Woodinville, Washington. Opened in August 1980 by the Chan family, who emigrated from China in the 1970s. Photographed May 2024. Fuji X-T5 with Sigma 10-18 f2.8.
#neon #neonsign #neonsigns #woodinville
#neon #neonsign #neonsigns #woodinville
October 22, 2025 at 4:55 PM
October 22, 2025 at 2:55 AM
"Please stop doing that. I'm trying to sleep, here."
#ducks #woodducks #birds
Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland WA
#ducks #woodducks #birds
Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland WA
October 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Please stop doing that. I'm trying to sleep, here."
#ducks #woodducks #birds
Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland WA
#ducks #woodducks #birds
Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland WA
Sea lion, being unfailingly polite, and wondering if you have any sources to back up your opinion.
Mukilteo, WA.
Mukilteo, WA.
October 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Sea lion, being unfailingly polite, and wondering if you have any sources to back up your opinion.
Mukilteo, WA.
Mukilteo, WA.
October 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Brant (Branta bernicla), a small coastal goose, about the size of seagull (one of which is included for comparison). I've only seen these once, a flock of about 20 on the Edmonds Waterfront, and they took off about 15 minutes after I got there. (from April)
#bird #birds #geese #brant #edmondswa
#bird #birds #geese #brant #edmondswa
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Brant (Branta bernicla), a small coastal goose, about the size of seagull (one of which is included for comparison). I've only seen these once, a flock of about 20 on the Edmonds Waterfront, and they took off about 15 minutes after I got there. (from April)
#bird #birds #geese #brant #edmondswa
#bird #birds #geese #brant #edmondswa
September 3, 2025 at 3:06 AM
The Sora, or Carolina Rail, forages for food in shallow wetlands, and is about the size of a robin. Rails are slender, to walk through marsh grasses - origin of the phrase "thin as a rail".
Juanita Bay Park, Aug 28. My second lifer of the day!
#bird #birds #sora #rail #kirklandwa
Juanita Bay Park, Aug 28. My second lifer of the day!
#bird #birds #sora #rail #kirklandwa
August 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The Sora, or Carolina Rail, forages for food in shallow wetlands, and is about the size of a robin. Rails are slender, to walk through marsh grasses - origin of the phrase "thin as a rail".
Juanita Bay Park, Aug 28. My second lifer of the day!
#bird #birds #sora #rail #kirklandwa
Juanita Bay Park, Aug 28. My second lifer of the day!
#bird #birds #sora #rail #kirklandwa
Northern pintail ducks, female or non-breeding. They are dabbing ducks, meaning that they will plunge their heads into the water, butts in the air, to forage for food below the surface.
Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland. One of three "lifers" I saw that day.
#ducks #northernpintail #bird #birds
Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland. One of three "lifers" I saw that day.
#ducks #northernpintail #bird #birds
August 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Northern pintail ducks, female or non-breeding. They are dabbing ducks, meaning that they will plunge their heads into the water, butts in the air, to forage for food below the surface.
Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland. One of three "lifers" I saw that day.
#ducks #northernpintail #bird #birds
Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland. One of three "lifers" I saw that day.
#ducks #northernpintail #bird #birds
Male white-spotted sawyer beetle, on fireweed, Big Four Mountain, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. The elytra (wing cases) are open as he unfolds his wings to take flight. #beetle #insect #washington #nationalforest #bugs
July 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Male white-spotted sawyer beetle, on fireweed, Big Four Mountain, Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. The elytra (wing cases) are open as he unfolds his wings to take flight. #beetle #insect #washington #nationalforest #bugs
July 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Big Four Ice Cave. July, 2017.
July 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Big Four Ice Cave. July, 2017.
Reorganized my space museum today. This shelf commemorates the American moon landing and the programs that led to it. Mercury-Redstone, Mercury-Atlas, Gemini, Apollo, and Artemis. And under the glass dome, a fragment of the moon itself.
#space #spacecraft #nasa #lego
#space #spacecraft #nasa #lego
June 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Reorganized my space museum today. This shelf commemorates the American moon landing and the programs that led to it. Mercury-Redstone, Mercury-Atlas, Gemini, Apollo, and Artemis. And under the glass dome, a fragment of the moon itself.
#space #spacecraft #nasa #lego
#space #spacecraft #nasa #lego
Sister-wives? Red-winged blackbirds are polygynous - several females will share the territory of, and mate with, one male. These three stayed close together as they flew from one location to the next. The male stayed at the top of his usual tree, watching over us all. #bird #birds #blackbirds
June 28, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Sister-wives? Red-winged blackbirds are polygynous - several females will share the territory of, and mate with, one male. These three stayed close together as they flew from one location to the next. The male stayed at the top of his usual tree, watching over us all. #bird #birds #blackbirds
Smith Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the destination of the @pugetsoundexpress puffin cruise. The lighthouse here, built in 1858, was abandoned in the 1950s due to erosion of the bluff, and crumbled into the sea in 1998.
#lighthouse #birds #smithisland
#lighthouse #birds #smithisland
June 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Smith Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the destination of the @pugetsoundexpress puffin cruise. The lighthouse here, built in 1858, was abandoned in the 1950s due to erosion of the bluff, and crumbled into the sea in 1998.
#lighthouse #birds #smithisland
#lighthouse #birds #smithisland
A belted kingfisher queen is startled, and departs.
From this week's puffin tour to Smith Island on the Swiftsure, out of Edmonds.
@pugetsoundexpress @birdsconnectsea
#bird #birds #kingfisher #salishsea
From this week's puffin tour to Smith Island on the Swiftsure, out of Edmonds.
@pugetsoundexpress @birdsconnectsea
#bird #birds #kingfisher #salishsea
June 20, 2025 at 3:32 AM
A belted kingfisher queen is startled, and departs.
From this week's puffin tour to Smith Island on the Swiftsure, out of Edmonds.
@pugetsoundexpress @birdsconnectsea
#bird #birds #kingfisher #salishsea
From this week's puffin tour to Smith Island on the Swiftsure, out of Edmonds.
@pugetsoundexpress @birdsconnectsea
#bird #birds #kingfisher #salishsea
Tufted puffin near Smith Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, as seen from the catamaran Swiftsure, operated by @pugetsoundexpress out of Edmonds, WA, in partnership with @birdsconnectsea.
#bird #birds #puffins #salishsea
#bird #birds #puffins #salishsea
June 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Tufted puffin near Smith Island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, as seen from the catamaran Swiftsure, operated by @pugetsoundexpress out of Edmonds, WA, in partnership with @birdsconnectsea.
#bird #birds #puffins #salishsea
#bird #birds #puffins #salishsea
June 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Chicago River, 2018. From the rooftop bar at London House.
Fuji 10-24mm
#chicago #chicagoriver @lhchicago
Fuji 10-24mm
#chicago #chicagoriver @lhchicago
June 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Chicago River, 2018. From the rooftop bar at London House.
Fuji 10-24mm
#chicago #chicagoriver @lhchicago
Fuji 10-24mm
#chicago #chicagoriver @lhchicago
Juvenile great horned owl. Its plumicorns, or horn-like tufts of feathers, are barely there but will grow more awesome with age.
Wiley Slough, Skagit Wildlife Area, WA.
#bird #birds #owl #owls #greathornedowl #skagitcountywa
Wiley Slough, Skagit Wildlife Area, WA.
#bird #birds #owl #owls #greathornedowl #skagitcountywa
June 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Juvenile great horned owl. Its plumicorns, or horn-like tufts of feathers, are barely there but will grow more awesome with age.
Wiley Slough, Skagit Wildlife Area, WA.
#bird #birds #owl #owls #greathornedowl #skagitcountywa
Wiley Slough, Skagit Wildlife Area, WA.
#bird #birds #owl #owls #greathornedowl #skagitcountywa
Purple martins, the largest swallow in North America. Marymoor Park, Redmond WA.
#bird #birds #martins #purplemartins #swallows
#bird #birds #martins #purplemartins #swallows
June 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Purple martins, the largest swallow in North America. Marymoor Park, Redmond WA.
#bird #birds #martins #purplemartins #swallows
#bird #birds #martins #purplemartins #swallows
June 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM