Deena Heg
@bikesalsa.bsky.social
Political moderate, independent. Workforce, education and economic policy work. Wildlife and outdoors fan. Critter photography. Mixed media art now and then. Ballet lover.
Love them too, got one right here
December 16, 2024 at 3:53 AM
Love them too, got one right here
Northern pygmy owl in the Pacific NW. How can they be so cute and yet so lethal?
#birds #raptors #RaptorsofBluesky
#birds #raptors #RaptorsofBluesky
December 15, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Northern pygmy owl in the Pacific NW. How can they be so cute and yet so lethal?
#birds #raptors #RaptorsofBluesky
#birds #raptors #RaptorsofBluesky
This is a little different--a baby long eared owl. Once our guide said, "They look like bowling pins", I couldn't unsee it--but that doesn't render them any less adorable or fascinating.
#birds #owls #raptors #RaptorsofBluesky
#birds #owls #raptors #RaptorsofBluesky
December 13, 2024 at 4:26 PM
This is a little different--a baby long eared owl. Once our guide said, "They look like bowling pins", I couldn't unsee it--but that doesn't render them any less adorable or fascinating.
#birds #owls #raptors #RaptorsofBluesky
#birds #owls #raptors #RaptorsofBluesky
December 13, 2024 at 2:49 AM
In 2017 we had a merlin nest in our neighborhood. One evening in July, I heard the fledglings yelling their heads off, ran out with my camera to see they were practicing flying at low altitudes and learning how to use their environment. Beautiful creatures!
December 7, 2024 at 5:28 PM
In 2017 we had a merlin nest in our neighborhood. One evening in July, I heard the fledglings yelling their heads off, ran out with my camera to see they were practicing flying at low altitudes and learning how to use their environment. Beautiful creatures!
The Eastern Rift zone on the Big Island, 2013, from a boat trip. And How Land Is Born, a piece I made that was inspired by it.
December 7, 2024 at 3:39 AM
The Eastern Rift zone on the Big Island, 2013, from a boat trip. And How Land Is Born, a piece I made that was inspired by it.
November 28, 2024 at 3:41 PM
November 27, 2024 at 2:14 AM
#raptors #birds #raptorsofbluesky
There's a stand of tree snags along my riverside bike trail where we usually get a wintering peregrine falcon, because the ag fields behind it flood in winter and fill up with ducks. A joy to watch.
There's a stand of tree snags along my riverside bike trail where we usually get a wintering peregrine falcon, because the ag fields behind it flood in winter and fill up with ducks. A joy to watch.
November 25, 2024 at 1:40 AM
#raptors #birds #raptorsofbluesky
There's a stand of tree snags along my riverside bike trail where we usually get a wintering peregrine falcon, because the ag fields behind it flood in winter and fill up with ducks. A joy to watch.
There's a stand of tree snags along my riverside bike trail where we usually get a wintering peregrine falcon, because the ag fields behind it flood in winter and fill up with ducks. A joy to watch.
Thinking this might be a fine person to block
November 19, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Thinking this might be a fine person to block
My favorite shot of all time--not because it's technically great but what a sight to catch!
November 18, 2024 at 2:57 AM
My favorite shot of all time--not because it's technically great but what a sight to catch!
We had a snowy owl come to Seattle in winter 2020-21. It sat on a roof in one small neighborhood for a few weeks. It moved to another very busy neighborhood and wintered there, and tons of people saw it over time--not just birders. Lots of thrilled people, viewers quiet, polite, awed.
November 18, 2024 at 2:02 AM
We had a snowy owl come to Seattle in winter 2020-21. It sat on a roof in one small neighborhood for a few weeks. It moved to another very busy neighborhood and wintered there, and tons of people saw it over time--not just birders. Lots of thrilled people, viewers quiet, polite, awed.
Good morning. A party of sea otters rafting up together in the middle of Prince William Sound (2016). #GetToKnowNature #MarineLife #Mammals
November 17, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Good morning. A party of sea otters rafting up together in the middle of Prince William Sound (2016). #GetToKnowNature #MarineLife #Mammals
#Raptors #raptor #birds #birdsofblueksy
Dad kestrel bringing a mouse to mom and nestling. On my bike trail.
Dad kestrel bringing a mouse to mom and nestling. On my bike trail.
November 16, 2024 at 9:54 PM
#Raptors #raptor #birds #birdsofblueksy
Dad kestrel bringing a mouse to mom and nestling. On my bike trail.
Dad kestrel bringing a mouse to mom and nestling. On my bike trail.
And now for something completely different. From an unusually visible hummingbird's nest we saw a few years ago. Reminder that there's wonderful stuff out there.
November 14, 2024 at 7:11 PM
And now for something completely different. From an unusually visible hummingbird's nest we saw a few years ago. Reminder that there's wonderful stuff out there.
They're hilarious. They never hold still! I love trying to get an unblurred picture of them. I used to collect all the blurry ones in a folder just to make me laugh. Every great once in a while I get one holding still for a nanosecond.
October 18, 2024 at 2:48 PM
They're hilarious. They never hold still! I love trying to get an unblurred picture of them. I used to collect all the blurry ones in a folder just to make me laugh. Every great once in a while I get one holding still for a nanosecond.
Happy Birthday, Daryll Marie! Here's a great grey owl I saw this summer. Such a PRETTY creature.
September 2, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Happy Birthday, Daryll Marie! Here's a great grey owl I saw this summer. Such a PRETTY creature.
There's a big park/ravine they migrate through here, eating tons of ivy berries to fuel their trip
May 3, 2024 at 6:30 AM
There's a big park/ravine they migrate through here, eating tons of ivy berries to fuel their trip
Darth, we're so happy to see you back! We went though a lot of medical scares with Frankie the Cat but he's better now and still coiling up and delivering string as his one good trick.
March 27, 2024 at 11:16 PM
Darth, we're so happy to see you back! We went though a lot of medical scares with Frankie the Cat but he's better now and still coiling up and delivering string as his one good trick.
Darth! ❤️❤️❤️ You missed our Frankie the Cat delivering more self-coiled loops of string to us. Welcome back!
March 27, 2024 at 3:24 PM
Darth! ❤️❤️❤️ You missed our Frankie the Cat delivering more self-coiled loops of string to us. Welcome back!
Late on the #birds "show birds eating" post! Here's my favorite photo of all time, just because it was the first time I ever saw a white-headed woodpecker AND because it was so darned CUTE.
November 24, 2023 at 11:47 PM
Late on the #birds "show birds eating" post! Here's my favorite photo of all time, just because it was the first time I ever saw a white-headed woodpecker AND because it was so darned CUTE.
Husband's learned in the last year how to cabachon from slices of rocks we've collected--Oregon thundereggs, plume agate, etc. Gorgeous stuff and he's having a blast.
We live in the same town. Lemme know if you ever want to see his garage rock shop. :)
We live in the same town. Lemme know if you ever want to see his garage rock shop. :)
November 20, 2023 at 1:41 AM
Husband's learned in the last year how to cabachon from slices of rocks we've collected--Oregon thundereggs, plume agate, etc. Gorgeous stuff and he's having a blast.
We live in the same town. Lemme know if you ever want to see his garage rock shop. :)
We live in the same town. Lemme know if you ever want to see his garage rock shop. :)