Photo of the Week
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A variety of rocks found on the banks of South Fork Skokomish River.
Olympic National Forest
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Grounded 737 MAX airplanes fill an employee parking lot while waiting FAA clearance
Boeing Field
Seattle, Washington
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Sailboats in Primary Colors at The Olympia Yacht Club
Budd Inlet, Olympia, WA
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Male Purple Martin brings a large dragonfly to feed his young. Purple Martins inhabit the nest boxes on Budd Inlet in Olympia from Early April til Mid-August
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Male Barrow's Goldeneye at Swantown Marina in Olympia, Washington
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Male Barrow's Goldeneye at Swantown Marina in Olympia, Washington
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Harbor seals skin and fillet a Chinook salmon while a gull looks on hopefully.
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Hundreds of Chinook salmon congregate below the dam leading into Olympia's Capitol Lake during the fall run.
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Chinook salmon during the fall run at 5th Avenue Bridge in downtown Olympia.
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A white Pope John Paul II rose blooming in the Centennial Rose Garden at The Schmidt House in Tumwater, Washington
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A Dunlin, feeding on the upper beach at Bottle Beach State Park, captures a sand shrimp and attempts to eat it
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