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Surf scoters in a row at Swantown Marina, Olympia, WA
2021 0310 LH0A6456 Michele Burton Budd Inlet Melanitta perspicillata Olympia Other Keywords Swantown marina Swimming female group male panorama surf scoter
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Male Bufflehead beginning to dive
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2021 0310 LH0A6042 Michele Burton Budd Inlet Bufflehead Olympia Other Keywords Swantown marina diving male winter
Indian Plum
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2021 0317 Michele Burton Indian Plum kaleidoscope spring St. Patrick's Day
Indian Plum. First sign of spring in Puget lowlands.
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2021 0304 Michele Burton LH0A5412 Indian Plum Lacey Lake Lois Oso Berry flower flowering oemlaria winter
Douglas squirrel emerging from nest cavity
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2021 0304 Michele Burton LH0A5613 Douglas squirrel Lacey Lake Lois douglas fir moss nesting winter
Douglas squirrel bringing materials to nest cavity
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2021 0304 Michele Burton LH0A5755 Douglas squirrel Lacey Lake Lois douglas fir moss nesting winter
Douglas squirrel emerging from nest cavity
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2021 0304 Michele Burton LH0A5707 Douglas squirrel Lacey Lake Lois douglas fir moss nesting winter
Preacher's Slough, Chehalis River, Grays Harbor, WA
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2021 0227 4476 Michele Burton Montesanto Preacher's Slough movement rocks stones stream water
Tumwater Falls Park in the Snow. Tumwater, WA
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2021 0212 Michele Burton 4272 Other Keywords Tumwater Tumwater Falls Park footsteps pathway snow trees winter
Vic's Pizza looking welcoming in the snowy night
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2021 0211 Michele Burton 4240 Covid19 Neighborhood Olympia Wildwood night snow vic's pizza winter
Fire moss with a very light dusting of snow
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2021 0211 Michele Burton 4219 Neighborhood winter snow waterdrops fire moss
Ice Hair. McLane Creek Nature Trail, WA
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2021 0208 Michele Burton 4197 winter ice hair Hair ice frost beard fungus ice wool McLane Creek Exidiopsis effusa
Ice Hair. McLane Creek Nature Trail, WA
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2021 0208 Michele Burton 4195 winter ice hair Hair ice frost beard fungus ice wool McLane Creek Exidiopsis effusa
Ice Hair. McLane Creek Nature Trail, WA
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2021 0208 Michele Burton 4190 winter ice hair Hair ice frost beard fungus ice wool McLane Creek Exidiopsis effusa
Annas Hummingbird
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2021 0115 LH0A4233 Michele Burton Anna's hummingbird bird winter perching Capitol Lake Olympia feathers detail
Oregon junco
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2021 0108 LH0A4177 Michele Burton Bird small Lacey winter stormwater Oregon junco perching songbird
Bushtit
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2021 0108 LH0A4126 Michele Burton Bird small Lacey winter stormwater Bushtit Douglas fir cone feeding
Annas Hummingbird
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2021 0108 LH0A4169 Michele Burton Bird small Lacey winter stormwater Anna's hummingbird native plant rose
Oregon junco
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2021 0108 Junco 0000 LH0A4180 Michele Burton Bird small Lacey winter stormwater Oregon junco perching songbird
The early bird gets the worm. American Robin
American robin in the wet grass
2021 0107 LH0A3995 Michele Burton Bird Winter Common St. Martin's University Lacey College Regional Stormwater Facility American robin Turdus migratorius
Chestnut-backed Chickadee perched on an alder branch
2021 0107 LH0A3945 Michele Burton Bird Winter Common St. Martin's University Lacey College Regional Stormwater Facility Chestnutbacked Chickadee Poecile rufescens alder catkins
Song sparrow rooting in leaf litter, looking for seeds and bugs
2021 0107 LH0A3960 Michele Burton Bird Winter Common St. Martin's University Lacey College Regional Stormwater Facility Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
Craters of the Moon visible just before Sunset. The moon is waxing and will be full in 6 days time
2020 1223 moon LH0A3815 Michele Burton Waxing Gibbous winter craters Sunset
Craters of the Moon visible just before Sunset. The moon is waxing and will be full in 6 days time
2020 1223 moon LH0A3815 detail Michele Burton Waxing Gibbous winter craters Sunset
Cedar Waxwing on Cattail Reed
2020 0930 LH0A2375 Michele Burton Tumwater Tumwater Historical Park Cedar Waxwing fall bird songbird Deschutes River catt
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30 seconds of light and water
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THe ghostly flowers of the one-flower Indian-pipe stand out against the rich greens of the forest floor
2020 0630 2034 Michele Burton Grass Lake Park Olympia Native plants summer park northwest plants Monotropa uniflora oneflower Indianpipe
Ocean-spray flowers reveal amazing details
2020 0630 2007 Michele Burton Grass Lake Park Olympia Native plants summer park northwest plants Holodiscus discolor Oceanspray flower detail macro
Salal, yarrow and wild strawberry carpet the forest understory
2020 0630 2004 Michele Burton Grass Lake Park Olympia Native plants summer park northwest plants salal yarrow wild strawberry understory
Columbia lily in bloom at Grass Lake Park, June 2020
2020 0630 1973 Michele Burton Grass Lake Park Olympia Native plants summer park northwest plants Lilium columbianum Columbia lily
Great Blue Heron fishes in East Bay at the mouth of Moxlie Creek
great blue Heron its the Water Olympia Moxlie Creek East Bay Great Blue Heron Watershed Stormwater Bird Fishing forage fish water quality environment stewardship
Adult male Caspian tern presents fish to adult female
2020 0615 LH0A8957 Michele Burton Caspian tern behavior fish food bird tern male female ritual Olympia Spring
Adult male Caspian tern presents fish to adult female
2020 0615 LH0A8893 Michele Burton Caspian tern behavior fish food bird tern male female ritual Olympia Spring
Adult male Caspian tern presents fish to adult female
2020 0615 LH0A8917 Michele Burton Caspian tern behavior fish food bird tern male female ritual Olympia Spring
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2020 0522 LH0A7240 Band Michele Burton Caspian tern Olympia citizen science banded bird Puget Sound
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2020 0601 LH0A8317 Band Michele Burton Caspian tern Olympia citizen science banded bird Puget Sound
Purple martins at nesting boxes. East Bay, Olympia
2020 0501 LH0A6235 Michele Burton Purple martin East Bay citizen science bird swallow nest box nesting boxes
Purple martins at nesting boxes. East Bay, Olympia
2020 0420 LH0A5304 Michele Burton Purple martin East Bay citizen science bird swallow nest box nesting boxes
Immature Bald Eagle mobbed by crows and Caspian terns.
Olympia, WA June 1, 2020
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Bald eagle being mobbed by a crow on the beach. Budd Inlet, Olympia, WA
2020 0601 LH0A8020 Michele Burton behavior bird raptor bald eagle beach mob mobbing territory defend nesting season Olympia crow
Bald eagle being mobbed by a Caspian tern on the beach. Budd Inlet, Olympia, WA
2020 0601 LH0A7918 Michele Burton behavior bird raptor bald eagle beach mob mobbing territory defend nesting season Olympia caspian tern
Bald eagle being mobbed by a crow on the beach. Budd Inlet, Olympia, WA
2020 0601 LH0A7946 Michele Burton behavior bird raptor bald eagle beach mob mobbing territory defend nesting season Olympia crow
Native thimbleberry flowers attract bees
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Gull about to land on a piling at Swantown Marina, Olympia
2020 0501 LH0A6860 Michele Burton bird flight flying landing gull olympia Swantown
Caspian Tern in flight over Puget Sound
2020 0501 LH0A6652 Michele Burton bird birds flying in flight motion Olympia Washington Caspian Tern
Osprey hovering as it scans for food
2020 0501 LH0A6387 Michele Burton bird birds flying in flight motion Olympia Washington hover hovering hunting
Male Northern red-shafted flicker excavates nest cavity in an alder snag as the female explores the work. Tumwater, Washington. April 27, 2020
2020 0427 LH0A5950 Michele Burton Northern redshafted flicker flicker bird Tumwater spring nest snag excavation excavating woodpecker Colaptes auratus male
Male Northern red-shafted flicker excavates nest cavity in an alder snag as the female explores the work. Tumwater, Washington. April 27, 2020
2020 0427 flicker LH0A6007 Michele Burton Northern redshafted flicker bird Tumwater spring nest snag excavation excavating woodpecker Colaptes auratus female

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