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Lane S

@island-birder.bsky.social
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Retired museum educator, nature photographer: wildlife, birds, orcas, northern lights, anything that is difficult to catch. Lover of family, woods, water, sunsets and good friends.

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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
My local barred owl family seems to have moved on but here is a close up of one of the juvenile faces. #owl #pnw #nature #birds
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Pre-flight juvenile barred owl. #owl #pnw #birds
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Close to my house I have been hearing barred owls and yesterday I spotted them. Today I went back to the same spot and found them again. Shooting owls can be a challenge as you never know what you might catch! Same barred owl before and after possession. #owl #pnw #nature #birds
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Even our small island! #nokings
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Same young barred owl, different lighting. #owl #pnw #nature #birds
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Two bees and blackberry blossoms! #bees #pnw #nature
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Young barred owl just hanging out. #owl #pnw #nature #birds
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
A lovely few days of aurora views and pics in the #pnw this week! Here is my favorite from June 2 at 3am. #aurora #northernlights #naturephotography #landscapephotography
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Just love our Washington state bird. Here is a lovely little female just hanging around. #birds #nature #photography #goldfinch #pnw
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
At the Ridgefield for the #outlawmusicfestival have a few more hours before #bobdylan is on stage. Happy 84? Birthday, Bob!
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
A lovely Wilson's warbler eating aphids off my rosebush. #birds #nature #photography #wilson'swarbler #pnw
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
A semipalmated plover flyby. #birds #nature #photography #pacificcoast #pnw
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 15/05/2025
Tonight, Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band opened their Land of Hope & Dreams Tour. Bruce launched this run of shows with three statements about the situation in the United States, with comments preceding his songs Land of Hope and Dreams, House of a Thousand Guitars and My City of Ruins.
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Land of Hope and Dreams
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Western spotted coral root is one of my favorite wild plants in the woods of the #pnw. I found this one while on a neighborhood walk. #flowerfriday
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
A trip to the ocean is good for the soul! And good friends make it even better. Here are a few of the shorebirds that were cooperative. Black-bellied plover, dunlin and sanderlings. Thank you @peggymuzzleloader.bsky.social #birds #nature #photography #pacificcoast #pnw
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A beautiful day for the first of May. This was the view from the ferry tonight #pnw #sunset #mayday #nature #moon
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
A beautiful purple finch gracing the cedar tree in my yard. I love that they look like they have a raspberry wash all over. Unlike the brown wings and striped white and brown of the house finch. #birds #nature #photography #purplefinch #pnw
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Crossing the Bar Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, ... Alfred Lord Tennison Other three verses in comments. #sunset, #pnw, #nature
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Sunset, Puget Sound, islands, Olympics. Hard to beat the cruise home! #pnw #sunset #nature
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
A wise looking squirrel decided to sit on my bench and watch over my yard! #wildlife #photography #nature #PNW
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
I haven't seen any rufous hummingbirds yet this year. Here is one from last year. I was surprised they use cattails for their nests. #birds #wildlife #photography #nature #PNW #hummingbird
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Another common loon as this one popped up in front of me for a hot minute. I find them stunning to look at. #birds #wildlife #photography #nature #PNW
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
Had a great day yesterday watching orcas come by the island. I love that I get to photograph these beauties from shore! #orcanetwork #nature #photography #orca
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I have never had a common merganser stick his tongue out for me as I watched his interpretive dance! #birds #pnw #nature #photography
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
About a month ago I took pictures of a common loon in winter wear. Crazy how fast they change to breeding plumage! #birds #nature #pnw
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Pigeon guillemots are regulars around the island, but I have never seen one carry a water droplet on his head so perfectly. #one #birds #nature #pigeonguillemot
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
No prettier sight, #bluesky and #sailboats. Welcome spring!
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
A young preening ibis. Amazing they can do that with a bill that long. #birds #nature #photography
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
I hope you all got outside and had a view of the blood moon! It is beautiful! #Lunareclipse #photography #nature.
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
"...fly like an eagle to the sea..." A young bald eagle checking me out! #bird #nature #photography #baldeagle
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
A common loon and a red-throated loon, both in winter plumage. Taken last week while counting sea birds. #birds #nature #photography #loons
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
My FOY Anna's! Spring is coming! #birds #hummingbird #nature #birdsofbluesky
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
I searched for a whole week to find a red breasted sap sucker and then when I got in the ferry line to leave the island, one shows up right in front of me on a signpost! He looked straight at me daring me to take his picture, so I did. #woodpeckerwednesday #bird #nature #photography #pnw
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
On my walk through a local park this afternoon, I was surprised to see over a dozen rough-skinned newts. Two pics. The first is similar to all but one. The second has only one eye. Surprised me! #pnw #nature #newt #photography
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Got lucky late this afternoon and saw the orcas going by my island and I was able to catch this one as it popped up with Mt Tahoma in the background! What a magnificent place to call home! #pnw #nature #scape #photography #mttahoma #mtrainier
Orca whale traveling in Puget Sound with greenery and Mt. Tahoma in the background.
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
From my yard at about 4:15 this morning! A glimpse of the northern lights! Western Washington #aurora #northernlights #pnw
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
One of many pictures of a sunrise with the shadow of Mt Tahoma. Just a few months each year can you see that shadow and what joy when it comes with such beautiful color! #sunrise #landscape #mttahoma #nature #photography #pnw
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I chased orcas (from land) on Thursday and even though they were far away, I had a blast as the meandered north and played around. Here are a few my favorite pics from Olalla, WA. #killerwhale #orca #nature #potography
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
A two for one today! Black turnstone flying by a black oyster catcher! #twofer #birds
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Why do they like boxes so much? #cats
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
We had a clear sky at the right time last night but the aurora wasn’t showing up. Instead, a great blue heron by the waters edge. #bird
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
This week I give to you a ruby crowned kinglet and a golden crowned kinglet all near my house. Backyard birding for the win! Happy Valentine's Day! #bird #borbs #nature
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I am married to an amazing man! For the last 9 days we have been without a main heating source in our home. He kept our woodstove insert fire going for 9 days! After going through our wood supply, he went out and found more! That is love! Happy Valentine's day! Heat is back on. #blessed #Valentine
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Mount Tahoma blowing off a little steam! Actually, just the wind picking up the snow. I love the days we get such clear shots of this beauty! #nature #mountain #rainier #pnw #photography
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
It doesn’t often get cold enough in the woods here for hoar frost but I found some today!
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Another owl pic to celebrate the superb owl day! A young barred owl from this summer #owl #SuperbOwl #birds
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Looking forward to warmer, calmer days. #BlueSkyArtShow #Reflections
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Here's looking at you! Every bird photographer must have hundreds of great blue heron shots, I know I do. The latest one to cooperate for my lens was closer than usual. NWR for the win! I would love to see your latest gbh pic. #GBH #birds #birding #nature #wildlife #photography
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
A golden crowned kinglet in my yard. Taken through my window. They never stop moving! #birds #wildlife #photography #nature #PNW
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Lane S @island-birder.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
On a cherry tree near where I live is the best birding spot! It is a favorite of many birds. I was shooting some of the cedar waxwings in the tree in early June and it wasn't until processing the photo I saw the western tanager. Twofer for the win! Both tell me summer is coming soon! #bird
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