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Linda Barnia King

@lindaking78.bsky.social

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Retired, 7 year survivor of stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, mom, granny, proud Democrat, birder, photographer, flower gardener, collage/glue booker…photos are mine unless noted… #birds

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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 16h

Canada Geese landing on the gravel pit pond in the neighborhood…hope they quit mining for the fall/winter so geese and ducks move in like these did… #EasternWashington #PNW #BirdoftheDay #BestoftheMonth #Art #BirdPhotography #Geese #Birds #NaturePhotography #BirdWatching #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

My rare shot of a hyperactive Black-capped Chickadee that isn’t just a big blur…they cache seeds & insects in tree bark & their brains grows new neurons every fall so they can locate winter feed… #BirdoftheDay #Paridae #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #NaturePhotography #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This old Locust is a real survivor…it’s scars are evidence that not every vehicle successfully navigated the 90 degree turn on the gravel road it overlooks… #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Backroads #RuralScenes #Rural #Photography #NaturePhotography #EasternWashington

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Those buff colored heads/necks are clues that these are juvenile European Starlings with a lone fully dark feathered adult gathering pre-migration in the Yakima Valley… #BirdoftheDay #EFG #Birds #PNW #BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #Birding #BirdWatching #BirdsofBlueSky

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Water lilies on the large pond at Sportsman State Park, Yakima, Washington… #ColorADay #PinkMon #Flowers #Parks #FlowerPhotography #Wildflowers #BloomScrolling #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

American White Pelican soaring over the Columbia River while I shoot from a highway turnout high above the water…. #EasternWashington #PNW #BirdoftheDay #Airborne #Pelicans #BirdsInFlight #Birds #WaterBirds #BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #Birding

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Great Blue Heron… Is it struggling to swallow something? Wringing out wet neck feathers? A second later it was fine…Puget Sound, Bremerton, Washington #PNW #Birding #BirdoftheDay #AwkwardAvian #Birds #Herons #BirdWatching #BirdPhotography #Nature #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Young male House Finch in first fall molt so just transitioning to the rosy red head and breast feathers he’s known for… #BirdoftheDay #BokehBird #Birds #Finches #BirdPhotography #PNW #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdWatching #Birding #Nature #NaturePhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Chinese Goose…loud, very alert to sound and movement…highly protective of flock and property…often act as guard or sentinel geese on farms…will attack if threatened… #BirdoftheDay #Green #Geese #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #NaturePhotography #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Started watching this empty nesting platform 2nd week in April 2026…on the 18th these 2 Osprey flew in within minutes of each other…we came back 2 hours later and they were still there… #BirdOftheDay #Pairs #Birds #Osprey #BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #PNW #NaturePhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Landscapes seen when out birding in southwestern Yakima Valley #EasternWashington this week… #Scapes #Landscapes #RuralScenes #Backroads #Rural #Clouds

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Caught neighborhood pigeons perched on the irrigation pump power line yesterday…didn’t realize how beautiful they are until I started photographing them… #BirdoftheDay #Brown #Pigeons #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #NaturePhotography #BirdLife #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Golden-crowned Sparrow all puffed up because was winter in the Yakima Valley, the sun’s not shining and it’s snowing at times… #BirdoftheDay #Borbs #Sparrows #Birds #BirdPhotography #PNW #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #Nature #NaturePhotography #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A pair of Common Mergansers on the Yakima River at Union Gap, Washington…she was doing all the talking that morning… #BirdoftheDay #TheDivers #Birds #Ducks #BirdPhotography #PNW #NaturePhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Friend or foe? Looks like this Osprey is trying to figure that out as I shoot from my pickup truck…McNary National Wildlife Refuge #EasternWashington #BirdoftheDay #BirdStare #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #Birding #BirdWatching #BirdsoftheWorld

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Lots of red showing up in our fall colors mostly thanks to Sumac…Yakima Valley, #EasternWashington #ColorADay #RedWed #Scapes #LandscapePhotography #Rural #RuralScenes #Fall #Autumn

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Steller’s Jay…catches seeds & nuts in the ground &tree bark using incredible spacial memory to find it again during winter… #EasternWashington #PNW #BirdoftheDay #Corvids #Jays #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #WestCoastPhotography #BirdLife #NaturePhotography #BirdsofBlueSky

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Osprey, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel and Bald Eagle: all are raptors or birds of prey, but Osprey are the only members of the unique Pandionidae family… #BirdoftheDay #Raptors #Hawks #Falcons #Eagles #BirdsofPrey #BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdWatching #EasternWashington

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Turkey Vulture soaring above the carcass of a road-killed deer near Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge… #BirdoftheDay #Redheads #Vultures #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #PNW #Birds #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

There’s a native stand of Oaks on the grounds of Fort Simcoe State Park…this one has burls—tumor-like growths caused by environmental stress or physical trauma…unique wood grains are highly prized by woodworkers… #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Nature #WestCoastPhotography #PNW #NaturePhotography #Parks

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Range cattle coming down from summer range in Cascade foothills waiting to be moved to better feed in their winter pasture on the Yakima Valley floor… #EasternWashington #MammalMonday #Cows #Rural #WestCoastPhotography #Scapes #LandscapePhotography #Animals #RuralScenes

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Wild Turkey hen…ground feeders spending nearly all their life walking and scratching the ground for seeds and insects… #EasternWashington #Birdoftheday #FallBirds #PNW #AutumnBirds #BirdWatching #Fall #BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #Autumn

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Red-tailed Hawk, late afternoon September 17, 2026, Yakima Valley, #EasternWashington #PNW #BirdoftheDay #LightAndShadow #Raptors #Hawks #BirdWatching #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #BirdLife

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Found 30 Turkey Vultures, Yakima Valley…when circling called a Kettle…when perched in trees, poles, post— a Committee, when feeding on a carcass— a Wake… #StunDay #BirdPhotography, #Birds #BirdPhotography #Vultures #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #Birding #BirdWatching

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Hybrid Tea Rose named for the legendary actress Judy Garland…Rose Garden, Yakima Area Arboretum… #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Roses #BloomScrolling #Flowers #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #Photo #FlowerPhotography #gardens

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“Back off buddy! I was here first, and I don’t share!” #BirdoftheDay #CaptionThatBird #BirdPhotography #Birding #Birds #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdWatching #NaturePhotography #WestCoastPhotography

Two juvenile Starlings vying for space on an already crowded power line…

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Juvenile Barn Swallows from the 2026 hatch gathered in early September with a variety of swallows to begin fall migration from the Yakima Valley to South America… #SmallBirdSaturday #Birds #Birding #Swallows #BirdPhotography #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Green stuff—10 foot tall Field Corn, regrowth in summer 2026 wildfire burn area, Granny Smith apples, very old Pear Trees growing wild at Fort Simcoe State Park… #EasternWashington #ColorADay #GreenSat #Fruit #PNW #NaturePhotography #Nature #RuralScenes #Farming #Scapes #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Cedar Waxwing, one of the few North American birds that can live on an exclusive diet of berries for long periods of time…very high pitched call… #EasternWashington #PNW #BirdoftheDay #Elegant #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdWatching #Photography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

An American Crow having a terrible time perching on a power line on a very windy day in the Yakima Valley #EasternWashington #PNW #Birds #BirdoftheDay #Scruffy #Crows #BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #Corvids

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Low-hanging clouds against Cascade foothills at the west end of the Yakima Valley in early morning following rainfall the previous day with more incoming rain… #Scape #RuralScenes #Rural #Landscapes #photography #WestCoastPhotography #PNW #NaturePhotography #Clouds

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A Fritillary Butterfly, one of many, on a nectar-rich Rabbitbrush bloom in mid-September on an irrigation canal bank… #YakimaValley #EasternWashington #FlyDay #PNW #Butterflies #Insects #Closeup #WestCoastPhotography #Weed #Photography #Plants #Macro

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Eurasian Collared Dove…noisy, invasive, breed rapidly—4-5 hatches of 2 eggs a year…arrived from the Bahamas in Florida 1982 & noticed in my rural Yakima Valley neighborhood in 2003… #BirdoftheDay #Pigeons&Doves #Birds #BirdPhotography #PNW #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Just a few of a colorful flock of about 50 Pigeons in our rural Yakima Valley neighborhood…fun watching them circle as a flock before landing… #BirdoftheDay #Pigeons&Doves #PNW #BirdPhotography #Birds #WestCoastPhotography #Birding #BirdWatching #Nature #Wildlife #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Exterior and interior lobby photos of the 1931 historic art deco Larson Building in downtown Yakima, #EasternWashington #Design #UrbanGaze #Architecture #Scapes #Buildings #ArtDeco #Interiors #WestCoastPhotography #PNW #ArchitecturalPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Walking track in a park is a great place for different healthy activities midday in a small #EasternWashington town… #HumansofBlueSky #Monochrome #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BnW #WestCoastPhotography #People #Photography #Mono #Parks

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

#BirdoftheDay theme #ODG for photos of Owls, Ducks and Geese…have all—great Horned Owl, Duck in part shade & late afternoon sun, Canada Geese gathering in migratory mode… #Ducks #Geese #Owls #Birds #PNW #BirdPhotography #Wildlife #Birding #NaturePhotography #BirdWatching #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

While a red rose symbolizes affection and romance, this deeper red color signifies a more intense, passionate emotion… #RoseWednesday #ColorADay #RedWed #FlowerPhotography #Blossom #GardenPhotography #BloomScrolling #Flowers #PNW #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Black-necked Stilt, shorebird known for those hot-pink legs…they come inland to shallow water areas in #EasternWashngton where they nest on open ground… #BirdoftheDay #BirdyLongLegs #Shorebirds #BirdWatching #PNW #BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #Birding

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A pair of Red-shafted Northern Flickers enjoying a fall meal of Virginia Creeper berries… #BirdoftheDay #BirdsWithBerries #Woodpeckers #BirdWatching #BirdPhotography #Birding #PNW #Birds #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #RedWed

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Things seen when out birding: small band of wild horses on the grounds of Fort Simcoe, wild mushroom cluster, mixed-breed sheep flock, herd of domestic American Bison… #EasternWashington #photography #horses #Bison #Sheep #Mushrooms #WestCoastPhotography #Mammals #Nature #NaturePhotography #PNW

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A raptor in silhouette…stocky body and heavy bill point to it being a Red-tailed Hawk, very common in the Yakima Valley, #EasternWashington #BirdoftheDay #Silhouette #Birds #Raptors #BirdPhotography #PNW #NaturePhotography #BirdWatching #Birding #WildLifePhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

One of the huge Oregon White Oak trees on the grounds at Fort Simcoe State Park…this site was chosen for the fort built in 1856 because of the native grove of oaks watered by 2 springs…. #EasternWashington #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #WestCoasfPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #forest #Scapes

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Molting Mallards gave me some kind of cool poses even if they’re missing their gorgeous feathering…Randall Park, Yakima, Washington… #MallardMonday #Birds #Ducks #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #WildlifePhotography #BirdWatching #NaturePhotography #Nature

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I can’t be 100% certain, but we had a at least one American Robin in our Yakima Valley yard all winter and I photographed this one in early February…same bird? #BirdoftheDay #Robin #Birds #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #Portrait #WildLifePhotography #Birding #BirdWatching #BirdsofBlueSky

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

From my observations of these Canada Geese on the pond at the Yakima Area Arboretum I’d say they’re busy parenting… #EasternWashington #BirdoftheDay #Mamas&Papas #Birds #BirdPhotography #Geese #Nature #NaturePhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #Photography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Bald Eagle…used to be an old, partly dead snag at the edge of Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge locals called “The Eagle Tree” because it was a favorite perch… #EasternWashington #BirdoftheDay #MyBestSide #Birds #Raptors #BirdPhotography #PNW #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Molting male Mallard, who’s temporarily lost his green head, taking a wild bath at the Randall Park pond, Yakima, Washington… #BirdoftheDay #BirdsInAbstract #Ducks #BirdPhotography #Nature #ActionPhotography #Birding #PNW #NaturePhotography #BirdWatching #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Rain storm forming in this view across the Yakama Nation’s Reservation north to Union Gap, where the Yakima River, Interstate-82, Highway 97 and the BNSF Railroad all enter the lower valley… #EasternWashington #PNW #Scape #LandscapePhotography #Landscapes #Photography #WestCoastPhotography

Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Common Raven…extremely intelligent and very opportunistic and adaptable feeders, they can be found all across the Northern Hemisphere… #BirdoftheDay #Black #Corvids #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdPhotography #Bitds #PNW #NaturePhotography #Photography