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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 · 4h
Bouquet of flower shop Roses… “Friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.” 0liver Wendell Holmes… #RoseWednesday #ColorADay #RedWed #BloomScrolling #Flowers #FlowerPhotography #CloseUp #Blossoms #Roses
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 4h
Old photo of a Peregrine Falcon called Lars by local birders because it’s favored perch was the historical, art deco,11 story Larson Building, Yakima, Washington… #BirdsoftheDay #UrbanBirds #Falcons #Raptors #BirdPhotography #Birds #WestCoastPhotography #Birding #NaturePhotography #UrbanGaze
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 4h
Killdeer trying to get me to follow it away from its roadside nest…shot from my pickup truck…McNary National Wildlife Refuge…it was not impressed… #EasternWashington #BirdoftheDay #ShoreBirds #Birds #WestCoastPhotography #PNW #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdsofBlueSky #Art #Nature
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Black-billed Magpie in a Douglas Fir keeping an eye on the morning sky…then the same bird flew to a fence post where something on the ground got its attention … #BirdoftheDay #LookingUp #LookingDown #Birds #Corvidae #BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #PNW #WildlifePhotography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
A charred grove of Cottonwoods at the edge of the community of White Swan, Washington…all had to be cut down due to proximity to a county road… #EasternWashington #PNW #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Nature #Wildfires #LandscapePhotography #WestCoastPhotography #Scapes
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Glad I took some flower photos last week…we had freezing temperatures last night…my garden’s looking kind of poorly…time to do fall cleanup… #EasternWashington #PNW #ColorADay #PinkMon #Gardening #FlowerPhotography #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #Blossoms #WestCoastPhotography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
California Scrub Jay foraging on the grounds of Fort Simcoe State Park…very vocal, multiple different calls, caches food… #BirdoftheDay #Blue #Jays #Corvidae #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #WestCoastPhotography #Birding #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #NaturePhotography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Juvenile Red-tailed Hawk, likely hatched in early summer 2026…tail feathers don’t yet show the rusty-red it’s named for… #EasternWashington #BirdoftheDay #Brown #Hawks #Birds #Raptors #BirdPhotography #Birding #WestCoastPhotography #PNW
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
This Honey Locust gave us some great backyard color in the Yakima Valley this past week…October 2026 #ColorADay #OrangeSun ##StunDay #Fall #Autumn #Photography #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #Leaves #NaturePhotography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Some closeups of the neighborhood pigeon flock thanks to zoom…their favorite perch is a power line in our pasture… #EasternWashington #BirdoftheDay #Pigeons&Doves #Birds #Pigeons #BirdWatching #Birdphotography #Photography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Snow Geese flying up leaving Canada Geese behind on a corn stubble field…winter 2026…Yakima Valley… #EasternWashington #Birds #Geese #BirdoftheDay #Ducks&GeeseinFlight #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #WestCoastPhotography #Photography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Smallest bird that breeds in the U.S. and Canada—Calliope Hummingbird… 3 inches long and weighs 2-3 grams…winters in Mexico and Central America… #EasternWashington #SmallBirdSaturday #Birds #GreenSat #ColorADay #Hummingbirds #PNW #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Juvenile European Starling perched on the tip of the Douglas Fir in our front yard at sunrise showing just a bit of iridescent green… #BirdoftheDay #Green #Birds #PNW #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld #NaturePhotography I’m
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Canada Geese dropped in on the neighborhood gravel pit pond for a brief rest…heard and saw them overhead so drive over for a few shots… #BirdPhotography #PNW #BirdoftheDay #Geese #Birds #WestCoastPhotography #Birding #NaturePhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #WildlifePhotography #TenMinutesFromHome
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The northwest corner of the neighborhood gravel pit pond where I take a lot of photos… #Scapes #landscapes #RuralScenes #Water #Reflections #Trees #PNW #LandscapePhotography #Nature #TenMinutesFromHome #Photography #EasternWashington #WestCoastPhotography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Took these photos yesterday early in the morning of birds enjoying my garden patch of Sunflower seed heads…House Finch, Spotted Towhee, Goldfinch… #BirdoftheDay #GardenBirds #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Photography #Gardening #Finches #EasternWashington
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Great Blue Heron…it flew over my house heading northeast so I left my garden project and drove over to its favorite hangout, the neighborhood gravel pit pond, for a few photos…easy birding… #BirdoftheDay #Waders #Herons #Birds #BirdPhotography #Birding #TenMinutesFromHome #PNW #WestCoastPhotography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The fish truck comes to town giving me one of my favorite excuses not to cook dinner… #HumansofBlueSky #People #PNW #UrbanGaze #Scapes #FoodTrucks #Monochrome #BlackNWhite #BnW #BlackandWhitePhotography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Western Meadowlark singing its flute-like spring song from the sagebrush at Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge… #BirdoftheDay #Crooners #Songbirds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Art #NaturePhotography #Birds #Nature #Photography #BirdsofBlueSky #PNW #EasternWashington #RuralScenes #BirdsOftheWorld
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Orange color morph House Finch with a seed meal from my garden patch of Sunflowers…bird color has faded, flowers are dried seed heads, but enjoy the photo ops… #BirdoftheDay #Eating #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #gardening #Finches #BirdLife #GardenPhotography #Nature #WestCoastPhotography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The last red rose in my garden this year got a bit beat up by the wind so I salvaged it with some photo cropping…fortunately it’s wonderful fragrance wasn’t damaged… #RoseWednesday #ColorADay #RedWed #Roses #Gardening #BloomScrolling #Flowers #PNW #GardenPhotography #Blossoms #FlowerPhotography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
White-crowned Sparrows…the first one of the 2026 fall/winter season I’ve seen in our Yakima Valley yard…it was chilly #EasternWashington morning… #BirdoftheDay #Perched #Sparrows #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #NaturePhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #Photography #Birding #BirdLife
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Ring-necked Duck…you see a bit of the mostly-hidden chestnut-brown feathers at the front of its neck that it’s named for…Snake River, Hood Park, Burbank, Washington… #BirdoftheDay #BlueWater #Birds, #BirdPhotography #Ducks #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #Birding #BirdWatching #BirdsofBlueSky
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Canada Geese on the neighborhood gravel pit pond…they’re common, so easy to overlook, but give excellent action photo ops… #BirdoftheDay #UnsungBirds #Geese #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #ActionPhotography #Birding #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #GameBirds #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Great Blue Heron strikes a regal pose over Toppenish Creek in early fall color September 2026… #BirdoftheDay #BirdSupermodel #BirdPhotography #Birds #Herons #WestCoastPhotography #Birding #BirdWatching #TalonTuesday #Photography #BirdsofBlueSky
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A cluster of Garry Oaks left to grow naturally on the rugged part of the grounds at Fort Simcoe State Park that’s not irrigated or groomed…Rattlesnakes may be lurking… #ThickTrunkTuesday #Trees #Parks #RuralScenes #EasternWashington #LandscapePhotography #Scapes #WestCoastPhotography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Lots of pink still left in my gardens…the Yakima Valley delivers great fall weather and long life gardens… #ColorADay #PinkMon #Flowers #Gardening #FlowerPhotography #GardenPhotography #BloomScrolling #WestCoastPhotography #Blossoms
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It was a chilly, rainy spring morning when this Western Tanager showed up in my Yakima Valley backyard seeking shelter… #EasternWashington #BirdoftheDay #BadWeather #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #Rain #WildlifePhotography #PNW
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Male (yellow eyes) and female (brown eyes) Brewer’s Blackbirds…they tend to linger in the Yakima Valley during winter but not necessarily together… #BirdoftheDay #BlueSkies #Birds #BlueSkyMonday #Blackbirds #PNW #BirdPhotography #Photography #WestCoastPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Sunflower I grew from seed…it’s been roughed up by the wind…Goldfinch in faded winter color enjoying nearby seed heads… #EasternWashington #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Flowers #Birds #FlowerPhotography #PNW #BirdPhotography #Finches #Gardening #BloomScrolling
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Steller’s Jay has a “Where the heck’s the peanuts?” look…it flew off but was back seconds after I was done refilling all the feeders so obviously was keeping an eye on me… #BirdoftheDay #Blue #Jays #Corvids #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #BirdsoftheWorld #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #PNW
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Juvenile Osprey, one of 3 on this nest, flexing wings and building confidence but not yet ready to fly…2026 hatch… #BirdoftheDay #WingsOpenNotFlying #BirdPhotography #Birds #BirdLife #WestCoastPhotography #Raptors #BirdWatching #BirdsofBlueSky
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Large expanse of parade ground grass in front of 19th Century Gothic style Officer Housing built 1856-59 at Fort Simcoe…now a Washington state park on the Yakama Nation’s Reservation… #ColorADay #GreenSat #Parks #Architecture #Photography #LandscapePhotography #PNW #WestCoastPhotography #Scapes
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Wilson’s Snipe…they return to same nesting area for years…enjoy hearing the winnowing sound they make in flight to establish territory & attract a female… #EasternWashington #PNW #.WildlifePhotography #BirdoftheDay #LongBill #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #NaturePhotography #BirdWatchng
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Lewis’s Woodpecker…spring/summer behaves as a flycatcher snagging insects mid-air…fall/wind diet feeds on seeds, fruit, acorns & caches food for winter….Fort Simcoe State Park… #BirdoftheDay #Black&Red #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #WestCoastPhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Parks #Art
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A Lilac Time Dahlia…my first attempt at growing Dahlias…need better soil so rehabbing an old garden bed for them…have bagged steer manure, mint compost, grass clippings, straw… #Gardening #GardenPhotography #BloomScrolling #PurpleFriday #Art #FlowersOnFriday #Dahlias #Flowers #WestCoastPhotography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yellow-headed Blackbird hanging on to an old Cattail perch in the wind…song is a harsh, mechanical-like buzzing..Toppenish National Wildlife Refuge, #EasternWashington #PNW #Birds #BirdoftheDay #BirdWatching #YellowElements #BirdsofBlueSky #Birdphotography #BirdLife #WestCoastPhotography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
American White Pelican…dark head feathers indicate it’s a juvenile…Columbia River, McNary National Wildlife Refuge, #EasternWashington #BirdoftheDay #BestBeaks #Birds #BirdPhotography #Shorebirds #PNW #NaturePhotography #BirdsofBlueSky #WestCoastPhotography #Art #BirdWatching #BirdsoftheWorld
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My wind-whipped stand of Sunflowers looking a bit rough, but the Goldfinches, whose bright summer yellow is fading, are just there for the seeds anyway… #ColorADay #YellowThu #Flowers #GardenPhotography #Birding #BirdPhotography #BloomScrolling #Gardening #BirdWatching #PNW #WestCoastPhotography
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Beekeepers doing bee keeping stuff—wasn’t about to get out of my truck and ask what that might be…had to be at least 100 hives in a field…Yakima Valley, #EasternWashington #PNW #HumansofBlueSky #People #Rural #WestCoastPhotography #Bees #Insects #RuralScenes #Agriculture
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Juvenile Osprey, 2026 hatch, trying to stick a landing high in a party dead Cottonwood tree… #BirdoftheDay #Black&White #Birds #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #WestCoastPhotography #Art #PNW #Monochrome #Photography #BnW
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Spring migrant male Western Tanager enjoyed a stop at my grape jelly feeder before heading to pine forests in the Cascade foothills for summer… #EasternWashington #PNW #BirdoftheDay #Vivid #Songbirds #BirdPhotography #Photography #Art #WestCoastPhotography #Birds #BirdsofBlueSky #BirdsoftheWorld
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Linda Barnia King @lindaking78.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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