The Arduous Effort of the Open Water Swimming Against the Tide Current.

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A pair of Northern Flickers (Colaptes auratus). They are woodpeckers! #SaveUkraine

A handful of anchovies made me a new friend #SaveUkraine

Douglas squirrel is enjoying a mushroom. #SaveUkraine

Interrupted Breakfast of The California Sea Lion #SaveUkraine

This is Frank. Frank is a sea cucumber. #saveukraine

Chirping Anna's hummingbird #SaveUkraine

The bark - that is why we crave to have a Madrone / Arbutus tree near us.

Poor young coyote was basking in the morning sun, then humans showed up.

The Canada geese and their perilous journey across Puget Sound

No wonder the barred owl is called hoot owl. Wow! Enjoy!

The common goldeneye males (Bucephala clangula) swallow the rock crabs whole.

NEWS REPORT 2 - Owen Beach Renovation Progress at the Waterfront of Point Defiance Park 03.18.2021

NEWS REPORT - Owen Beach Renovation Progress at the Waterfront of Point Defiance Park 03.18.2021

The bird, the train and the swimmer.

Open water swimming and gas bubbling up from the bottom of Puget Sound

Устриці тихоокеанські, штат Вашінґтон, США

Puget Sound (Pacific) oysters

“Let food be thy medicine, and let medicine be thy food” (Hippocrates)

Snowy Tacoma at 7 AM on Saturday, February 13th, 2021.

This year's warm winter woke this raccoon.

Sailing boat competition in Commencement Bay, Tacoma

Crows love bathing.

Big crabs, small crabs.

Swimming (drafting) with California sea lions. A bit scary.

One of the last of this season's lion's mane jellyfish

The baby deer is wary of our presence.

Jeff the Yellow Submarine (aka Spilosoma virginica) is on an outing.

It's an odd behavior of a seagull.

A Bald Eagle, Fog and Crows, Puget Sound

Global Warning Ruptured the Bottom of the Puget Sound. The Pacific Ocean Will Be Flooded.

If found please return this missing rock to its location of display (here).

Watch out for poisonous oak!

Autumn is harvest time for chipmunks

Tiny sea snails are grazing seaweed at a low tide. Puget Sound.

THEY have landed ;-))

Little Bambi and her/his mother

A city deer trims a hedge. Thanks!

When a king tide ebbs, wonders are revealed in the tide pools of the Juan de Fuca Strait beaches.

Green sweat bee

Is this a jelly baby? Ephyrae.

Ravens call. Do ravens caw?

Dolphining seals. Harbor seals don't do it very often.

Mr. & Mrs. Jeejee Bee on their honeymoon.

A bald eagle is being attacked by crows, patiently is waiting for a handout

Anchovies died, I wonder why. Dalco passage.

60 seals and a swimmer in Juneary, the Pacific Northwest

Invasive Sea-Squirts in Puget Sound

A sunshower or sun shower (2017)

Gig Harbor Backyard May 2017

The Pacific madrone (arbutus), the trick to grow it.

A hummingbird and a pigeon under rain

The crows and deception.

Great blue heron caught a sculpin for breakfast

Do autolyse, make your bread delicious. (30-60 min)

Open water swimming. Struggle against the current.

The world is our oyster, no need for a sword to open it.

Incredible sounds the crow made, that I couldn't believe.