Well when Shane and I arrived at Levette Lake it was shrouded with low clouds and mist. We were a bit disappointed but we noticed the clouds were moving quite quickly so we decided to wait. Lo and behold after half hour we saw our opening and snapped frames like crazy. Here is one of those images.. Happy New Year.. Kris..

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I hope everyone had a good holiday and is ready for 2025! Here, Mount St. Helens in the Cascade mountain range wears a fresh coat of snow.

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Beginning a short series on shorebirds away from the sea shore with some winter residents at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge. This pair of long-billed dowitchers were probing the shallow waters of one of the flooded fields for aquatic invertebrates. This area is near the northern limit of their winter range.

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Blue hour at Schwabacher Landing. There were some great clouds that morning and it turned out to be one of the better sunrises of the year. Here's hoping for more in 2025. Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA, August 2024

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While in random mode, I decided to take a deep dive into my archives, starting with this Steller's Jay photographed eleven years ago in Yosemite National Park.

I've had hundreds of sightings of this species over the years, but only a handful of photo ops. This was the first one.

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