June 2020

This appears to be a teenager European starling telling the parent to “stop controlling my life.”
Vancouver, Washington

Bumblebee
Vancouver, Washington

Osprey
Vancouver, Washington

Globe gilia aka blue-thimble-flower
Vancouver, Washington

Black-headed grosbeak
Vancouver, Washington

Cedar waxwing
Vancouver, Washington

Great blue heron
Vancouver, Washington

Great blue heron, in a more fanciful moment
Vancouver, Washington

This bushtit (please read that as carefully as I typed it) is tiny and doesn’t stay put for long. I’m glad to get a decent picture of one. They spurt about in flocks and are usually just a bunch of little blurs!
Vancouver, Washington

Garter snake
Vancouver, Washington

In 1951, schoolchildren chose the American goldfinch as the state bird of Washington, where it is also called the willow goldfinch.
Vancouver, Washington

Bumblebee
Vancouver, Washington

My friend flicker
Northern flicker
Vancouver, Washington

“Thistle do nicely.” I once saw a shop in Edinburgh with that name.
Vancouver, Washington

Steller’s jay
Vancouver, Washington

Crow & Douglas fir
Vancouver, Washington

Guilty of being cute
Vancouver, Washington

European starling
Vancouver, Washington

Pear tree
Vancouver, Washington

How the song sparrow got its name
Vancouver, Washington

It’s getting harder to tell the babies from the parents!
Canada geese
Vancouver, Washington

Rufous hummingbird
Vancouver, Washington

Ladybug
Vancouver, Washington

Violet-green swallow
Vancouver, Washington

Spotted towhee
Vancouver, Washington

Eight-spotted skimmer
Vancouver, Washington

Anna’s hummingbird
Vancouver, Washington

American robin in a wild cherry tree
Vancouver, Washington

Steller’s jay
Vancouver, Washington

This California scrub-jay is learning to read. Today’s letter is M.
Vancouver, Washington