Category Archives: wildlife

~ Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #77: Best in Show 2019 ~

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Lindy Le Coq

Birds are clearly the stars in my 2019 roundup of favorite photos. To me, these captures reveal the grace, beauty, power and stunning adaptability of our avian co-creatures. Brown Pelicans rest in the surf on their way north in early … Continue reading →

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~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on November 28, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

~ Porcupine Trail ~

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~ Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #69: Seeing Double ~

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Lindy Le Coq

“Have you heard the news ~ the world goes on by twos.” 🐾 I love spiderwebs dripping with dew. These two on either side of a provocatively stained post, are my nod to Halloween. Two young Black-Tail bucks grazed in … Continue reading →

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~ Lens-Artist Photo Challenge #18: Blending In – Standing Out ~

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Lindy Le Coq

When I last was at Long Beach, bird migration was well underway. I’d forgotten to pack my Panasonic Lumix, so the photos in this post are from my iPhone 8. Though I could not get clear photographs of the birds, … Continue reading →

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~ American Wigeon (?) ~ Wordless Wednesday ~

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Lindy Le Coq

Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge – Ridgefield, WA USA

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~ Wordless Wednesday + WPC – Mirror 2 ~

Posted on September 7, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

Mirror

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~ Conconully by Canoe + WPC – Cherry On Top ~

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Lindy Le Coq

Thursday afternoon, I rented a canoe and paddled Jello over to the 72 foot high (~21 m) earthen dam that created this reservoir. Constructed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1910-11, and reconstructed in 1969, the Conconully Dam is … Continue reading →