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    With the busy summer travel season fast approaching, passengers might be wondering: What if it’s me sitting next to an unruly passenger?
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    What to do if you're seated near an unruly passenger on your flight

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Issaquah WA
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Issaquah WA – my backyard	

2022/09/10

We have owls nesting in our yard and the surrounding forest, but rarely do they come down to our deck.  This barred owl landed on the railing, carefully checked out the scene then closed his eyes and turned to worship the sun.  Taken with Canon EOS 77D, EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS II USM lens at ISO 100, 1/2000, f/2.8, 200mm.

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    Whooo wishes you a Happy Owl-oween? This peaceful Issaquah creature.

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Steve Russell
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TACOMA
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Chambers Bay, University Place, WA	2022/09/02

Male Blue-eyed Darner dragonflies usually spend nearly all their waking hours patrolling for food or females, but on occasion will take a break and perch on cattails or other pond vegetation. I happened to catch this one briefly stretching out his abdomen (“tail”) during an unusually long break. I shot this handheld with a Sony A1 camera and 100-400mm lens while standing shin-deep in the pond.

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09:23:09 12 Sep, 2022

    How deep would you wade to capture a dragonfly in this unusual pose?

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Kent, WA
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Columbia National Wildlife Refuge
2021/03/19

I heard the snow geese flying overhead, quickly aimed upward, zoomed in and snapped a photo. Afterwards I noticed that everything had lined up perfectly. Taken with a Canon Powershot SX530.

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16:03:10 25 Mar, 2021

    Snow geese toe the line as they parade before the moon

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Edmonds, WA
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Deception Pass, WA
2021/03/15

Conditions looked promising for a nice sunset so and friend and I made the 90 minute drive up north to Deception Pass.  Things fell into place very nicely for us as the sun dropped down where we anticipated, and there was a very nice orange tint in the sky as the sun set.  Taken with a Nikon Z7 with a 150 – 600mm Tamron telephoto lens.		DSC_9550.jpg

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    Our star is aligned for a picture-perfect Deception Pass sunset

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