J D Kelleher Photography

Wildlife, Nature, and Landscape Photography, with an occasional social comment. Oh, and photos of Rascal, our shelter rescue senior cat!

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We've had a Sharp-shinned Hawk visiting our back yard for a while now. The bird feeders in the neighborhood bring in the birds, so it's a perfect place for the hawk to find a meal. Yes, Sharp-shinned Hawks feed on other birds. It's a Circle of Life thing… https://t.co/SHwwjVsG0X

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Luke and I were able to see last week’s northern lights from our back deck and around our neighborhood here in Port Ludlow on Washington’s Olympic peninsula.

Using my cellphone for these photos, the first photo was when the northern lights started to be… https://t.co/whfZMsTjvF

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Now that everyone else, and it was everyone, has posted their Northern Lights photos here's one of mine. Luke and I viewed them from Burner Point in the Port Ludlow inlet, in front of @theresortatportludlow. This was our first time seeing the Northern Li… https://t.co/zwHR2GgwAb

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I'm not sure if this qualifies as an accomplishment, but I've been reading daily for the last three years. Retirement has its perks!

#read #reading #readmorebooks #reader #readersofinstagram #readingisfundamental #readeveryday https://t.co/l948MBrxhq

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This Red-footed Booby has been visiting the Port Townsend area for about a month now. Red-footed Boobies are tropical birds that are normally found at sea around the equator.

This is a photo it looks like the Booby is giving me some side eye while pree… https://t.co/08yHvirgEt

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This Red-footed Booby has been visiting the Port Townsend area for about a month now. Red-footed Boobies are tropical birds that are normally found at sea around the equator. Male Red-footed Boobies have bright red coral colored feet during their breedin… https://t.co/SXkYGTTIET

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This Red-footed Booby has been visiting the Port Townsend area for about a month now. Red-footed Boobies are tropical birds that are normally found at sea around the equator. This is an immature bird, and one theory suggests they might have hitched a rid… https://t.co/9LNSlm6r3k

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Mt Rainier at sunset on Saturday evening. We were at the Sun Top fire lookout waiting for it to get dark so we could take some milky-way photos. It was a beautiful evening in the mountains.

#mtrainier #summer #sunset #mountainsout #wa #washington #washi… https://t.co/HLrmSNVolx

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"But it's a dry heat" doesn't really cut it when it's 108 degrees in the shade. I'm looking forward to getting back to PNW summer temperatures of around 70 degrees tomorrow.

#toohot #babyitshotoutside #tucson #az #arizona #summerinthedesert #sonorandes… https://t.co/g7E40rz0YC

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This morning's sunrise view of Cave Creek Canyon in the Chiricahua mountains of SE Arizona. I'm here for a few days of birding with my friend Kevin from Baton Rouge.

#sunshine #sunrise #cavecreek #cavecreekcanyon #chiricahuas #chiricahuamountains #ariz… https://t.co/7j7zUf4LNL

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Here are some photos of the wild strawberry plant Luke found in our new side yard. There are three varieties of wild strawberries native to Washington state. I believe this is a Wood strawberry (Fragaria vesca) plant. Wood strawberry plants are low growi… https://t.co/jdCnXriLnd

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On Thursday and Friday we loaded up and moved one and a half 20ft U-Haul trucks worth of outdoor planters and indoor house plants, along with the remaining contents of the garage. I'm going to need a bigger greenhouse than originally planned for our new … https://t.co/AiUOvfGNvF

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@meetthebreeder Done!

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Everybody should double-check if you're still following me because Elon Musk automatically unfollows people from my account in the middle of the night like some kind of Incelf on the Shelf. Also retweet this for visibility

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Setting sail on the Kingston to Edmonds Ferry one last time before the movers arrive on Saturday. With the 4th of July holiday we won't know if we can take the ferry on Saturday with the moving truck, or if we'll have to drive around the Sound through Ta… https://t.co/bPx1DezV6t

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This morning's view from the Washington State Ferries' MV Kaleetan as we crossed from Edmonds to Kingston. The mountain is out, and you can just make out part of the Seattle skyline in the distance.

We'll be moving into our new house at the end of next … https://t.co/MMVgNp5OGg

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This Rufous Hummingbird stopped by the house yesterday and sampled the blossoms of our Sicilian Honey Garlic (or Mediterranean Bells). This is the second time I've seen a Rufous Hummingbird at the house this spring and summer.

#rufous #rufoushummingbird… https://t.co/nsioyLXgd3

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So, this is happening. After renting in the Seattle metro area for almost 11 years we're buying a house in Port Ludlow, WA, on the Olympic peninsula, west of Seattle. We signed the last of the paperwork today and we get the keys on Wednesday. We've sched… https://t.co/ETPDoy2hzV

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Somewhere over the Rocky Mountains near Denver Colorado. It's a beautiful evening with the sun starting to set.

#rockymountains #rockymountainhigh #colorado #alaskaairlines #homewardbound #nextstopseattle https://t.co/xSB7aBrLVM

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And just like that it's time to fly home. I'm looking forward to reviewing my eclipse photos on my desktop monitor. We heard a lot of people commenting that they missed the eclipse because of the widely scattered clouds yesterday. I'm grateful that we gu… https://t.co/DJnHgLyPhG