Derek

#RockinTuesday #TidesOutTuesday It's a two-for one today. The early morning view at State Beach in Vinalhaven, Maine on a summer morning. #eck #rocks #tide #maine #vinalhaven #vinalhavenmaine #island #islandlife #coast #coastal #lowtide #clouds #penobscotbay #penbay

#Macromonday - A blazingstar wildflower on the side of a hill at Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve in San Jose, California. #flower #wildflower #blazingstar #yellow #flowers #sierrabistaopenspace #openspaceauthority #macro #detail #spring

#forestfriday A grove of trees with their fall colors near the shore of the Quabbin Reservoir in New Salem, Massachusetts. #fall #fallfoliage #trees #autumn #autumncolors #fallcolors #forest #friday #eck #nature #massachusetts #newsalem #quabbin #wmass

Happy #yellowthursday. Trees in National Parc de la Mauracie in Quebec, Canada. #yellow #leaves #fall #fallfoliage #autumn #eck #outdoors #hiking #nature #trees #forest

French King Bridge between Gill and Erving, Massachusetts as seen from Millers Falls, Massachusetts with fall foliage along the canyon. #fall #fallfoliage #frenchking #frenchkingbridge #scenic #massachusetts #gill #erving #bridge #historicbridge #connecticutriver #river #water #wmass #route2

A sailboat passing by some fall foliage in Owls Head, Maine. #fall #fallfoliage #autumn #autumnleaves #fallleaves #leaves #trees #colors #owlshead #maine #newengland #boat #penobscotbay #outdoors #atlanticocean

A view from the top of Mount Battie in Camden Hills State Park in Camden, Maine. #fall #fallfoliage #autuimn #foliage #colors #camden #maine #mainetheway #pretty #fallcolors #autumncolors #pretty #newengland #scenic #camdenhills #camdenhillsstatepark @mainepublic.org

Fall colors along Lac Chevaux in Parc National de la Mauricie in Quebec, Canada #canada #quebec #lamauricie #lake #lac #autumn #fall #fallcolors #autumncolors #nature #outdoors #hiking

Wildlife Wednesday. A western bluebird atop a stick at Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve near Morgan Hill, CA. #wildlifewednesday #wildlife #nature #bird #bluebird #westernbluebird #animal #ECK #coyotevalleyopenspacepreserve #coyotevalley #openspaceauthority #santaclaracounty

An American goldfinch on a branch at Lane's Island Preserve in Vinalhaven, Maine #bird #wildlife #wildlifewednesday #nature #animal #goldfinch #americangoldfinch @nature.org #lanesisland #vinalhaven #maine

Milky Way over the Atlantic Ocean from Lane's Island Preserve in Vinalhaven, Maine. #milkyway #night #stars #nightsky #sky #vinalhaven #maine #atlantic #atlanticocean #ocean #water #shore #coast #rockycoast #eck #landscape @nature.org

#Scape Friday. Sea stack between three and four mile beaches in Wilder Ranch State Park near Santa Cruz, California on a foggy day. #landscape #scapefriday #eck #outdoors #nature #seastack #coast #rockycoast #rocks #rock #stack #coastal #santacruz #wilderranch #castateparks

A field of flowers at Carrizo Plain National Monument in San Luis Obispo County, California. Shot is April 2023. #flowers #flower #superbloom #bloom #blooms #eck #yellow #yellowthursday #yellowthu #nature #outdoors #carrizoplain #blm #eastcoastkin

Seals slowly scrambling off the rocks near Four Mile Beach in Wilder Ranch State Park near Santa Cruz, California. #seals #wildlife #nature #seal #beach #santacruz #wilderranch #wilderranchstatepark #california

A young black oystercatcher on the rocks with its wings open at Wilder Ranch State Park near Santa Cruz, California. #oystercatcher #blackoystercatcher #bird #wildlife #nature #wilderranch #wilderranchstatepark

A tule elk with a silly looking face at Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, California. #elk #tuleelk #animal #wildlife #nature #pointreyes #pointreyesnationalseashore #marin #marincounty

A northern shoveler taking off from the marsh at Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, California. #bird #duck #northernshoveler #takingoff #nature #animal #wildlife #baylands #baylandsnatureperserve #paloalto #outdoors #water

Dark-eyed junco in a tree at Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve near Morgan Hill, California. #bird #birds #junco #darkeyedjunco #nature #wildlife #animal #coyotevalleyopenspace #openspaceauthority #california

Happy 4th! #julyfourth #fourthofjuly #maine #vinalhaven #fireworks #boats #boat #harbor

A black oystercatcher and it's chick feeding on the rocks at Wilder Ranch State Park near Santa Cruz, CA. #bird #birds #nature #wildlife #wilderranch #santacruz #blackoystercatcher #oystercatcher #rocks

Trees in Parc National du Mont Orford in Quebec in Autumn, 2024. #trees #yellow #foliage #fallfoliage #grove #upward #parcnationaldumontorford #quebec #sepaq #canada

Waterfall Wednesday - Cucumber Falls in Ohiopyle State Park in Pennsylvania. #waterfall #ohiopyle #ohiopylestatepark #pennsylvania #penn #water #cucumberfalls #falls #pa #waterfallwednesday

Muddy Creek Falls at Swallow Falls State Park near Oakland, Maryland. #waterfall #water #maryland #muddycreekfalls #muddycreek #swallowfallsstatepark #swallowfalls #nature #landscape #westernmaryland

Fall foliage in Grafton, Vermont. #foliage #fall #fallfoliage #autumn #trees #grafton #vermont #newengland #landscape #scenery #yellow #red

Milky Way over Garrapata State Park along the Big Sur Coast Line of the Central Coast of California #milkyway #night #stars #galaxy #bigsur #california #landscape #outdoors #centralcoast #nightsky #sky

Window Falls in Hanging Rock State Park near Danbury, North Carolina. #water #waterfall #windowfalls #hangingrock #hangingrockstatepark #northcarolina #nc #ncstateparks #landscape #scenery

Tomales Point at Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, California. #tomalespoint #pointreyes #landscape #scenery #marin #marincounty #outdoors #california

Tule elk eating in a flower field on Tomales Point in Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, California. #elk #tuleelk #animal #wildlife #nature #flowers #eating #pointreyes #marin #marincounty #northbay #bayrea

Yellow-headed Blackbird flying between the reeds at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge Center in Box Elder County, Utah. #bird #nature #wildlife #outdoors #flying #bearriver #bearrivermigratorybirdrefugecenter #utah

Milky Way over Strawberry Reservoir near Heber City, Utah. #milkyway #night #nightsky #outdoor #strawberryreservoir #utah #mountains #lake #reflection #outdoors

An anhinga preening itself in Woody Pond at Harris Neck NWR in McIntosh County, Georgia. #anhinga #bird #nature #wildlife #preening #harrisneck #georgia #nwr #harrisnecknwr

Acorn woodpeckers in a tree at Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve near Morgan Hill, California. #bird #birds #woodpecker #acornwoodpecker #nature #wildlife #santaclaracounty #openspaceauthority

A sea otter eating a fat innkeeper worm in Elkhorn Slough near Moss Landing, California. #otter #seaotter #eating #fatinnkeeperworm #penisfish #elkhorn #elkhornslough #mosslanding #nature #wildlife #animal

Western Grebes in a pond at Sacramento National Wildlife Reserve near Willows, California. #grebe #westerngrebe #bird #birds #nature #wildlife #sacramentonwr #animals #outdoors

Kings Creek Falls in Lassen Volcanic National Park. You can see the fire damaged trees in the background. The photo was taken in 2024 and the fire was the Dixie Fire in 2021. #waterfall #firedamaged #water #kingcreek #kingscreekfalls #water #runningwater #lassen #lassenvolcanicnationalpark

Milky Way over Bumpass Hell in Lassen Volcanic National Park. #milkyway #bumpasshell #lassen #lassenvolcanic #lassenvolcanicnationalpark #california #night #afterdark #stars #sky #nightsky #nikonusa #nature

A common kingfisher on a rock at Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong. #bird #nature #animal #wildlife #kingfisher #maipo #maiponaturereserve #hongkong #commonkingfisher

More Panda cuteness. A panda in the middle of meal time at the Wolong Nature Reserve in China. #panda #giantpanda #china #wolong #animal #wildlife #cute #wolongnaturereserve #cute

Went to China and Hong Kong for two weeks and one of the highlights was going to two Giant Panda reserves near Chengdu. This is a young panda at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding near the city of Chengdu. #panda #giantpanda #china #animal #wildlife #chengdupandabase

I can't believe it, but I got a last minute permit to visit The Wave in Arizona. It's a 3.2 mile one way hike from a sketchy dirt road in Utah and it was totally worth it! #thewave #arizona #outdoors #nature #landscape #goldenhour #rocks #sandstone #reflection

A view of the trees and mountains near Tibble Fork in the Uinta National Forest near Lehi, Utah. #trees #foliage #mountains #landscape #utah #uintanationalforest #utahcounty

Grizzly bear eating sedge at Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary in British Columbia, Canada. #grizzly #bear #grizzlybear #canada #khutzeymateen #KhutzeymateenGrizzlyBearSanctuary #britishcolumbia #bc #animal #nature #wildlife

Belted Kingfisher in a tree in Sandy, Utah. #kingfisher #beltedkingfisher #bird #nature #wildlife #sandy #utah

#scapefriday A scene from along the Fairyland loop in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. #brycecanyon #utah #landscape #nationalpark #park #mighty5 #outdoors #natural #hiking #bryce

Fall foliage near Brian Head, Utah. #forestfriday #trees #fallfoliage #aspens #grove #fallcolors #yellow

Blondie and two of her cubs clamming in the mud flats at Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary in British Columbia, Canada. #bear #grizzlybear #grizzly #Khutzeymateen #clamming #bears #grizzlies #grizzlybears #nature #wildlife #outdoors #canada #britishcolumbia

A grizzly bear cub shaking off some water at Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary in British Columbia, Canada. #bear #grizzly #grizzlybear #cub #bearcub #grizzlycub #Khutzeymateen #britishcolumbia #canada #animal #wildlife #nature

'Scape Friday - Milky Way and a meteor at Salt Point State Park in Sonoma County, California. #scapefriday #saltpoint #milkyway #night #nightphotography #sonomacounty #California #nature #stars #galaxy

A grizzly bear clamming on the shore at the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary in British Columbia. #Khutzeymateen #bear #grizzly #grizzlybear #animal #nature #wildlife #Khutzeymateengrizzlygearsanctuary #clamming

'Scape Friday - Sea stack at Wilder Ranch State Park near Santa Cruz, California. #scapefriday #landscape #seastack #coast #califonria #rock #rockycoast #coastline