Bruce Dean (Puchinpappy)'s photos

American Dipper is my name and flitting around clear creeks and streams is my game. You will see more photos of me in the days to come. PIP

The Cedar Waxwings are visiting our yard this year in Trail, BC. We have not seen them the two years we have lived here until now. This one is getting some shade. The temperature here today was 93F/34C. A heat dome will be sitting over us for a few days.

After a rest this swallow is bouncing back into action.

Female Violet-Teal Swallow at a Birdhouse in our yard. Trail, BC, Canada.

A new bird for my checklist visited our feeder today. Trail, British Columbia, Canada.

Trail, BC, Canada. It is amazing how much more the camera sensor can pick up than the naked eye. This is my first time seeing the lights at this latitude, 49th parallel. I used to live further north and could see them regularly. The solar flare certainly extended the range for more people to witness them.

Taking a rest in our backyard.

Nelson, British Columbia, Canada.

I used a pinhole feature on my camera for this photo.

From our backyard feeder. This Jay will empty the peanut dispenser and hide them all over the yard and parts of the neighborhood. It always takes the last one into the nearby tree and eats it. This one looks like a juvenile or it is molting.

Gyro Park, Trail, British Columbia HFF

Today is world photography day. Here is my submission from my backyard. Smoke, smoke and more smoke. A cedar border in our yard and the mountain across the Columbia River in Trail, British Columbia, Canada. Our air quality index is currently: Hazardous 320 AQI US On the British Columbia Air Quality site, we are at 10+. Photo taken shortly after noon PST. No clouds. The masks we have been using for Covid are very useful when the atmosphere gets this thick.

The Goat River near Creston, British Columbia.

I had some fun with an art filter, selective colour, and some sliders.