Derek
@dypics
Engineer/Photographer
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
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
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
This is why they are expecting another child. (I know it’s a fake, but it’s funny)
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