Christine Southwick’s shot of a hairy woodpecker at her water dripper.

Betsy Shultz’s shot of violet-green swallow chicks begging for a meal.

The backyard pics are rolling in

Thank you to all who responded to our request in the summer edition of this newsletter for pictures from your Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary.

Among them were Betsy Shultz’s shot of violet-green swallow chicks begging for a meal from their nestbox on her property and Christine Southwick’s shot of a hairy woodpecker at her water dripper (both shown here).

Those and others will be posted on the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife website’s “Image Gallery” page that includes an “album” on Backyard Wildlife Sanctuaries.

We can always use more, so take a look at what’s there now and think about what you might be able to add in any of the categories: Gardens and Landscapes; Garden Wildlife; Feeders, Ponds and Birdbaths; Nestboxes and Bathouses; Wildlife Plants; and Before and After shots of your Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary (before development as a sanctuary and after.)

If you provide us digital photos for posting on these pages, you will be making them available for public use for non-profit or educational purposes, with proper credit to the photographer, owner or copyright holder of the photo. Commercial use of these images is prohibited without approval of the copyright holder.

Send digital photos for posting consideration to luersmel@dfw.wa.gov.