Jul 26, 2026, 4:08 AM

We had a respite from the wildfire haze today, and I got to go and take some wonderful pictures of the lush marshes of the Salish sea. Featuring a northern harrier. #LandscapePhotography #MarshHawk #NorthernHarrier #BC #PNW #marshes #WildGrass

A dense marsh of tall green cattails and reeds, with a fallen driftwood log lying half-buried in the grass and a piece of it standing upright near the center, gnarled and weathered. White flower blooms and small clusters of purple flowers grow low in the foreground. The marsh stretches flat toward the horizon, where faint blue mountains and a strip of water are visible under a heavily overcast sky.

A northern harrier hawk, glides low with wings spread wide just above a tall grass marsh dotted with cattails. It's scanning the grass below. Hazy blue mountains rise across the background under a pale, softly clouded sky, with the rest of the frame left open and airy above the grass.

A jumble of pale, sun-bleached driftwood logs piled across the foreground of a coastal marsh, with bright purple loosestrife and yellow-green shrubs growing up between them. Beyond the driftwood, bands of green and yellow marsh grass stretch toward a strip of water, backed by hazy blue mountain ranges on the horizon. The sky is overcast with soft gray-white clouds, brightening slightly near the horizon.

A wide grassy wetland, scattered with weathered gray driftwood logs lying among the reeds. Purple loosestrife and small white wildflowers dot the greenery in the foreground, with patches of yellow blooms further back. A line of low shrubs and trees crosses the middle distance, and beyond that the marsh flattens out toward the horizon, where tall white shipping cranes and port structures are faintly visible on the right. The sky above is heavy with layered gray storm clouds, with only a thin band of lighter sky near the horizon.