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Swinging on another beautiful day in the NW! #nwspring #sunny #beautiful #babygirl #swing

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'Northwest Spring in Color' Photo Contest

Photo submitted by somuchscience

A very cold Anna's Hummingbird savors nectar from a freshly bloomed, manzanita (Arctostaphylos sp.) on the University of Washington's Seattle campus.

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'Northwest Spring in Color' Photo Contest

Photo submitted by somuchscience

Tweedy's Lewisia (Lewisiopsis tweedyi) is a unique flower native to the dry, eastern slopes of the Wenatchee Mountains in Washington and British Colombia. It is the sole member of its genus and can be found nowhere else on Earth.

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‘Northwest Spring in Color’ Photo Contest

Photos by Michelle Buenzli, taken in Tumwater, WA

Pear Blossom

Crabapple Blossom

Apple Blossom

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Northwest Spring in Color Photo Contest

Photo by Laurie Jackson

Talus around hoodoo formations by the climbing walls at Deep Creek, Riverside State Park, WA.

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‘Northwest Spring in Color’ Photo Contest

Photo by Laurie Jackson

Syringa blooming along the Spokane River on the Centennial Trail, Riverside State Park, WA.

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‘Northwest Spring in Color’ Photo Contest

Photo by Laurie Jeanne Jackson

Bench on the Deep Creek stretch of the Centennial Trail, Riverside State Park, WA.

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‘NW Spring in Color’ Contest 2013

Camas flower in early to mid spring in the Northwest. These were growing near a stream in Woodmansee City Park in Salem, Oregon. The native flower's bulbs were used by local Native Americans for thousands of years as one of their primary food sources. They grow best in an Oak Savanna, which is what most of Oregon's Willamette Valley was prior to  Europeans arrived. 

Photo by Jeremy Starck