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Outdoors blog archive for Dec. 17, 2014

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17, 2014

The gray wolf is an apex predator roaming the Inland Northwest, along with the grizzly bear and mountain lion. Elusive wolves sometimes reveal their presence with a howl. (Associated Press)

Wolves kill more sheep in Whitman County

UPDATED 8:15 p.m. with info about missing guard dog. PREDATORS -- More sheep have been killed by a wolf or wolves in northwestern Whitman County since the first attack in decades in the county occurred on Dec. 9. Three dead sheep were investigated Tuesday where…

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A Vermilion Cliffs condor fledgling soars in Arizona. (The Peregrine Fund)

Utah condor chick lost; AZ chicks soaring

ENDANGERED SPECIES -- Endangered California condors appear to be two-for three this year in efforts to recover the endangered species to historic range in Arizona and Utah. While no carcass has been spotted or found, biologists following the first documented California condor chick hatched in…

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Turtle under frozen Bayley Lake in the Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge.  (Ed Shaw)

Ice skater has window to wintering turtle

WILDLIFE WATCHING -- That November cold snap provided all sorts of opportunities for winter worshippers, including some fine ice skating conditions at the region's lakes. Before the thaw, Ed Shaw was skating on Bayley Lake in the Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge when he…

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Mallards by the thousands rest on Royal Lake in the Columbia National Wildlife Refuge of Central Washington in early December. (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

Ducks galore counted in Columbia Basin

WATERFOWLING -- Impressive numbers of ducks were tallied in a recent winter waterfowl survey for the North Columbia Basin, which includes all important Columbia River pools, large lakes, wasteways, reserves, and Columbia National Wildlife Refuge waters around Grant, Douglas and Adams Counties. During this two-day…

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A multi-exposure image by Spokane pastor-photographer Craig Goodwin illustrates the sequence of a bald eagle snatching a spawning kokanee this week from the waters of Lake Coeur d'Alene. (Craig Goodwin)

CdA bald eagle count nearly doubles in a week

WILDLIFE WATCHING -- The number of bald eagles has nearly doubled since last week for their annual gathering to feast on kokanee spawning in the northeastern corner of Lake Coeur d'Alene. Carrie Hugo, U.S. Bureau of Land Management wildlife biologist, counted 66 bald eagles Tuesday…

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