Your Outdoor Photos: September 2022

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Tue., Sept. 13, 2022

Photos in This Album

Yellow-headed Blackbird at Saltese Flats Wetland taken June 13, 2024.

Photographer: Pat Killien
Taken Friday November 11th behind Peperzak Middle School at what remains of our South Hill off-leash dog park. The 13 year-old English Setter, Ranger, is enjoying a nice fall walk at sunset.

Photographer: Rodney L Jenkins
Riverfront Park

Photographer: Sethia michaelis
Riverside Park

Photographer: Sethia Michaelis
Taken from the top of Mt. Spokane

Photographer: Sethia Michaelis
Porcupine enjoying apples at 1:00am on the south hill.

Photographer: Merry fougere
2705 E Mount Vernon Dr on South Hill. Taken August 15, 2023

Photographer: Carol J McVicker
South Hill porcupine visitor. June 18, 2023

Photographer: Marsha Todd
Beep beep!! A great blue heron and a coyote cross paths at Turnbull NWR in Cheney on Feb. 4th. The closest you’ll get to a purple roadrunner and a coyote interaction. If you’re going to print it in black and white please don’t bother.

Photographer: Rich Zywiak
This Tom caused a slight traffic congestion with his multi feathered display on 36th and Perry. Nikon Z7ii 200mm.

Photographer: Deborah A Cole Photography
Symmetry, Pend Oreille River, 9-25-22

Photographer: Nia Patton
Where is air traffic control when you need them? Geese landing, Pend Oreille River - 9-25-22

Photographer: Nia Patton
A Great Horned Owl gets tucked in after a long night on the forest taken near Davenport W.A. Sept 30 2022.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
A very nice bull elk stops for just a second to have it's picture taken The green tree in the background helps him show off his antlers. Turnbull wildlife refuge. September 28 2022

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
Fall is starting to come to Turnbull leaves are just starting to change and the bull moose are starting to come in this bull has a little different set of antlers. Taken Sept 28 2022 on the refuge.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
A coot walking a log with it's gollum feet, Usk, WA 9-25-22

Photographer: Nia Patton
Reflections of summer past, Usk, WA, 9-25-22

Photographer: Nia Patton
Still Heron waiting for breakfast by the chair still waiting on the old dock, Pend Oreille River, 9-23-22

Photographer: Nia Patton
A Western Bluebird just taking flight on 9/24/22 at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge.

Photographer: Terry Sanborn
Squirrel on the fence post in the early morning.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Photo of Great Blue Heron taken Oct. 29, 2021 at the Manito Park pond.

Photographer: Peter Tormey
On the hunt. The coyote is the most vocal wild mammal in North America with 11 vocalizations. They see very well at night. They have top notch smelling ability and their hearing is impeccable. Coyotes can hear up to a quarter mile away. The shape of their ears is meant to capture even the smallest of movement. During the wintertime, a coyote can hear a mouse moving beneath 7 inches of snow! A group of coyotes is called a band so that just makes them super cool. Near Hauser.

Photographer: Angela Marie
Female Belted Kingfisher on Hood Canal near Union, WA. The female is the more colorful one in this species. Taken 9-19-2022.

Photographer: Tom Bauer
A juvenile Common Merganser on Hood Canal near Union, WA. Taken 9-14-2022.

Photographer: Tom Bauer
Praying Mantis.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
An immature Great Blue Heron preens and sashays shrouded by the thick haze of Hauser Lake.

Photographer: Angela Marie
Amidst the smoky air there is a lot of life. An immature Great Blue Heron preens shrouded by the thick haze of Hauser Lake.

Photographer: Angela Marie
Rare albino turkey (1 in 100,00) feeding near the Little Spokane River.

Photographer: Julie Lee
Pelican hefting a big breakfast of something furry on the Pend Oreille river, September 7th, 2022, Usk, WA

Photographer: Nia Patton
Busy Bee along the Fish Lake Trail near Queen Lucas Lake at the beginning of September.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
Dropping pollen as he goes this bee was still busy along the Fishlake Trail near Queen Lucas Lake in early September

Photographer: Melaine Williams
Full Harvest Moon rising over Brownes Mountain on September 10, 2022.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Taken in spokane washington. A Hummingbird!

Photographer: Jp hart
There are large numbers of fingerling fish along the shore of the Spokane River below the Military Cemetery Trailhead of the Centennial Trail seen the beginning of September. One little guy decided to see if a dead yellow jacket floating by would taste good.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
It’s hard to believe there is somewhere this green in the Spokane area right now, but this was Latah Creek on a sunny morning last week.

Photographer: Lisa Giegel
Sunflowers in a Green Bluff field on September 2, 2022.

Photographer: Lisa Giegel
Kayaking has fast become one of the favorite pastimes on the rivers and lakes in the area. These 2 woman were enjoying an early morning paddle in Fish Lake at the beginning of September.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
The final days of the summer hummer. The end of August and beginning of September marks the migration south for most hummingbirds. These remarkable birds fly solo to many faraway places such as Mexico, Central America, to the southern tip of South America. They will be missed. Early morning in Hauser.

Photographer: Angela Marie