Your Outdoors Photos: December

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Mon., Dec. 1, 2014

Photos in This Album

Eagles at coeur d alene lake eating

Photographer: Jay stotts
Eagles at coeur d alene lake eating

Photographer: Jay stotts
Eagles at coeur d alene lake eating

Photographer: Jay stotts
A double Rainbow rises above Bandon, Oregon's shore.. taken 12-28-14

Photographer: Nick Page
Just another day in paradise. Taken at Priest Lake, December 30, 2014

Photographer: Krista Lana
Evening at Riverfront Park, Spokane, WA

Photographer: Marci Neighbors
Sunset at Monroe Street Bridge in Spokane, WA

Photographer: Marci Neighbors
Palouse Falls - 12/28/14

Photographer: Greg Francis
On top of Potlatch Hill looking over Cda Lake. 12/26/14

Photographer: Jamie Sedlmayer
Downtown Cda Sherman Ave. 12/27/14

Photographer: Jamie Sedlmayer
Downtown Cda Sherman Ave. 12/27/14

Photographer: Jamie Sedlmayer
Mineral Ridge hike above Lake Cda. 12/29/14

Photographer: Jamie Sedlmayer
Fernan Lake, Idaho. Tuesday 12/30/14

Photographer: Jamie Sedlmayer
A brief break in blizzard conditions to enjoy the majestic scenery in Montana.

Photographer: Meghan B.
Winter is finally here. Cold but beautiful.

Photographer: Lori Pence
Pine Grosbeak viewing Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge 30 December 2014 12:12 PM

Photographer: Ed Shaw
30 December 2014 12:35PM Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge. While X-C skiing on a Stimson in-holding. Also saw Pine Grosbeaks and 4 other moose. 6 Degrees F.

Photographer: Ed Shaw
Deep Creek Canyon 12/28/14

Photographer: Kathy Calaway
Deep Creek Canyon 12/28/14

Photographer: Kathy Calaway
Deep Creek Canyon 12/28/14

Photographer: Kathy Calaway
Mt. Spokane on Sunday, 12/29/2014.

Photographer: Bob Salsbury
In front of our house December 26th. My kids posing in front of the moose :)

Photographer: Natasha manzo
Liberty Lake Park on Christmas Day 2014

Photographer: Ellen Paulson
Multnomah Falls on a cool December day

Photographer: Jane McDonald
Chattaroy, Christmas Day 2014 5 bull moose on the loose / Photo by Greg Taylor

Photographer: Randy Jones
The sun sets over Lake Coeur d'Alene.

Photographer: Craig Goodwin
A Qualchan Hills moose trifecta on Dec. 23.

Photographer: Dick Thiel
A bobcat paid a visit to the northwest Spokane neighborhood above Downriver Golf Course.

Photographer: Sarah Lathrop
Sol Duc River. October, 2013.

Photographer: Jacob Turner
Western Meadowlark at Escure Ranch

Photographer: Heidi Harbert
Naples Idaho. July 2014

Photographer: Trish turner
Burke Summit, Dec 16th

Photographer: Mike / PanhandleBackcountry.com
Happiness in my backyard in Louisiana. Photo taken 12/17/14.

Photographer: Gina Welch
This was taken in Bayou Sorrell, La in Oct. 2014. The Cypress there is ancient but still majestic.

Photographer: Gina Welch
I took this using a digital camera last weekend (12/17/14) from the Red Cross Levee in Louisiana.

Photographer: Gina Welch
Turtle under Ice Bayley Lake, Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge ‎Monday, ‎November ‎17, ‎2014, ‏‎2:28:30 PM While skating on extremely clear ice, I noticed movement under my skates.

Photographer: Ed Shaw
This was photographed on Saturday on the east shore of Bayview Idaho

Photographer: John Holen
An unusually snowless Dec. 14 hike through Spokane County's Antoine Peak Conservation Area.

Photographer: Nora Searing
An eagle pair spotted in the trees along the tree-lined shore of Lake Pend Oreille near Bayview, ID on Dec. 7th.

Photographer: Sharon Lindsay
Many eagles were seen along the shores of Lake Pend Oreille on Dec. 7th. near Bayview. The huge numbers of floating kokanee salmon make this a "hot spot" for eagles.

Photographer: Sharon Lindsay
A discouraging lack of snow at Mt. Spokane Ski Area on Dec. 10, 2014.

Photographer: Ken Vanden Heuvel
Wax wings getting the last of the crab apples

Photographer: Karen Soenke
Just took this last night (Dec. 3rd) at Sylvan Lake, just outside of Odessa, WA.

Photographer: Rebecca Nelson
The Crooked River at Smith Rock State Park, OR.

Photographer: Gene Tucker
My son, Tyler Cornett in Oroville, Wa. over Thanksgiving weekend. Taken by Kadi Buckmiller.

Photographer: Sharon Cornett
Day after snow November 2014 near Laurier, WA

Photographer: Frank Rigney
November ends with first good snow on trails heading into the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness from the Clark Fork Valley.

Photographer: Ken Vanden Heuvel
Mule deer at Riverside State Park on November 17th