Your Outdoors Photos: January 2017

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Mon., Jan. 2, 2017

Photos in This Album

Priest Lake State Park cabin a Indian Creek, cozy retreat for snow bikers.

Photographer: Dan DeRuyter
Seen a coyote from a distance pounce the snow but came out empty handed, Jan. 21, 2107

Photographer: Michele Palmer
Chickadee on feeder

Photographer: michael forster
On my walking commute to downtown Spokane on Jan. 20, one of our Spokane River neighbors waits patiently for his sunrise breakfast. Great Blue Heron. Nature. Perfect

Photographer: Bruce Gallaher
Sunset from a Touchet farm, Jan. 19.

Photographer: Melissa Cummins
A beautiful January day on the Palouse.

Photographer: Randy Belstad
Alpenglow at 49 Degrees North.

Photographer: Ben Page
Fox Sparrow taken near Touchet, WA . It's an unusual location for this sparrow. Taken Jan. 13.

Photographer: Melissa Cummins
Spokane Falls and Monroe Street Bridge at sunset.

Photographer: Louise Everett
A new resident in my area, great horned owl, Jan. 13

Photographer: Michele Palmer
The lone tree, north of Spokane - 4 degrees. Jan.15.

Photographer: Michele Palmer
Drifting on the Palouse, Jan. 4, 2017.

Photographer: Susan Orlowski
Shadows of Winter, Mt. Spokane, Jan. 6, 2017

Photographer: Susan Orlowski
A winter wonderland at Mt. Spokane, Jan. 6, 2017

Photographer: Susan Orlowski
Taken on 1/12/17 at around 11:30pm of the almost full moon "shining" through the trees and icicles!

Photographer: Sally Eckhart
Dec. 29, 2016 on the Columbia Plateau Trail Cheney Trailhead.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
Moon rising from Wild Rose Prairie Jan. 9, 2017.

Photographer: Sally Eckhart
A hike at Riverside State Park where the Centennial Trail crosses Deep Creek was magical and golden thanks to the very late afternoon lighting, Jan. 1, 2017.

Photographer: Cindy Miller
Four 70 year old college friends cross country skiing on a sunny, near zero temperature day created this shadow image in the Nine Mile area.

Photographer: Nancy Kellner
Nordic skiers, some in their 70s, enjoy the snow in the Nine Mile area. Similar shadows were cast that night by the full moon.

Photographer: Nancy Kellner
These horses were playing in the deep snow, rolling and running. Taken west of Spokane, horse country, Jan. 10

Photographer: Cindy Miller
Mourning dove in a fir tree, Spokane Valley

Photographer: Michael Forster
The January "Wolf Moon" rising over Mt. St. Michael

Photographer: Craig Goodwin
I ventured out in 1-degree weather to photograph Palouse Falls at daybreak on Saturday. The falls looked strangely ancient and alien and were partially frozen over.

Photographer: Cortney Litwin
Columbia Plateau Trail 1/8/17

Photographer: Peck Ritter
Portions of Hayden Lake are frozen, Sunset on Jan. 6, 2017

Photographer: Cheryl Nichols
A whitetail visits a Spokane Valley yard on a cold January day.

Photographer: Chuck Hartshorn
A cold sunset on Mount Spokane Nordic trails.

Photographer: Jayne McLaughlin
Taken January 3rd during the "polar vortex", it was a very cold but rewarding outing. The sun broke through the cloud deck right at sunset.

Photographer: Mike Brandt
Priest Lake shoreline.

Photographer: Jeff K. Johnson
Bald eagles tussle in the air for a kokanee at Lake Coeur d'Alene.

Photographer: Carlene Hardt
Deb Hunsicker demonstrates the advantages of being a North Idaho snowshoer with long legs.

Photographer: Phil Hough
Winter rail-trail fat biking.

Photographer: Garry Kehr
Ice along Round Lake State Park south of Sandpoint.

Photographer: Phil Hough
Tyler Nyman snowshoeing to Star Peak Lookout overlooking Heron, Montana.

Photographer: Shuwen Wang
Snowshoer Tyler Nyman at Star Peak Lookout.

Photographer: Shuwen Wang
A New Year's day snowflake. I used a black knit hat to catch the snowflake from the sky and then placed it on my front porch railing to photography. The gear used includes a 100mm macro lens, a ring light, tripod, and DSLR camera.

Photographer: Craig Goodwin
Not only are the Eagles eating good on lake Coeur d' Alene .

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich
The Only Fools Float on New Years Day is an annual event for the Northwest Whitewater Association. This time on the Spokane River.

Photographer: Kate Pogue Rau
Rarin' to go skijoring!

Photographer: Rich Landers
My daughter recently reminded that we have to try and photograph this year's snowflakes. We have been on a five-year quest to capture the winter flakes. We use a black knit hat, set them on the railing of our front porch and, with the help of a tripod and extension tubes, click the shutter of my DSLR camera. The quiet calm of Christmas morning gave us the perfect opportunity, and this photograph is one of the results - a tiny little winter wonderland. I'm guessing this snowflake is one or two millimeters wide.

Photographer: Craig Goodwin