Your Outdoors Photos: August 2019

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Mon., Aug. 5, 2019

Photos in This Album

Mirror images at a little South Hill treasure, Cannon Hill Park. Vinny watches the ducks swim, while taking a break. Taken Aug. 5, 2020.

Photographer: Laura Renz
Here is the Marsh wren image. They are not an endangered bird but quite hard to see because they live in the marsh weeds and cattails. They flit around quickly, you can hear them yet not see them.I was just lucky to encounter this very sociable little character. I have been shooting wild life now for 19 years as an outlet from my people photography business. I have pretty well retired from people photography. The bottom line is, if you place yourself out there a great deal, know your equipment, know lighting, the law of averages takes over. You'll get good images.

Photographer: Jerry Rowles
After the heavy storm this past Sunday I bagged this big fella on the auto circle drive at Turnbull Refuge Monday morning at 7:45 AM. He was a beauty and his coat had no scares, burs or ticks. He even allowed me about five minutes to image him. It was as if he was enjoying the warmth of the sun after the big storm the day before.

Photographer: Jerry Rowles
A couple of curious moose.This photo was taken August 23rd along the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes approximately 2.5 miles west of the Medimont trailhead.

Photographer: Stanley Snow
A lone wheelchair athlete travels the Fish Lake Trail near the Old Marshall Road mid August.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
Buck and fawn hanging out on our front lawn.

Photographer: Ron Lugone
What is everyone looking at? Why elk coming in behind me and towards ma, ma and here twin calves. Turnbull wildlife refuge Aug 20 19

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
Ma,Ma moose and her twin calves feed towards me in the early morning sun what treat to see. Turnbull wildlife refuge. Aug 20 19

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
August 16th @ 6:15 am on the north edge of 5 mile prairie. A cow moose and her adolescent calf enjoy apples fresh off the tree in our backyard. We reside in an older housing development on 5 mile prairie in which most residents has acreage. Occasionally have moose wander up from the Little Spokane River Valley into the neighborhood. (side note- the moose have visited twice, around the same time on the morning of the 8/16 and 8/17.)

Photographer: Margaret Herron
Taken while standing on the John Wayne Trail in Whitman County, Washington. This photo manages to capture many aspects of the rural inland northwest landscape in one composition.

Photographer: Spencer Rhodes
A young Coyote pup gives me a lingering look before darting into the brush Turnbull wildlife refuge. Aug 14 19

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
One of Turnbull's up and coming big boy's for the fall ritual found this bull having breakfast on Aug 14 19. Turnbull wild life refuge.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
Gunsight Mountain in the foreground. Hunt Mountain to the right and Hunt Lake below. Selkirk Mountains. North Idaho. August 2019

Photographer: Bruce Cunningham
Selkirk Mountains. North Idaho. August 2019

Photographer: Bruce Cunningham
The Granite Gulch fire had our attention during our trip to the Wallowas. It surrounded us on three sides and had our exit route cutoff. For Milky Way photos you want to be away from city lights, and have no clouds or smoke. On August 1st the fire's light was brighter than the lights of Spokane and the clouds and smoke reflected it. ... Sometimes you get the best photo when everything goes wrong.

Photographer: Harvey Brown
The Great Gray's huge wings are in a downward position in this photo as it looks for it's next perch their eyes look small because their head is so huge. Taken Aug 5 2019. Southwest Montana.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
A beautiful Great Gray Owl lifts it's huge wings for take off they are silent and so beautiful to see my wife Sandy and I were so lucky to see and photograph this special creature. Taken Southwest Montana Aug 5 219.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
This is a Great Gray Owl just after it leaves it's perch it shows it's huge wing span some 52 inches. This owl is very large 27 inches tall with a huge wing span but does not weight much a little more then 2 Lbs. They usually hunt from a low perch and are very successful. Taken in Southwest Montana Aug 5 2019.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
I Take A Picture Of Spider-Woman At Camp Anchor Jones Beach

Photographer: Giuseppe
The South Hill at sunset from the Glenrose Conservation Area. The Williams Flat Fire burns on the horizon.

Photographer: Matt Schmitt
Looking over the South Hill and downtown Spokane at smoke rising from the William's Flat Fire.

Photographer: Matt Schmitt
The rope swing on the bank of the Spokane river near the Centennial Trail at the Maringo trail head is always a popular place. This girl was getting some relief from the heat wave in the second week of August.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
Mule Deer buck in velvet. I came across this big guy while I was hiking near Palisades Park.

Photographer: Jim Patten
A close-up of the momma Otter and one of the babies along the Columbia Plateau Trail end on July

Photographer: Melaine Williams
Another view of the Otter Family living in the stream along the Columbia Plateau Trail between the Fish Lake and Cheney Spokane traiheads. Seen the end of June

Photographer: Melaine Williams
A family of River Otters, a mother and 4 babies, has taken up residence in the stream along the Columbia Plateau Trail between the Cheney-Spangle and Fishlake Trailheads. In all my years of traveling the trail this is the first time I have seen them.

Photographer: Melaine Williams