Your Outdoors Photos: June 2019

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Tue., June 4, 2019

Photos in This Album

Flying above the urban sprawl up on Beacon Hill.

Photographer: Jane Patten
Mount Spokane summit views.

Photographer: Jane Patten
Weaving through huckleberries up at Mount Spokane.

Photographer: Jane Patten
Flying through the fireweed lined trails up at Mount Spokane

Photographer: Jane Patten
Buffalo feeding in Yellowstone National Park on June 28th

Photographer: Tami Sanborn
coyote near Canyon Village in Yellowstone National Park on June 27th

Photographer: Tami Sanborn
Along the Spokane River at the 9 mile Recreation Trailhead of the Centennial Trail this pile of baby ducks sleeps peacefully beside a fishing pole. Seen end of June.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
Road 24NW in Grant County. June 2019

Photographer: Bruce Cunningham
Beautiful day in the Columbia Basin. June 2019

Photographer: Bruce Cunningham
Spirit Lake and surrounding area, seen from Mt. Spokane State Park

Photographer: Michael Bota
View of Lake Coeur d'Alene from Tubbs Hill main trail.

Photographer: Michael Bota
Kellogg Peak

Photographer: Michael Bota
Lake Coeur d'Alene at dusk

Photographer: Michael Bota
Last week camping at the Little Pend Oreille Wildlife Area. Near Colville Very Cool Cloud !

Photographer: Jim Von Lossow
This is a photo my grandfather took. He had a farm outside Waverly. On the back of the photo all it says is Oregon coast 1938. In 2016 I made the effort to find this spot. It’s Otter Point and has a vista built by the WPA in 1934. It’s still there. I took a photo which I’d also like to share.

Photographer: Tom Marion
Ospreys recycling for their nest..Sprague Lake Wa. June 12 2019

Photographer: mike forster
Trying it's best to keep up with mom this new calf stumbles along as mom is trying to get it out of sight as fast as she can. Turnbull Wildlife refuge. June 19 19.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
Killdeer on the banks of the Pack River. June 12, 2019.

Photographer: William Siler
St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park this month.

Photographer: Bertha Kamstra
Antelope in National Bison Range Montana.

Photographer: Bertha Kamstra
What to do on Father's Day why go find a owl of course A very pretty Short eared owl let me get it's picture on Father's Day evening. Taken June 16 19. West of Cheney.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
'Splish Splash"- On a warm spring day (6/11), this Trumpeter Swan at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge was takin' a bath in the cool water. After doing barrel rolls at the surface of the water, it popped up and repeatedly slapped its wings on the water for lots of splashes! Not only was it getting a good bath but it was having fun doing it!

Photographer: Carlene Hardt
Taken from Palisades Park on Fathers day morning the city is bathed in the morning sunlight. She never looked better.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
A stunning Bullock's Oriole gets ready for flight I find them nesting on the Turnbull wildlife refuge almost every year. Taken on Turnbull wildlife refuge June 15 19

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
Western Yellow Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly feeding on Lilac Bloom. Taken in our garden located south of Spokane. We have planted many butterfly-attracting plants over many years and we are seeing more and more of these and other varieties. We've also been successful with milkweed plants for this.

Photographer: Steve Matsko
Bumble bee at the feeding table.

Photographer: Jim Schmitz
Goslings at Farragut State Park

Photographer: Jim Schmitz
Breakfast at Farragut State Park sunrise.

Photographer: Jim Schmitz
Dragonfly at Manito Park

Photographer: Jim Schmitz
Jumpin feet first into summer. This family was having a wonderful time jumping off the rocks near the Centennial Trail off the Islands Trail head, off of Upriver. Mid June

Photographer: Melaine Williams
Young bull elk running through hay field seen near Marshall early June.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
A young bull elk takes flight as he jumps over a fence, seen near Marshall in early June.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
Western Tiger Swallowtail on Lilac Bloom. Taken in our yard south of Spokane. We've planted butterfly attracting plants over many years- including milkweed, and it has paid off as we see more and more every year. They are a beautiful addition to the enjoyment of it all.

Photographer: Steve Matsko
Tree Peony Bloom. Taken at our flower garden in south Spokane.

Photographer: Steve Matsko
Tree Peony Bloom. Taken at our flower garden in south Spokane.

Photographer: Steve Matsko
Tree Peony Bloom. Taken at our flower garden in south Spokane.

Photographer: Steve Matsko
Bumble Bee on Chive blossom. Taken in our flower garden in south Spokane.

Photographer: Steve Matsko
This dragonfly was in our backyard garden in the Spokane Valley on May 14th.

Photographer: Terry Sanborn
Resting buffalo in the National Bison Range with the snow covered Mission Mountains in the background. The Mission Mountain Range is a part of the Rockies.

Photographer: Mike Gass
An American Coot feeding it's chick the chicks look nothing like the parent when first born. Turnbull wildlife refuge June 3 19

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
A beautiful Bullock's Oriole so specular to see makes a pendulum hanging nest way out on a limb swinging in the breeze. Taken June 1 19 near Lyon's Ferry. W.A.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich
A Yellow -breasted Chat one of our bigger warblers sings me a happy song. Taken near Walla Walla W.A. June the first

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
A hawk holds his prize, a mouse, in his talons as he heads off somewhere to enjoy his lunch. Near Slavin Conservation Area beginning of June

Photographer: Melaine Williams
Deadly Hunter Watching this dragonfly at Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge on Saturday, June 1st, I was reminded that they catch more than 95% of the prey they target. Its enormous eyes give it an almost spherical view as it waits for prey to fly overhead. I am glad that it eats mosquitoes as well as other small insects such as flies, bees, ants and wasps.

Photographer: Carlene Hardt
Duck families along the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes in Idaho.

Photographer: Jim Schmitz
Scratching that spot you can't reach. Spokane.

Photographer: Jim Schmitz
Dragonflies are out at Manito Park.

Photographer: Jim Schmitz
It’s Dragonfly season at Loon Lake Washington! I took this picture at Loon Lake June 2, 2019

Photographer: Lisa Miller
A blanket of flower petals on 17th avenue in Spokane. May, 2019

Photographer: Molly Schemmel
Early Mornin fishing on Fish Lake near Cheney at the end of May.

Photographer: Melaine Williams