Your Outdoors Photos: October 2019

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Wed., Oct. 2, 2019

Photos in This Album

This Rafter of 10 turkeys was visiting our street on the south hill. Some folks don't like them hanging around because they poop on their property, but we welcome them for adding natural fertilizer and color to the neighborhood. Photo taken December 14, 2019

Photographer: Michael Sherriffs Hall
A Great Gray Owl looks out across it's Rocky mountain kingdom as the sun slowly sets and the temp begins to drop. Taken in Southwest Montana 10 30 19

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
On Oct. 25, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife had to remove a momma moose and her two babies from Audubon Park for the safety of everyone, Moose and Human alike. This photo shows one of the Fish and Wildlife guys cradling the head of one of the babies while waiting to load it up in the horse trailer.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
On Oct. 25, the Department of Fish and Wildlife were called to Audubon Park because a momma moose and her two babies had taken up residence. They had been in the neighborhood for over a week. They were safely darted and put into horse trailers to move.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
The colors last week were still vibrant at Antoine Peak. This great-horned owl was sitting on a log staring at us as we passed by on the trail. As seen in October, 2019 at Antoine Peak in Spokane Valley.

Photographer: Cindy Miller
Spokane River hike. Near Spokane Falls Community College. Mid-October, 2019

Photographer: Mark Hurtubise
"What's up?" Grouse, Twin Lakes, WA

Photographer: Colleen Smith
Great Blue Heron, Salishan Nature Trail, Oregon

Photographer: Colleen Smith
Beautiful Northern Flicker at Turnbull Refuge. Taken 10/13/19.

Photographer: Kristi Wiedrich
Juvenile Eagle Photo July, 2019

Photographer: Colleen Smith
Great Horned Owl at Turnbull Refuge. Taken 10/13/19.

Photographer: Kristi Wiedrich
A young coyote has it's prey in sight along a trail on the Turnbull wildlife refuge on a cold frosty morning.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
Fall Colors on East Coyote Rock Drive in Spokane Valley.

Photographer: George Stratman
Autumn and winter meet on Spokane's south hill. Taken near Manito Park, October 9th, 2019.

Photographer: Tiffany Hansen
Manito Park's Duncan Gardens covered in a thick blanket of October snow. Oct. 9th, 2019

Photographer: Tiffany Hansen
A typical snowy winter scene in Spokane, not out of place except for the fact that its only October 9th. Crazy, beautiful Mother Nature.

Photographer: Tiffany Hansen
Local deer happy to know that the snow did not prevent us from putting out their morning deer food. Photo was taken by Nola Hall on October 9th in our front yard.

Photographer: Nola Hall
A lot of ground was covered by these 4 footed athletes herding 4 sheep over the course at the Sheep dog trials held in Cheney the first weekend in October.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
The Sheep Dog Trials were held at a farm in Cheney the 1st weekend in October. Really neat to see these 4 footed athletes taking the sheep through the course.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
This is a Sharp-shinned Hawk a somewhat smaller version of a Coopers hawk I am not sure weather it wanted to try out the bird house or just watching the Chickadees. The background color is from the Fall colors starting to come on taken Oct 5 19.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
A great Horned owl watched me carefully from it's perch as I went about my backyard work. taken in Cheney W.A. Sept 30 19

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
A beautiful Wilson's warbler came to the back yard still not willing to give up on Summer quite yet. Taken in Cheney W.A. Sept 30 19.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
September snowman seen in Cheney on the last day of September 2019

Photographer: Melaine Williams
Riding the bicycle along the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes and I just happened to see these two beautiful creatures taking a siesta on a warm summer day in August.

Photographer: Stan Snow
The wet cool weather seems to be the perfect combination for growing mushrooms. Seen near Marshall, Washington in late september

Photographer: Melaine Williams