Your Outdoor Photos: August 2025

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Fri., Aug. 1, 2025

Photos in This Album

Sunrise, September 3rd, 2025

Photographer: Steve Patton
Pileated woodpeckers having breakfast, Usk, WA, 8-31-25

Photographer: Nia Patton
Gray catbird taken at the Little Spokane River Natural Area. 9/1/25

Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
These juvenile bluebirds were happy to hang out at the birdbath to beat the heat this week. Sept. 1, Four Lakes, WA

Photographer: Cindy Miller
Merganser Duck swimming in the morning's smoke hazed sunrise, Pend Oreille River, August 26th

Photographer: Nia Patton
Goldenrod Crab Spider from backyard garden. Taken 8/31/25

Photographer: MARK STOESER
Goldenrod crab spider, photo from backyard garden. Misumena vatia feed on common insects, often consuming prey much larger than themselves. They use venom to immobilize their prey, though they are harmless to humans. They face threats due to parasites and larger insects. These spiders may be yellow or white. This ultimately depends on the flower on which they are hunting (active camouflage). Younger females especially, which may hunt on a variety of flowers such as daisies and sunflowers, have a strong tendency to adapt to the color of the surrounding flower.

Photographer: MARK STOESER
Hummingbird amongst the lipstick flowers on the last day of August 2025.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Praying Mantis in the barberry shrub.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Dragonfly on top of fleur de lis.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Early morning Elk greet me on the Turnbull wildlife refuge they were a little startled at first but then just stared at me fun to see up close. Taken 8 29 2025.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
Praying Mantis suspended upside down in evergreen shrub.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
The bone dry bed of our beloved Spokane River halfway between Barker and Flora Road on August 28, 2025. Consequently, the entirety of river flow through downtown at this time is contributed by the Spokane Valley - Rathdrum Prairie aquifer.

Photographer: Douglas Wysham
Bullfrog at Manito Park, late August.

Photographer: Mark Stoeser
Yellow Begonia.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Begonia

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
European Praying Mantis

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
A bat hunting in broad daylight, reflected on the mirror-like surface of Lake Coeur d'Alene.

Photographer: Douglas Wysham
What a scary, beautiful thing the Praying Mantis is! Seen this last week of August in Marshall, Wa

Photographer: Melaine Williams
European Praying Mantis

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
A little macro photography attempt with a backyard female wolf spider (I think). I don't have Photoshop, otherwise some focus stacking would have helped get more of the subject in focus.

Photographer: Mark Stoeser
White tailed fawn at Little Spokane River natural area. 8/26/25

Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
Hummingbird and lipstick flowers.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
The bluebird family visits for their daily bath and cooling off time. Four Lakes, WA, August 20 2025

Photographer: Cindy Miller
A family of bluebirds enjoying their daily bath and cooling off in this warm weather. Four Lakes, August 20, 2025

Photographer: Cindy Miller
Wishful thinking. Coyote following a herd of bison at the bison range in Montana. 8/13/25

Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
Elk season starts at the Bison Range in Montana. 8/13/25

Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
Hummingbird

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Praying Mantis

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Hummingbird

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Hummingbird drinking nectar from lipstick flower.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Hummingbird approaching the lipstick flowers.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
The low, low river flow taken from the Centennial Trail west of the Barker trailhead.

Photographer: Carol Olsen
A possible contender for the upcoming fall rut on Turnbull wildlife refuge taken early morning on the refuge. August 15 2025.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
A Gull catching a fish for breakfast with a little green on the side, Pend Oreille River, August 14th

Photographer: Nia Patton
One of the fledgling ospreys in Kendall Yards. Taken 8/12/25

Photographer: Rich Zywiak
Lunchtime for this osprey, Pend Oreille River, August 13th

Photographer: Nia Patton
Cooper's Hawks Manito Park August 13 2025

Photographer: Ron Large
Cooper's Hawks Manito Park August 13 2025

Photographer: Ron Large
Another hot summer day begins, August 12th, Pend Oreille River

Photographer: Nia Patton
A Sora walks out in the open a rare sight they are very secretive little critter. You may hear them make their whinny call followed by a ker -wee sound across the wetlands but cannot see them. West of Cheney 8 6 2025

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
Hummingbird in the front yard.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Hummingbird amongst the lipstick flowers

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
A mother deer with twin fawns share a quiet moment in Cheney in the 2nd week of August. It seems really late in the season to have babies that still have their spots

Photographer: Melaine Williams
Hummingbird and Lipstick flowers

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
The unsuspecting marmot discovered along the Centennial Trail west of Barker Road.

Photographer: Carol Olsen
Praying Mantis

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Turkey vultures. By holding their wings out, turkey vultures are able to cool down efficiently in hot weather. The wings have many blood vessels close to the surface, allowing heat to dissipate more easily. Taken along the Spokane river. 8/8/25

Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
Hummingbird and Lipstick flower

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Praying Mantis in the front yard

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Shallowtail butterfly on the Verbena

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
The birds and the bees. Manito Park, early August.

Photographer: MARK STOESER
Painted turtle poking its head up. Manito Park pond early August.

Photographer: MARK STOESER
Bee busy being a master pollinator on some wildflowers. Bear County Lake Park, early August.

Photographer: MARK STOESER
Photo was taken on 08-05-2025 In Cheney, WA from my deck. Photo is one of two mule deer twin fawns. My granddaughter named her Dotty.

Photographer: Paul Schmidt
Hummingbird and lipstick flowers

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Osprey rising Japanese Garden Manito Park August 3 2025

Photographer: Ron Large
Canyon wren at Riverside State Park on the painted rocks trail. 8/6/25

Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
Great Blue Heron searching for morning snack. Riverside State Park near Nine Mile dam. 8/6/25

Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
Praying Mantis

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Praying Mantis clutching a ladybug in one of its forelegs.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Merganser pairs preparing the day in the calm early morning, August 3rd, Pend Oreille River

Photographer: Nia Patton
The "Bee Balm" is at the end of it's flowering life, but this little hummingbird is sticking out his tongue to guard the last of his prize. Four Lakes, WA August 4, 2025

Photographer: Gary Miller
Calliope Hummingbird in Spokane Valley on Aug. 2nd I'm resending this picture because you place it in the June photos by mistake

Photographer: Terry Sanborn
Calliope Hummingbird in Spokane Valley on Aug. 2nd I'm resending this picture because you put in with June photos by mistake.

Photographer: Terry Sanborn
Hummingbird drinking nectar from lipstick flower

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Hummingbird returns.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Orange African daisy.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Hummingbird in the front yard.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Another one of our birds of open grassland comes up from Argentina called a Swainson's Hawk they can be found all Summer long in our open spaces and nest here. Taken 8 2 2025 west of Davenport W.A.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
Went looking for birds that live in our open spaces I found a few. This is a Sage Thrasher as the name implies they live in the sage brush kind of a plane looking bird except for it's eye and they sing a song that goes on and on they sit on top of the sage brush and then drop to the ground then pop back up again. Taken west of Davenport W.A. 8 2 2025.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W. A.