Your Outdoor Photos: December 2025
The Inland Northwest is full of flora, fauna, waters, scenery and active people out to savor it all. Please visit this gallery regularly to share photos of your wild experiences, learning moments, hot discoveries, favorite trips. Help us build a visual tour of what's so great about the outdoors in this region through all four seasons. This photo gallery will be an inspiration to some people. To others it will be a reminder of why we love to live here – and get outside as much as possible.
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Photos in This Album
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New Years Eve, 12-31-25, Turnbull Refuge He looked up at us like he was sizing us up for a meal.
Photographer: Jerry R O L W E S
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Four Goldeneye ducks paddling out on the cold, sunny Pend Oreille River, 12-27-25.
Photographer: Nia Patton
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Dark eyed junco on an icy, cold morning.
Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
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These geese were flying over the pond in the Saltese Wetlands on December 13, 2025. It was a sunny day, which has been an oddity this month...
Photographer: Jim Summers
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In spite of all the wind rain down trees & fog the Elk on Turnbull wildlife refuge still find a place to enjoy breakfast. Taken December 22 2025.
Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
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Canada geese taking off at Saltese wetlands on 12/19/25.
Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
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Bald eagle enjoying his lunch near Higgins Point on lake Coeur d'Alene. 12/13/25
Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
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A Bald Eagle at Wolf Lodge Bay on December 14th
Photographer: Terry Sanborn
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A Short eared Owl taking a rest after the evening hunt they are about 14 inches tall and are very cryptic they fly like a huge month very pretty to watch them fly at dusk. Taken December 11 2025 on the West planes.
Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
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This photo of a raccoon in a tree was taken on the campus of Gonzaga University on Friday, December 5th.
Photographer: Jenny Edgren
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A bull elk pushing his cows the rut is pretty much over but he was still playing the part. Taken on Turnbull December 6 2025
Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
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Good morning from the Spokane River east of Barker Avenue on December 2nd.
Photographer: Carol Olsen
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This Coopers hawk waits for it's prey they hunt small birds and really like quail they have a smaller cousin a Sharp shinned hawk which looks very similar this is a first year bird. Found in Cheney W.A.
Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
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Went walking in the Cheney wetlands in the snowstorm we had the 1st week of December
Photographer: Melaine Williams
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