Your Outdoor Photos: February 2025

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Tue., Feb. 4, 2025

Photos in This Album

A crescent Moon next to Mercury just before sunset on the 28th of February. New Moon was at 16:45 PST on the 27th so this is only a 26:30 hour old Moon. I took the picture about 18:15 PST. This is the smallest crescent I have ever seen and I just turn 70 last month. Taken in the Garland district.

Photographer: Tom Bauer
Pheasant searching for food in field north of Spokane. 2/26/25

Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
This past Springs calf in it's first winter on Turnbull wildlife refuge snowy and cold. Taken 2 20 2025

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
A lone Evening Grosbeak waits out a snow storm perhaps thinking maybe I should not have come here this early. I have never seen one here at this time of year. Taken 2 19 2025.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
Family of Trumpeter swans on the Spokane River. 2/18/25

Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
Swan Lake Cheney style in the Cheney Wetlands this third week of February

Photographer: Melaine Williams
The swans are back on the ponds in the Cheney Wetlands this 3rd week of February.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
Canada Geese resting on ice, Pend Oreille River, 2-11-24

Photographer: Nia Patton
American Goldfinch in Spokane Valley on February 16th

Photographer: Terry Sanborn
Squirrel in Spokane Valley on February 7th

Photographer: Terry Sanborn
Carlitos our mini horse frosty with the cold snap in mid February

Photographer: Melaine Williams
With frigid temperatures, snow crystals create beautiful tapestry.

Photographer: Peter Sanburn
Full Snow Moon rising over the ridge.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Trumpeter swans on the Spokane River. 2/11/25

Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
Full Snow moon setting in the western sky on a very cold morning.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Snow falling from trees lit by the sun, Selkirk Mountains, 2-10-25

Photographer: R. Patton
Snowmobiling on a beautiful day in the Selkirk Mountains, February 10th, 2025

Photographer: R. Patton
A immature Sharp shinned Hawk looks skyward for small birds if you see a hawk around your bird feeders good chance it's a Sharp shin. Taken February 10 2025 around Cheney W.A.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
Getting through winter on Turnbull this cow Moose having a willow breakfast. Taken February 7 2025

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
A small portion of hundreds of duck and geese on the Pend Oreille feeding in the shallows in the river, February 5, 2025

Photographer: Steve Patton
A wintering Mule deer buck on Turnbull wildlife refuge cold and a fresh snowfall. Taken February 6 2025.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.
Otter about to have a snack. Taken in a pond near Saltese Wetlands. 2/4/25

Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
Six California Quail napping in the cold together, Pend Oreille River Valley, 2-4-25

Photographer: Nia Patton
Six California Quail keeping warm in an Aspen tree, Pend Oreille River valley, 2-4-25

Photographer: Nia Patton