Your Outdoors Photos: July

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Wed., July 1, 2015

Photos in This Album

Taken on 5/26/16 in the garden in front of MOD Pizza Restaurant on Main in downtown Spokane.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
The sun behind the clouds above a tree. Taken in Spokane Valley on 11/11/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
Red Rose taken at the Plant Farm on 11/11/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
African Violets taken at the Plant Farm on 11/11/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
Water tower in Greenacres. Taken on 9/25/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
Looking up at a water tower in Greenacres. Taken on 9/25/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
Looking up from under a water tower in Greenacres. Taken on 9/25/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
Taken at Fred Meyer's at Sprague & Sullivan on 9/27/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
"It's Punkin' Season"-Taken at the Fred Meyer's at Sullivan & Sprague on 9/27/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
This beauty was in the Toys 'R' Us parking lot off of Sullivan Road. Taken in early September, 2015.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
Taken at the Plant Farm in Spokane Valley on September 28th.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
The smoke is awful, but giving us fantastic sunrises!

Photographer: Sue Riener
People evacuating there animals, from the Coulee Hite fire.

Photographer: Lori Pence
The Coulee Hite fire, very scary. God bless those firefighters, jets and all the folks who help keep everyone safe during this crazy fire season.

Photographer: Lori Pence
Cedar Street Bridge at night, Sandpoint, ID. taken 8-7-15

Photographer: Brent Flint
Life on the mudbar - where bald eagles are present and the geese and gulls are nervous Upper Twin Lakes 8.2.2015

Photographer: Robert Salsbury
Close-up of the bright red sun taken on Saturday, August 1, 2015.

Photographer: Gayla Aspenleiter
The beautiful bright red sun starting to set on Saturday, August 1, 2015.

Photographer: Gayla Aspenleiter
This is a photo of the moon taken just west of Spokane on the night of Saturday, August 1st. A lot of smoke had moved in and gave the moon a very ominous hue. The moon was very, very dim.

Photographer: Andrew Bodenstein
I took this photo of the moon from just west of spokane on thursday night, the night before the "blue moon".

Photographer: Andrew Bodenstein
4 of 4 Here, for you! Her first self kayaked and picked water lilies

Photographer: Robert Salsbury
3 in series of 4 Heading back

Photographer: Robert Salsbury
2 in series of 4 Duckweed paddling is hard work!

Photographer: Robert Salsbury
1 in series of 4 "and we're off!" Ive been bringing my 5 y/o kayaking for waterlily flowers since she was 3. Our first trip with her paddling her own boat

Photographer: Robert Salsbury
white wolf

Photographer: Corinna Svoboda
Deer park sunflower

Photographer: Corinna Svoboda
Sunset near Mt St Michael.

Photographer: Debbie Holm
"Magnifico!!!!"-Seen On A Car In Spokane Valley On 7/30/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
"Smiling Whale"-Cloud Formation Taken On 7/15/15 In Spokane Valley.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
"Star Wars Express"-Nice Paint Job On A Van In Spokane Valley. Taken On 7/29/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
"Windmill & Clouds"-Taken From The Centennial Trail On 7/26/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
"Full Moon Framed"-Taken In Spokane Valley On 7/30/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
Street lamp July 30, 2015 Kalispell, Montana

Photographer: Carol Miletich
Blue moon on the rise Upper Twin Lakes

Photographer: Robert Salsbury
Moonset taken from my deck

Photographer: Steve Feider
Caught this mid-July in early evening. I had been trying since spring to capture the in-flight bluebird that lives below my upper deck. Lots of shots of it and it's mate sitting on branches, but this was just luck. It had been bringing food back to the nest. Every time I step onto the deck, he flies away in a protective arch. It's been five years since the bluebirds nested under my deck and I hope they keep returning. They join the yellow finches, hummingbirds, doves, robins and sparrows that captivate my yard.

Photographer: Carol Tadlock
Mount Pend Oreille, Idaho, from USFS Trail 67

Photographer: David Taylor
Moon rise Twin Lakes Id. 7.27.15

Photographer: Robert Salsbury
Quartzite Mountain, Chewelah Wa. July 27, 2015

Photographer: Kristin Smith
"Gondola Ride Over Spokane Falls"-Taken On 7/28/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
"A Gaggle Of Canadian Geese"-Taken At Riverfront Park On 7/28/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
Lichen variety - Close up.

Photographer: Heather Kaer
Pretty little flowers

Photographer: Heather Kaer
Bee feasting in a rose at Manito

Photographer: Heather Kaer
Blooming Thistle Type, with bees - Manito.

Photographer: Heather Kaer
Camping on the Pend Oreille River watching these two wood peckers feed each other.

Photographer: Debbie Sweeney
Yesterday's storm brought a beautiful sunset and an evening visitor, as seen from the South Hill.

Photographer: Cortney Litwin
I really don't want to share with you! Pair of hummingbirds at Harvest House in Green Bluff. Photo taken on July 27, 2015.

Photographer: Gayla Aspenleiter
Taken from the top of Mt. Spokane on July 27, 2015.

Photographer: Gayla Aspenleiter
A sunflower field near Green Bluff. Photo taken July 27, 2015.

Photographer: Gayla Aspenleiter
Taken in Sammamish, Wa

Photographer: Kaylin Johnson
Eastern Kingbird spotted at Fish Lake on July 24, 2015.

Photographer: Gayla Aspenleiter
Eastern Kingbird spotted at Fish Lake on July 24, 2015.

Photographer: Gayla Aspenleiter
American Goldfinch spotted at Fish Lake on July 24, 2015.

Photographer: Gayla Aspenleiter
Casting a shadow

Photographer: Mike Delp
Young sparrow in the sunflowers.

Photographer: Craig Goodwin
I brought a few quilts in from the lake that had been in a tent. When is shook them out to put in the wash this little guy jumped out. Apparently we had a stowaway in the tent!

Photographer: Karen Brady
Mama Quail consoling her nervous chick after the thunderstorm.

Photographer: Steve Davidson
This is what is left of the ferry that carried cars across the Snake River at Lyons Ferry before the current bridge was built.

Photographer: Bruce Turner
view near the Columbia Icefield Centre.

Photographer: Jane McDonald
Grizzly Bear from the Lake Louise gondola.

Photographer: Jane McDonald
Enjoying the hummingbirds in the yard (July 22, 2015)

Photographer: Michele Palmer
Clark's Nuthatch from the Plain of Six Glaciers Tea House at Lake Louise last week.

Photographer: Ron McDonald
A touch of pink from the morning sunrise

Photographer: Mike Gass
One of the sunflowers fields north of Spokane. This was taken on July 17, 2015.

Photographer: Michele Palmer
"They Went That-A-Way"-Taken in Spokane Valley on 7/23/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
"Pink Rose With Buds"-Taken in Spokane Valley on 7/23/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
"Close Up Of An Orchid"-This was taken in Spokane Valley on 7/23/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
"Petunia Power"-This was taken in Spokane Valley on 7/23/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
Great big Great Blue Heron posing for the camera.

Photographer: Beverly Havens Hardin
Hooty owl along the Spokane River.

Photographer: Beverly Havens Hardin
Firefighting plane after skimming up a load of water from Singer's Bay on Lake Roosevelt. The fire was on Boulder Creek in the Kettle Range. July 22, 2015.

Photographer: Robert D. Jones
Waxing Crescent moon last night (July 22nd, 2015) from out here in Odessa, Wa.

Photographer: Becky Nelson
Had a great time taking photos of the stars this week at Lionhead Campground on Northern Priest Lake. This is facing Southwest with the lights from Nordman, ID creating a great silhouette to compliment the wondrous Milkyway.

Photographer: Zach Jeffers
My dad and I spent a night taking pictures on Tolmie Peak at Mount Rainier National Park. To the west we could see the lights of Tacoma and outline of Lake Taps. To the south we saw Mount St. Helens and the glow of Olympia. To the east we saw Mount Rainier and smoke from the fires in Vantage. It was a windy but magical night under the stars. This photo shows my dad, also named Craig Goodwin, taking pictures of the mountain. If you look close you can see stars reflected in the windows of the lookout building.

Photographer: Craig Goodwin
I captured this photo of a sunflower field in Clayton during the late afternoon on Sunday.

Photographer: Cortney Litwin
Firebrand Pass, Glacier National Park

Photographer: David Taylor
Sunrise, Sinopah Mountain, Two Medicine area, Glacier National Park

Photographer: David Taylor
Sinopah Mountain, Two Medicine area, Glacier NP

Photographer: David Taylor
Sunset taken from the Wal-Mart parking lot in Spokane Valley on 7/19.15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
Our family spent the weekend in Snoqualmie. While there, we hiked a segment of the Pacific Crest Trail.

Photographer: Misty O'Brien
Our family spent the weekend in Snoqualmie. While there, we hiked a segment of the Pacific Crest Trail.

Photographer: Misty O'Brien
Eastern kingbird with dragonfly, Bonner County, Idaho. July 12th

Photographer: Brent Flint
Trees backlit by moonrise, Bonner County, Idaho. July 4th.

Photographer: Brent Flint
Evening Grosbeaks at feeder in Tonasket.

Photographer: Robert Keylard
I have lots of hummingbirds at my home on the South Hill. Out of curiosity I put sugar water on my hand -- and got a Black-Chinned hummer! (This is a screen shot of a video I took yesterday.)

Photographer: Cortney Litwin
Here's another screen shot of a video I took yesterday of hummingbirds landing on my hand, which had a few drops of sugar water. I think this one is a baby Calliope.

Photographer: Cortney Litwin
I have lots of hummingbirds at my home on the South Hill. Out of curiosity I put sugar water on my hand -- and got a Black-Chinned hummer! (This is a screen shot of a video I took yesterday.)

Photographer: Cortney Litwin
Doe and fawn in our yard in the valley. She appears to have twins.

Photographer: Gretchen
Doe and fawn in our yard in the valley. She appears to have twins.

Photographer: Gretchen
Elk on the mill pond, Spirit Lake. taken on 7/12/15

Photographer: Diane Rinck
Moose and goose on the mill pond at Spirit Lake in Idaho!1

Photographer: Diane Rinck
She gave me "a look" as I was taking her pictures! I couldn't believe how she turned her head and looked at me as I shot this one! Love my little girls!

Photographer: Lisa Mittleider
The littlest one enjoying the sweetness of the Butterfly Bush! Truly amazing creatures and they seem to be liking their picture being taken.

Photographer: Lisa Mittleider
Two Medicine Lake at Dawn-Glacier National Park

Photographer: Mary Weathers
we saw these two right after baby was born and just learning to walk, that was 2 weeks ago, now look at them, they're right over on Dishman/Mica just before 32nd Ave.

Photographer: Zoe & Duane Short
A Blue Herron enjoying a snack at Lincoln Park

Photographer: Patricia Lane
Missy Madsen, birthday girl, casts for trout after paddling to Upper Priest Lake.

Photographer: Lawton Fox
This young buck visits our birdbath, in Pend Oreille County, every day, at least until the does in the neighborhood decide he has to move on! The birds do not mind sharing it at all.

Photographer: Liz Ransom Moudy
I captured this image today of a deer and her nursing fawn on my property on the South Hill. I've seen them walking through my neighborhood for about two weeks.

Photographer: Cortney Litwin
For the last couple of years been working on my camera skills on these beautiful creatures! Here she is ready for some bee balm nectar!

Photographer: Lisa Mittleider
Hi Rich, Here’s a photo of our dog, Kasha patiently waiting for me to select the correct fly. My husband, Mertz doesn’t need any help from the dog in these matters. The photo was taken on the St. Joe River.(of course) Cindy Wuts

Photographer: Cindy Wuts
A proud hawk on a fence post in my front yard. Taken 7/11/15, around 6:30 in Otis Orchards, WA

Photographer: David Veitenheimer
A proud hawk landed on a fence post in front of my home in Otis Orchards, WA, 7/11/15, around 6:30 P.M.

Photographer: David Veitenheimer
The Meeker Monument placed in South Pass, on the Oregon Trail in Wyoming, in 1906. Without this broad, low pass through the Rockies we in Spokane would now likely be speaking French! 4th of July sunrise, 2015.

Photographer: Robert D. Jones
Sunset and the Meeker Monument of 1906 at South Pass, Wyoming. July 3, 2015

Photographer: Robert D. Jones
Gibbon Falls of the Gibbon River in Yellowstone. Just a few miles downstream the Gibbon joins the Firehole River to form the Madison. July, 2015.

Photographer: Robert D. Jones
A 'tight fit' at the Needles Tunnel on the Needles Highway in the Black Hills of South Dakota! June 30, 2015.

Photographer: Robert D. Jones
Tiger RV parked on the Continental Divide and the Oregon Trail on July 3, 2015. Fireworks provided by Mother Nature!

Photographer: Robert D. Jones
The 60-foot tall face of Crazy Horse at the Crazy Horse Monument in South Dakota.

Photographer: Robert D. Jones
This monument was placed in South Pass on the Oregon Trail in Wyoming by Ezra Meeker in 1906. It is located at 7550 feet in elevation on the Pacific/Atlantic watershed divide.

Photographer: Robert D. Jones
Perching, waiting for the bees to leave the feeder this evening (July 10, 2015).

Photographer: Michele Palmer
Remington and me fishing the N. Fork of the Cda River.

Photographer: sean brewer
Dodger is making sure I use the right fly while we were fishing on the St. Joe.

Photographer: Kent Mayer
Dodger wishing the fish a happy life before it's released back into the St. Joe.

Photographer: Kent Mayer
My dog Tega, is a 4 year old lab whippet mix. There is nothing that fascinates her more than seeing fish, and she absolutely loves going fishing! She crosses the river any chance she gets in order to get close to the action. She is truly one in a million! Caption: Tega with another cutthroat. CdA River, July 2015.

Photographer: Eric Larson
Fishing on the North Fork of the Clearwater River, late summer, 2013.

Photographer: Linda Lantzy~Idaho Scenic Images
On the Joe, July 6

Photographer: Dan Ferguson
On the Joe

Photographer: Dan Ferguson
Mount Rainier from the Reflection Lakes Trail.

Photographer: Mary Weathers
Fishing at the St. Joe River; Lucy is a 6 month German Shepherd pup and learning the fly fishing ropes. July 8, 2015

Photographer: Bianca McLellan
Carson Dunfield, 5, along with brother Connor, 7, taking his birthday present out for its maiden voyage on the Spokane River.

Photographer: Todd Dunfield
"Seed Spreader" Taken on 6/6/15 in Spokane Valley.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
Hazy afternoon, view from the handicap outlook at Hunting Park 7/08/2015 about 4;30 pm

Photographer: Colleen Gardner
Keeping Cool Cedar Creek (Colville) Washington July 2015

Photographer: Robin Harina
Hummer in Flight July 5, 2015 at Cedar Creek (Colville) Washington

Photographer: Robin Harina
July 8, 2015 Fire at Deep Lake in NE Stevens County (8 miles below Canadian border)

Photographer: Robin Harina
Momma and her two Babies at Priest Lake during summer solstice weekend

Photographer: Dana Erickson
One family had the right idea when they decided to have a picnic at Duncan Garden in Manito Park last night.

Photographer: Craig Goodwin
Manito Park today

Photographer: Amanda McDonnell
Cool blues. CdA Resort boardwalk view of the marina on a stormy day.

Photographer: Philip Kuntz
I was intrigued by the sun illuminating veins of gold through a dragonfly's wings in this photo I captured on Saturday at Manito Park.

Photographer: Cortney Litwin
Peekaboo! Young moose peeking through the trees near Lakeview, ID.

Photographer: Lynelle Dehlbom
Fire and smoke over Cape Horn. Bayview Fire, Idaho 7-5-15.

Photographer: Lynelle Dehlbom
Sunset taken in Spokane Valley on 7/7/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
A Very Early Season - The news traveled that the bloom on Mt. Rainier was much earlier than normal this year, so last Monday I jumped in the car to try and catch it before it was over. A ranger at Paradise area informed me that it was a good 5 - 6 weeks early and that flowers that don't show up until August were being observed.

Photographer: Michael W Brandt
These daisies were taken in Spokane Valley on 7/6/15.

Photographer: Ron Berkley
New baby; dry but still not sure how those legs are supposed to work. South Bella Vista Drive. July 27, 2015

Photographer: Jan. Humphreys
Sunset was taken about 15 miles west of Davenport looking to the west. Photo taken on July 5, 2015.

Photographer: Gayla Aspenleiter
Meyers Fall in Kettle Falls, WA taken on July 5, 2015.

Photographer: Gayla Aspenleiter
My son launching mortar shells from a tube on a dock in an undisclosed location on Independence Day. This was a perfectly normal mortar launch.

Photographer: Bob Salsbury
Huntington Park: Water feature at night

Photographer: Bruce Turner
Wenatchee River: How long has this log been stuck?

Photographer: Bruce Turner
Turnbull Wildlife Refuge: End of the wagon trail

Photographer: Bruce Turner
Division Street: Spokane River Reflections

Photographer: Bruce Turner
I got to shoot along side Jesse Tinsley from the Review at last nights fireworks in Riverfront Park.

Photographer: Mike Gass
Lake Roosevelt at night

Photographer: Isabel Marrujo
Everyone have a happy and safe 4th of July!

Photographer: Cortney Litwin
Seagulls and Heron on mudbars Upper Twin Lakes, Idaho 7.3.2015

Photographer: Bob Salsbury
My nieces kayaking at Blue Diamond Marina & Resort on Priest Lake. They were having so much fun.

Photographer: Lori Pence
Beautiful sunset in Spokane last night. Photo taken off Northwest Blvd and Lacrosse on July 2, 2015.

Photographer: Gayla Aspenleiter
Moon shot from a few days ago

Photographer: Tim Colquhoun
A little Hummer enjoying the sun yesterday

Photographer: Tim Colquhoun
Lake Tipsoo, Chinook Pass

Photographer: Erika Addington
Enjoying the beautiful sunrise, here in Spokane.

Photographer: Lori Pence
Marmot at Paradise, Mt. Rainier 2015

Photographer: Erika Addington
Marmot at Paradise, Mt. Rainier 2015

Photographer: Erika Addington
Hiking through the cedars of Settler's Grove in Shoshone County, Idaho - July 2010

Photographer: Bob Bonomi
Craig and Melodie Dowdy landed this 6-foot 3-inch long white sturgeon with blue eyes and pinkish features in the Snake River.

Photographer: Craig Dowdy
McDonald Peak and Icefloe Lake in the Mission Mountains Wilderness of Western Montana.

Photographer: Shuwen Wang
This paper wasp is floating on a bird bath and moving around like a water strider on pockets of air under its feet.

Photographer: Terry Gray
Heaven at Priest Lake

Photographer: Sunny
I'm getting a variety of hummingbirds at my feeder on the South Hill, including this sparkly male Rufous. I took this photo on Monday.

Photographer: Cortney Litwin
About a days drive from the Inland Northwest are the beautiful Black Hills of South Dakota.. Great weekend getaway or vacation spot for any one in the Inland Northwest. This was taken from the top of Harney Peak, elevation 7244 and the tallest point east of the Rockies.

Photographer: Brenda Velasco
A mule deer doe cools off in the unseasonably low and warm Kettle River in Ferry County.

Photographer: J. Foster Fanning
Almost a full moon on river in Coeur d'Alene last night.

Photographer: Jan Long