Your Outdoor Photos: January 2024

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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Fri., Jan. 5, 2024

Photos in This Album

Resident squirrel in the rain

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Neighborhood turkeys strutting their stuff on South Hill. 1/26/24

Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
86.8% waning gibbous moon

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Canada Geese taking a slow sightseeing trip on an ice flow floating down the Pend Oreille River, 1-26-24

Photographer: Nia Patton
Ruffed Grouse, Turnbull Refuge, Cheney, 01-23-24 I wish to let you know I was published in the last 30 days and I would normally not resubmit for awhile but this is a special type of sighting. The Ruffed Grouse is NOT an endangered bird but is what they refer to as an "uncommon sighting," of the grouse family, this fellow is "extremely" reclusive. So special a Turnbull sighting that both the "Friends of Turnbull," and the Refuge themselves have both requested the image be placed on their websites. I thought you might like to take a look at this special encounter of a special bird from our Spokane Refuge. Thanks.

Photographer: Jerry R O L W E S
98.2% Waning Gibbous moon before it disappeared under the clouds.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Full wolf moon

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
trees hibernating in the snow for the winter, Selkirk mountains, January, 2024

Photographer: Nia Patton
Cold sunshine in Priest Lake mountains, January, 2024

Photographer: Nia Patton
Squirrel munching on fruit in a nearby ornamental pear tree on a cold afternoon.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Canadian geese flying over Spokane River at Riverside State Park near Nine Mile. 1/18/24

Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
Icicle fringe on lower branch. Spokane River at Riverside State Park. 1/18/24

Photographer: Mark Hendrickson
Redhead duck taking a dive while two watch, Pend Oreille River, 1-11-24

Photographer: Nia Patton
Red Head ducks, Pend Oreille River, 1-11-24

Photographer: Nia Patton
An American Dipper fishing the Little Spokane River on this record-setting snow day. The American Dipper is the only aquatic song bird in North America. 1/17/2024 Colbert

Photographer: Carrie Dugovic
A well fed country coyote looking for a winter meal. Thursday, Jan 11. West Plains Detour Road

Photographer: Jerry R O L W E S
Canada Geese keeping warm while waiting for some open water on the Pend Oreille River, January 14th

Photographer: Nia Patton
A little ice jam on Pend Oreille river, January 13th, 2024

Photographer: Nia Patton
27% waxing crescent moon on a very cold evening in Spokane.

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
Summer is definitely over on the Pend Oreille River, 1-15-24

Photographer: Nia Patton
Flock of birds flying in freezing rain

Photographer: Anna Erickson
Morning light on the Spokane river.

Photographer: Bruce Blaser
Moose sparring on Steptoe Butte.

Photographer: Bruce Blaser
Resident squirrel in the ornamental pear tree

Photographer: Mary Jo Stauner
A large flock of Mallard ducks calls Falls Park in Post Falls home even during the cold months. Seen early January.

Photographer: Melaine Williams
American Tree Sparrow with it's rust colored top knot to the dark spot on their breast I find them mostly during winter. Taken January 8 2024 on the old sunset highway.

Photographer: Buck Domitrovich Cheney W.A.