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Local creature features

  • 02/12/2025 06:00 AM
Local creature features
This photo of an ermine was taken near Riverbend. Ermine are short-tailed weasels that turn white in winter. COURTESY PHOTO|BRENT SCHUKAY

We asked our Facebook followers for photos of wildlife in the Pend Oreille River Valley and they delivered. From the small to the large, here’s a sample of the animals that call this corner of the world home.

This blush-colored moth was resting on a screen door in Newport. Do you know what kind of moth this is? Email [email protected] and let us know.

COURTESY PHOTO|CHERIE C. HUNTER HOWARD

Several years ago Schukay took this photo of a buck in winter just outside of Newport. COURTESY PHOTO|BRENT SCHUKAY
Geese meander near the riverbank south of LeClerc Creek. COURTESY PHOTO| BRENT SCHUKAY
This bobcat scavenges a dead deer near Riverbend. COURTESY PHOTO|KALON KIRKPATRICK
These long, tall lanky visitors showed up in Herzog’s yard near Kings Lake Road. COURTESY PHOTO|CAROLYN HERZOG
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