Winter - Kettle River Valley, NW Ferry County

Highway 21 North bridge, upstream Curlew Washington, U.S.A.

Low pressure, cold weather front moving over the Highlands, northern Ferry County, Washington State, U.S.A.

Kettle River, Bighorn Bend, early December.

Bald eagle in cottonwood, Kettle River Valley, Washington State, U.S.A.

Old barn in snowstorm, Danville, Washington State, U.S.A.

Snow falling over Kettle River, Ferry County, Washington State, U.S.A.

Ice flows in Kettle River near Lone Ranch Bridge, Danville, Washington, U.S.A.

Kettle River seen from the Danville Bridge, Ferry County, Washington State, U.S.A.

Snowfall in mountain meadow, Kettle River Valley, Ferry County, Washington State, U.S.A.

Winter moonrise over quaking aspen grove, Kettle River Valley.

A covey Gray Partridge browsing in winter snow

Reflections in the Kettle River, Curlew Washington, U.S.A.

ROCK, SNOW, TREES
Looking up bighorn run from the Kettle River Valley below.

 QUAIL IN THE SNOW
California Quail are found along the west coast of North America from Baja, Mexico to British Columbia, Canada. They are widely dispersed in Washington State on both sides of the Cascade Mountain Range. I caught up with this covey in Curlew, Washington

EASTFACE BAMBER MOUNTAIN
Bamber Mountain in northwestern Ferry County, Washington State, is one of the prominent landmarks near the confluence of the Kettle River and Toroda Creek. This layered basalt mountain reaches up to 4,980 foot above sea level, or 3,000 above the valley floor. Seen here on a late January afternoon.

TONATA PRECIPICE
On the southern side of the Kettle River near the confluence with Tonata Creek the Tonata Precipice rises. It's central landmass is this rock face towering a thousand vertical feet over the valley below

Frosted ridgeline, Kettle River Valley, Okanogan Highlands region NE Washington State, U.S.A.

CLARKS NUTCRACKER, a winter resident of the Kettle River Valley, Ferry County, Washington State, U.S.A.

MULE DEER WINTER COAT
After a mild autumn with good forage and a moderately temperate early winter the local deer herd are sporting thick and fuzzy winter coats.

A rendered image showing Curlew Washington, along the banks of the Kettle River in NE Washington State, U.S.A.

Ponderosa Pinecone, Kettle River Valley

ROCK - ICE - WATER
Kettle River, Ferry County, Washington State, U.S.A.

WINTER SOLSTICE
An abstract photograph of snowfall with the full moon shining thru. Location Boulder / Deer Creek Pass, Kettle River Range, Ferry County, Washington State, U.S.A.

Little Vulcan Mountain, Kettle River Valley, Ferry County, Washington State, U.S.A.