Mixed weather by Norma Linsky.
Swan Rangers continued searching for signs of Spring during their outings this past week, as it snowed each morning and thawed each afternoon in NW Montana!
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Norma Linsky captures the mixed-weather mood of the week in our lead photo while . . .
. . . Keith Hammer swears this field and trees were covered in snow in the morning!
Pat Jaquith visited her secret warm spot, however, and photographed our first Shooting star of the year!
Pat also found some Cushion pussytoes, a bee and . . .
. . . a Black-capped chickadee gathering nesting materials!
Keith Hammer found this Osprey has returned and claimed a nest site while . . .
. . . this nest was claimed by a Canada goose!
Debra Schweitzer took a trip up the North Fork, where she claimed . . .
. . . the Bearclaws are out in Polebridge, especially around the Mercantile, but she offered no proof!
Ruth Quist said she refused to send in a photo with snow in it, so she sent this snoozing Turkey!
Pam Willison had the good sense to go birding in southern Arizona, where she saw flowers like this Prickley poppy . . .
. . . a Cactus wren on . . . a cactus . . .
. . . some Cholla cactus in morning light and, in our parting shot . . .
. . . desert colors at sunset!
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