Swan Rangers saw birds, bugs and a velvet buck during their outings this past week!

Scroll down for the rest of their photos and details.

In our lead photo, Chris Gotschalk shows us a view looking east from the Swan Crest!

Norma Linsky shows us a buck deer with antlers in the fuzzy “velvet” stage while . . .

. . . Pam Willison shows us a Yellow Wooly Bear in the fuzzy stage!

Pat Jaquith shows us a Slender Meadow Katydid on an Aster flower . . .

. . . a Red Crossbill drinking from a puddle . . .

. . . a Pine Siskin feasting on Thistle seed . . .

. . . and a Hairy Woodpecker feeding on Mullein!

Skip Via found a Half-Black Bumblebee and . . .

. . . Keith Hammer spotted an immature Bald Eagle claiming its own private island!

In our parting shots, Ruth Quist shows us a sunrise and . . .

. . . a sunset in the Mission Valley!

If you have interesting photos of your outings, send them along with a description to keith@swanview.org and we'll try to work them into these weekly reports!