Swan Rangers saw birds and other critters on both sides of "the pond" during their outings this week!

Scroll down to see the rest of their photos and details.

In our lead photo, Keith Hammer shows us a view of Flathead Lake while . . .

. . . Evelina Groszewsky shows us a Great Tit and . . .

. . . a Song Thrush in London!

Pat Jaquith saw an American Goldfinch preferring fresh buds to old fruit and . . .

. . . a Three-toed Woodpecker!

Pam Willison saw an immature Bald Eagle wading and . . .

. . . a couple of Red-necked Grebes. Can you see the mate underwater nearby?

Ruth Quist saw a Snowshoe Hare turning from winter white to its summer colors!

Lynn Smith saw a line of Avocets along a shoreline and . . .

. . . a Heron rookery with a couple interloping Canada Geese (if you look closely)!

Norma Linsky shows us some BIG snow cornices in the Flathead Range and . . .

. . . says her party had to negotiate some blowdown to get there!

Keith Hammer saw a Long-billed Curlew . . .

. . . a Say's Phoebe in an abandoned barn and . . .

. . . a Chickadee carrying wood chips out of its nest hole!

In our parting shot, Keith reminds us that bears are out of their dens and sharing trails and habitat with we humans!

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!