Swan Rangers captured bugs, birds and bears in photos during their outings this past week!

Scroll down for the rest of their photos and details!

Keith Hammer did a 5-tick hike to get this photo of Flathead Lake from the Swan Range, but forgot to photograph a tick!

Lynn Smith sent in photos of a Ladybug on Camas . . .

. . . a Hummingbird Moth . . .

. . . and a Four-spotted Skimmer!

Pat Jaquith caught these Cliff Swallows gathering mud for their nests and . . .

. . . saw her first Mountain Lady's Slippers of the season . . .

. . . and a California Hesperochiron not often seen in Montana!

Ruth Quist saw Fluffy Goslings . . .

. . . a Bullock's Oriole . . .

. . . and Mountain Sheep!

Keith Hammer also saw Bunchberry . . .

. . . and Mountain Lover on his hike!

In our parting shot, Dani Mayberry shows us her game camera photo of a telemetry-collared 3 year old female grizzly named Margaret by bear managers tracking her location!

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!