Swan Rangers saw everything from hawks to rocks during their outings the week leading up to Winter Solstice!

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

Pat Jaquith leads us off with a photo of a sunrise over the Swan Mountains while . . .

. . . Pam Willison shows us some undulatus clouds over the Missions and . . .

. . . Keith Hammer shows us the Swan Range from a valley bottom wetland!

Pat Jaquith shows us a closeup of an Eagle and . . .

. . . a closeup of some ice!

Ruth Quist shows us the front side of a Red-Tailed Hawk while . . .

. . . Keith Hammer shows us the back side, red tail and all!

Sallie Gratch shows us a Cooper's Hawk perched on her balcony in Evanston, IL!

Keith Hammer shows us that the recent “atmospheric river” melted the snow out of this cedar-hemlock forest but . . .

. . . not this one, where it even revived the creek from its winter dry-up!

Ruth Quist shows us some Common Mergansers while . . .

. . . Keith Hammer shows us an American Dipper and . . .

. . . a big rock/boulder that appears to have made quite an impact!

In our parting shot, Ruth Quist shows us a sunset topped off with a rainbow!

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!