Swan Rangers saw critters and plants maturing during their outings this past week!

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

In our lead photo, Pat Jaquith came across this Whitetail buck with in-the-velvet antlers while . . .

. . . Ruth Quist watched this Whitetail doe and fawn enjoy cool shade in her yard!

Ruth also watched this Nuthatch in her yard but . . .

. . . swears she actually went on an outing to see this Tansy!

Keith Hammer came across some White baneberry while . . .

. . . Debra Schweitzer came across Devil's club berries being eaten by something brave!

Debra's photo of Indian pipe show the pine needle forest floor it favors while . . .

. . . Pat Jaquith's photo shows Indian pipe getting taller!

Pam Willison's photo shows a Round-leafed orchid with flowers turning to seed.

Skip Via shows us a Woodland skipper on Yarrow flowers while . . .

. . . Pat Jaquith shows us Prairie gentian and . . .

. . . in our parting shot, a pair of mating Robber flies that fly baton-style end over end while still attached!

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!