Swan Rangers found wonderful views both far and near during their outings this past week!

Scroll down for the rest of their photos and details!

In our lead photo, Keith Hammer shows us a view from atop the Swan Crest.

Then another and . . .

. . . another, while . . .

. . . Norma Linsky shows us a couple views . . .

. . . from her hike in the Sierra Nevada!

Pat Jaquith provides us a close-up view of a uniquely colored Ghost pipe . . .

. . . a Red-belted conk exuding moisture and . . .

. . . Shingled hedgehog mushrooms!

Lynn Smith found this “too cute” Pika stripping the seed off of grass.

Dee Blank came across signs of a gluttonous bear helping distribute the seeds of Mountain ash!

Ruth Quist came across a Great blue heron and . . .

. . . in our parting shot, shares another wonderful sunset!

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!