Swan Rangers enjoyed the dawn of a new season of flowers, birds and landscapes during their outings this past week!

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

In our lead photo, Skip Via shares a sunrise along the Rocky Mountain Front while . . .

. . . Keith Hammer saw Snow Geese there and . . .

. . . Norma Linsky reminds us how quickly the weather can change there!

Debra Schweitzer's photo suggests the better weather is sometimes west of the Divide and near the Swan Range!

Ruth Quist shares a pair of Swans while . . .

. . . Pat Jaquith shares a Barrow's Goldeneye and . . .

. . . a Gray Partridge!

Keith Hammer found a bunch of Sharptail Grouse and . . .

. . . a Horned Lark while . . .

. . . Pam Willison saw a number of Bluebirds!

Mary Via saw her fist Buttercups of the year and . . .

. . . Lynn Smith saw her first Skunk Cabbage!

Dani Mayberry shares a hopeful rainbow along the Swan Range and . . .

. . . in our parting shot, Chris Gotschalk shows us his ever-present skiing companion in action in the Swan Range!

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!