Swan Rangers saw wildflowers and wild families during their outings this past week!

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In our lead photos, Pat Jaquith treats us to a mother Moose and her twins . . .

. . . a mother Elk and her calf . . .

. . . a Savannah Sparrow with a beak full of bugs to feed its family . . .

. . . and an American Dipper checking out the whitewater!

Ruth Quist treats us to a Merganser mom and her young and . . .

. . . a Spotted Sandpiper!

Ruth also shows us a Sticky Geranium while . . .

. . . Pam Willison shows us a Richardson's Geranium and . . .

. . . a Round-leaved Orchid!

Carol Buchan has us seeing double with this photo of Twinflowers while . . .

. . . Dee Blank dazzles us with this blanket of Bunchberries and . . .

. . . this blanket of alpine wildflowers!

Keith Hammer treats us to some Red Elderberry and . . .

. . . in our parting shot, Dee Blank shows us a designer mushroom looking like some sort of clock or inverted sun!

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!