Swan Rangers in NW Montana got changeable weather and a taste of Winter during their outings this past week!

Scroll down for the rest of their photos and details!

In our lead photo, Pat Jaquith show us clouds masking the Swan Range!

Pat also shows us a Western Bluebird enduring snowfall that lasted most of the week and . . .

. . . a Cassin's Finch!

Pam Willison went bird-watching in Arizona and . . .

. . . saw both female and . . .

. . . male Northern Cardinals, among other birds!

Dee Blank composed a photo using a pair of found deer antlers, while . . .

. . . her photo of snow on grass is somewhat abstract!

Evelina Groszewski spied an American Dipper and . . .

. . . a lone Snow Goose hanging out with Trumpeter Swans and a couple Ducks, while . . .

. . . Keith Hammer found these two Trumpeter Swans swimming!

Ruth Quist gives us a birds-eye view of some wild Turkeys and . . .

. . . in our parting shots we see a vertical rainbow from Skip Via and . . .

. . . a horizontal rainbow from Pat Jaquith!

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!