Swan Rangers got nice big views and close-ups of hawks 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 of the Flathead Valley while looking west from the Swan Crest, then . . .

. . . turns around to show us the view looking east to the Flathead Range!

Then Keith shows us a nice lake near the Swan Crest and . . .

. . . a Bee on an Aster!

Pam Willison shows us a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk while . . .

. . . Pat Jaquith zooms in on a Cooper's Hawk!

Pat Jaquith also saw some Sandhill Cranes . . .

. . . a Western Kingbird and . . .

. . . the larval stage of a Spurge Hawk-Moth doing its biological control thing on some Leafy Spurge!

In our parting shot, Keith Hammer shows us the sun setting over the Flathead River!

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!