Swan Rangers saw lakes, birds and berries during their outings this past week!

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

In our lead photos, Keith Hammer shows us lakes . . .

. . . along . . .

. . . the Swan Crest while . . .

. . . Norma Linsky shows us a lake in Glacier National Park and . . .

. . . Chris Gotschalk shows us a creek flowing from deep within the Swan Range!

Pat Jaquith shows us a Great Gray Owl and . . .

. . . an aptly named Golden Crowned Kinglet!

Pam Willison shows us some Pixie Cup Lichens and . . .

. . . some Nodding Onion seeds that look like little bug-eyed aliens!

Ruth Quist shows us some Hawthorne berries and . . .

. . . some Mountain Ash berries, which bears may turn to due to a . . .

. . . a lack of Huckleberries and their cousin Grouse Whortleberries, as Keith Hammer shows here, though their foliage is looking pretty as Fall arrives!

Evelina Groszewski shows us a very wet juvenile Red-tailed Hawk and . . .

. . . in our parting shot, the kind of storm front that could make a hawk or a bird-watcher wet!

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!