Swan Rangers saw creatures great and small during their outings this past week!

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

In our lead photo, Lynn Smith used a telephoto lens to share this big grizzly bear, as with . . .

. . . her photo of a grizzly bear sow with cubs cooling down in a wet seep, a common practice for lactating females wanting to lower their body temperature and increase their milk production. Click here for more on that!

Ruth Quist didn't need a telephoto lens to photograph these bear tracks, but . . .

. . . maybe for this Great Spangled Fritillary?

Pat Jaquith captured a Hummingbird and a Bee “working” a field of Canola and . . .

. . . a female Western Tanager!

Keith Hammer caught partner Pam and their grandson peeking around a big Cedar tree!

Keith also caught a fawn nursing on a doe and . . .

. . . a Goldfinch checking out Thistle seed.

Pam Willison saw a Wilson's Snipe and . . .

. . . a Lorquin's Admiral butterfly!

Chris Gotschalk zoomed out for several days with a backpack to share this wonderful photo from the Cascades!

Norma Linsky celebrates summer rain with this shot of Pipsissewa and . . .

. . . in our parting shot, a muddy trail!

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!