Swan Rangers saw fungi among the Fall colors during their outings this past week!

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In our lead photo, Keith Hammer shows us the Swan Range from the Swan River while . . .

. . . Chris Gotschalk provides us a view looking east from atop the Swan Crest!

Lynn Smith shows us a Mountain Bluebird against a hillside of Fall-red huckleberry bushes!

Ruth Quist shows us a Common Merganser of the subspecies “punk!”

Keith Hammer shows us Fall colors in the Swan Range, where . . .

. . . he shared the trail with a grizzly bear and marveled at how many hikers and trail runners carried no bear spray!

Keith came across Shaggy Mane Mushrooms . . .

. . . Mushrooms living communally on a fallen log . . .

. . . pint-size Conks on an old Birch tree . . .

. . . and some Pearly Everlasting!

In our parting shot, Ruth Quist surprises us with a sunRISE over the Missouri 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!