Swan Rangers saw lots of critters and wildflowers during their outings this past week!

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

In our lead photo, Keith Hammer shows us a swollen Swan Valley stream due to melting snow and beaver dams.

Nearby, Keith also heard and saw a Varied Thrush and . . .

. . . elsewhere saw a Wood Duck . . .

. . . a Song Sparrow . . .

. . . a Rough-legged Hawk and . . .

. . . an immature Bald Eagle starting on its white head and tail!

Leslye Teuber saw this Cooper's Hawk at the edge of her yard!

Norma Linsky came across this Mountain Sheep ram, saying they were curious about each other!

Norma also came across some Rocky Mountain Douglasia!

Debra Schweitzer saw some flowering Prickly Pear Cactus while . . .

. . . Christin Rzasa saw some Larkspur and . . .

. . . Pat Jaquith found a Yellow Bell!

Pat also saw a Spotted Towhee and . . .

. . . a couple Sandhill Cranes!

Ruth Quist came across this adorable Killdeer!

In our parting shots, Chris Gotschalk reminds us there is still snow up high while . . .

. . . Norma Linsky reminds us some bears are out of their dens and coming down low!

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!