Swan Rangers saw things near and far during their outings this past week!

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In our lead photos, Chris Gotschalk shows us a couple lakes along . . .

. . . the Swan Crest while . . .

. . . Evelina Groszewsky shows a storm headed that way!

Debra Schweitzer shows us a shady stream while . . .

. . . Dee Blank shows us some cliffs and . . .

. . . Evelina Groszewski shows us a Mountain Goat not far away!

Ruth Quist shows us some Elk being gathered into harems by the big bulls and . . .

. . . some Pelicans while . . .

. . . Pat Jaquith caught this Solitary Sandpiper watching a Raven fly overhead!

Pam Willison saw a Snowshoe Hare with its ears and feet beginning to turn white for Winter and . . .

. . . a Mushroom looking like it was turning into a lemon pie!

Norma Linsky shows us a Puffball Mushroom while . . .

. . . Dee Blank shows us Beetle tracks on the inside of shed tree bark!

Debra Schweitzer shows us a Black Bear in a Ponderosa Pine tree while . . .

. . . in our parting shot, Keith Hammer shows us a pile of bear poop that should be full of berries this time of year, but isn't, due to a lack of berries in the woods!

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!