Swan Rangers shifted their view of bird migrations during their outings this past week!

Scroll down for the rest of their photos and details!

In our lead photo, Chris Gotschalk shows us wetlands at the foot of the Swan Range!

Martin Gorter reminds us that not all birds migrate to and from Central and South America, with this photo of a Godwit that has returned to the Netherlands after wintering in Africa!

Ditto for his photo of this Turret!

Returning to North America, Pam Willison shows us beach and wetlands with the Swan Range as a back drop and . . .

. . . what she figures is a Bald Eagle track after measuring it with her handy 6-inch chocolate bar!

Evelina Groszewski shows us that Bald Eagles are starting to nest and shows us . . .

. . . the underside of a Rough-legged Hawk!

Ruth Quist found lots of Mallard Ducks among Cattails while . . .

. . . Keith Hammer found a solitary Red-winged Blackbird.

Pat Jaquith gives us a birds-eye view of a Townsend's Solitaire and . . .

. . . caught this Dark-eyed Junco sunning itself!

Keith Hammer took advantage of a sunny day after a rare snow to ski into the Swan Range foothills!

In our parting shots, Skip Via shows us a view looking east as the sun sets on the Swan Range while . . .

. . . Keith Hammer shows us the view of that sunset looking west from the Swan Range foothills moments later!

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!