Swan Rangers saw signs of bears and butterflies during their outings this past week!

Scroll down for the rest of their photos and details!

In our lead photo, Chris Gotschalk reports he found himself skiing in the Swan Range “in the good part of a cloud sandwich!”

Pat Jaquith found these Redpolls feeding on Birch catkins on a bluebird day!

Pat also found an American kestrel perched on a power line while . . .

. . . Norma Linsky found a Merlin instead!

Ruth Quist came across a Barrow's goldeneye and . . .

. . . a Heron!

Pam Willison found a Missoula micro-climate warm enough for this 8" Atlas moth . . .

. . . this Paper kit butterfly . . .

. . . and this well disguised Autumn leaf butterfly!

In our parting shot, however, Pam Willison reminds us that some bears are still not in their winter dens yet in the Flathead!

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!