Wild photos for Sept. 24, 2014

John Schnase
Temperatures dipped below freezing during mid-September, freezing some garden growth and causing ice to form on active wheel lines in Gene Bilile's alfalfa field in Ronan.

Berl Tiskus
Breanna Bilile paints in Riverside Park during the plein air Worldwide Paintout on Sept. 13. About 10 artists dispersed around the Mission Valley to enjoy painting in the great outdoors.

Megan Strickland
A swan floats in a glacial pothole off Mollman Pass Trail south of Ronan.

Linda Sappington
Fans watch a Ronan football game as the sun's departure leaves behind a palette of violet colors.

Linda Sappington
National Bison Range sunset.

Linda Sappington
Young osprey siblings hatch and are raised in a tree on a small island, sometime called "Battleship Island," north of Polson Bay in the narrows of Flathead Lake.