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| As massive breaker waves crash in the background, a surfer rides smaller waves at Sunset Bay State Park near Charleston on the Oregon coast on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. The National Weather Service has issued a high surf warning for the area with breakers up to 35 feet expected on Thursday. |
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| I placed my remote trail camera near the remains of a dead elk in an isolated area on our ranch rear Elkton in western Oregon. Some interesting animals came to feed. This hungry coyote was happy for the free meal. |
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| A beautiful bobcat stopped over for a snack. |
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| Lots of birds were attached to the remains including this majestic hawk... |
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| and these quarrelsome ravens. I ended up with hundreds of raven photos. |
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| A sparrow perches in a blackberry thicket along a road near on a rainy cold day near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019. |
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| A black tailed doe and her fawn shake off rain water while standing in the yard of a home near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Sunday, Jan 6, 2019. The National weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for the area and is calling for up to 8 inches of wet snow in higher elevations and rain in the valleys. |
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| An oak leaf rests on dew spotted grass in a pasture on a hillside on a farm near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Jan. 1, 2019. |
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| A rough skinned newt crosses a rain soaked road in western Oregon near Elkton on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2018. Rough skinned newts produce a highly poisonous neurotoxin in their skin and display they orange underbellies as a warning when they feel threatened. |
