It's easy being green

A bullfrog soaks in the cool dampness of a water trough on a cattle ranch near Roseburg on Tuesday, July 25, 2017.

Along came a spider

A large black and yellow garden spider feeds on an insect while hanging in its web in a thicket along a creek near Elkton on Sunday, July 23, 2017.

Here kitty, kitty...

As dusk falls, a skunk shows off its tail while foraging in a pasture along a country road near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Sunday, July 23, 2017. 

The light faded, the cute little fellow took a look around,...

...and scampered away.

River walk

A wild black tailed doe and her twin fawns walk along the bank of the Umpqua River near Elkton in rural western Oregon early on Saturday, July 22, 2017.

My photo in Mother Jones

It's my photo, via ZUMAPRESS.com, of the amazing Dr. James Hansen and his granddaughter Sophie Kivlehan in Mother Jones magazine. Great story about Dr. Hansen and the YouthvGov climate change lawsuit. 

A little screech owl

A young western screech owl looks out of a nest box high in a tree along a country road near Elkton in rural Oregon on Thursday, July 20. 2017. 

Dragonfly hunting grounds

A dragonfly perches on a wild blackberry growing in a thicket along a country road near Roseburg in rural western Oregon on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Dragonflies are predators and this one appeared to be using the perch as a lookout as it hunted other insects in the thicket.