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| A male and female pair of rough skinned newts are displayed in a glass container after being caught in a pond on a ranch in rural southwestern Oregon near Elkton, Ore., on Sunday, March 9, 2014. It's newt mating season for the small amphibians and dozens of them could be seen swimming in the pond. After their photo session, the newts were returned to the pond unharmed. |
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| A slug feeds on a rain soaked daffodil growing in a flower bed outside a home near Roseburg, Ore., on Sunday, March 2, 2014. A wet and mild late winter is allowing early blooming flowers, and slugs, to get a head start on spring. |
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| My work is represented by ZUMAPRESS.com. Today they highlighted up one of my slug/flower photos in their Pictures of the Day feature. |
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| A small ant climbs on a mushroom growing on a rotting tree stump on a hillside near Elkton, Ore., on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. Recent heavy rain in the area has been helpful for moisture loving mushrooms. |
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| A beetle scales one of the amazing little mushrooms. |
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| A spider mite climbs on the stem of a very small mushroom growing on the side of a dead tree on a hillside in the Coastal Mountains of Oregon near Elkton on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Spider mites are not true spiders, but many species do spin webs. |
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A dead vole lays on a bed of damp grass and clover along a dirt road in rural Douglas County in southwestern Oregon on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014. A heavy rainstorm overnight may have drowned the rodent and pushed it from its burrow.
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| A couple of lams nap in the afternoon sun in a pasture east of Roseburg last week. |
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| Ferns grow from the trunk of a mossy tree in a forested area in the Coast Range mountains near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. |
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| My dog William drinks from a small creek during our hike. |
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| A violet grows on the forest floor on a cool January day in Oregon. |
