Tiny droplets

A small spider climbs on its web filled with tiny water droplets on a barbed wire fence along a pasture on a foggy morning near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. 

From Russia with slime

It's my slug photo via ZUMAPRESS.com on a Russian news website. Headline translates to: "Eaten on the dispute slug killed an Australian after eight years". Super strange story. Here is a link to a story from the Independent in English.

Young black-tailed buck

A young black tailed deer buck, with just visible spiked antlers, stands in a field with a backdrop of colorful fall leaves along the Umpqua River near Elkton in western Oregon on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018.

Cleared for takeoff

A common merganser gains speed as it takes off from the surface of the Umpqua River near Elkton in western Oregon on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018. The common merganser is a large duck found in rivers and lakes in forested areas of Europe, northern and central Asia, and North America.

The beauty of nature

Colorful fall leaves mark a large bald-faced hornet's nest hanging in a tree on a hillside near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Known for their aggressiveness, baldfaced hornets have a unique defense in that they can squirt or spray venom from their stingers into the eyes of nest intruders. The venom causes temporary blindness.

Good news for the world

Good news for the badass Climate Kids, the #youthvgov team, and the world in the journal Nature with my photo via ZUMAPRESS.com.

Is it the hookah smoking newt?

A rough skinned newt climbs over a large mushroom growing on a steep hillside in a forested area near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018.