Beauty and the beasts

During a beautiful spring day, a crab spider waits to ambush insects on a plum blossom in an orchard on a farm near Elkton, Ore., on Wednesday, March 30, 2016.

A larger spider waits for an ambush on her blossom.

Honey bee forages for nectar

A honey bee forages for nectar on a plum blossom in an orchard on a farm near Elkton in southwestern Oregon, on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. After months and months of rain, today was finally fit for a honey bee.

Rare wildflowers in Oregon

A Calypso orchid grows on a damp forested hillside in southwestern Oregon on Saturday, March 26, 2016. The Calypso orchid, also known as the fairy slipper or Venus's slipper, has a circumpolar range from the northern United States and Canada to northern Europe, China, Russia, and Japan. In many areas they are considered rare and endangered.

A  trillium grows on a heavily forested hillside near the Umpqua River in southwestern Oregon on Saturday, March 26, 2016. In many areas trilliums are considered a rare and even endangered plant species. 

A small wild lily.

Death and rebirth on the first day of spring

On the first day of spring, raindrops dapple wildflowers and a dead mouse in an orchard near Roseburg in rural southwestern Oregon on Sunday, March 20, 2016. The mouse possibly died when recent heavy rains flooded its burrow. 

Spring flowers

On the first day of spring, raindrops dapple a plum blossom in an orchard near Roseburg in rural southwestern Oregon on Sunday, March 20, 2016.

Peach blossoms

Spring song

A Pacific chorus frog, also know as a Pacific tree frog, sings his mating call in a pond on a ranch near Elkton in Southwester Oregon on Saturday, March 19, 2016. 

Mosquitos feed on a mating pair of Pacific tree frogs. 

Grrrrrr, it's my stick

Cocoa the chocolate lab and Lily the border collie have fun flaying in a flooded orchard on our ranch in southwestern Oregon on Sunday, March 13, 2016.

Lily gets a little worked up when she has the stick.

On the cover of the Rolling Stone

It's not on the cover, but it's my photo in the Rolling Stone.

21 climate kids take on the feds and big oil

Plaintiffs, attorneys and supporters gather on the steps of the federal courthouse in Eugene on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 after U.S. magistrate Thomas Coffin heard oral arguments in their case against the federal government. The case involves 21 youth plaintiffs demanding the U.S. government take science based action against climate change. 

KELSEY JULIANA speaks  on the steps of the federal courthouse in Eugene after the hearing.

Climate scientist JAMES HANSEN speaks on the steps of the federal courthouse in Eugene. Hansen is taking an active role in helping make a science based argument in the case.

Plaintiff and climate change activist XIUHTEZCALT MARTINEZ stands with attorneys and other plaintiffs during the press conference after the hearing.

Lead attorney JULIA OLSON of Our Children's Trust speaks, as youth plaintiffs look on during a press conference on the steps of the federal courthouse in Eugene after U.S. magistrate Thomas Coffin heard oral arguments in their case against the federal government.

James Hansen with plaintiffs outside the courthouse. 

A huge crowd of supporters gathered outside the courthouse after the hearing.

The youth plaintiffs after the hearing.
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Native bee

A long horned bee clings to a twig of a hazelnut tree in an orchard  on a farm near Elkton in southwestern Oregon. The long-horned bee is native to Oregon and  is an important pollinator of many flowing plants. 

Aww, Mom

A black tailed deer doe cleans the face of her yearling fawn in a pasture near Elkton in Southwestern Oregon on Saturday March 5, 2016.