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| A wild osprey snatches a fish out of the Umpqua River near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Monday, May 11, 2020. The bird flew into a nearby tree and quickly ate about half of the fish. It next flew to its nearby nest and delivered the other half to its waiting mate. |
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| In a nest tucked into the rafters of an old barn, a clutch of Brewer's blackbird chicks raise their mouths for feeding on a farm near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Sunday, May 10, 2020. Brewer's blackbirds are common and found in the open country of the western United States. They adapt well to habitats altered by humans, and are often spotted on suburban sidewalks or scavenging for food around restaurants and grocery stores. |
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| My chill squirrel photo published in The Guardian today via ZUMA Press in the Week in Wildlife web galley. |
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| A newly emerged cicada clings to the branch of a hazelnut tree in an orchard on a farm near Elkton in western Oregon on Monday, May 4, 2020.. The insects are known for their high-pitched and sometimes deafening song. Some species of cicada emerge from their juvenile stage for reproduction at long intervals of 13 or 17 years making them one of the longest lived insects in the world. |
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| A wild gopher snake basks in a gravely area on a hillside near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Sunday, May 3, 2020. Gopher snakes are nonvenomous and are considered a subspecies of the bullsnake. |
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In a photo made with a remote motion activated camera a herd of wild Roosevelt elk wade in a pond on as isolated hillside near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Friday, May 1, 2020. Roosevelt elk are the largest sub-species of elk in North America. |
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| A black-tailed deer feeds on tender young leaves as it browses along the edge of a wooded area on a hillside near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Friday, May 1, 2020. |
