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| February 10, 2022, Elkton, Oregon, USA: Honey bees venture out of their hive box on a warm sunny afternoon on a farm near Elkton in rural western Oregon. Honey bees become active and start foraging at approximately 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Full foraging activity is not achieved until the temperature rises to 66 degrees Fahrenheit. |
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| A bald eagle and a red-tailed hawk peacefully share a dead cottonwood tree as they perch along the Umpqua River near Elkton in rural southwestern Oregon. Bald eagles and red-tailed hawks are not typically friends. In fact, they have been known to fight each other to the death. |
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| An American robin pulls an earth worm out of the ground on a hillside near Elkton in rural western Oregon. According to wildbirdsunlimited.com, an American robin can eat up to 14 feet of earthworms in a day. |
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| A western bluebird splashes while taking a bath in an overflowing cattle watering tank on a ranch near Elkton in rural western Oregon. |
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| A bald eagles takes flight from its perch on the limb of a dead tree high on a ridge overlooking the Umpqua river in southwestern Oregon. As with most birds of prey, the female bald eagle is usually larger than the male. |
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| A California ground squirrel feeds on new growth on a sunny hillside near Elkton in rural western Oregon. Known locally as digger squirrels, California ground squirrels generally hibernate during the winter. Depending on weather conditions, hungry squirrels can emerge from their burrows as early as the end of January. |
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| A western bluebird feeds on a grub it captured in a pasture while hunting insects on a hillside near Elkton in southwestern Oregon. In general, bluebirds are insectivorous, and eat primarily insects throughout the spring, summer, and early fall. |
