Bernie Sander campaigns in Oregon

Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders speaks to a crowd of over 8,000 at a city park in Springfield, Ore., on Thursday, April 28, 2016.

Young supporters wait for the candidate.

Ron Kohn of Eugene greets a child at the entrance to the event.

The excitement builds at Sanders takes the stage.

Sanders waves to the crown as he is escorted by the Secret Service.

Sanders spoke for about 45 minutes to an appreciative crown of about 8,000.

Thousands of spectators wait outside a security gate at Island Park in Springfield.

Candidate Bernie Sanders greets well wishers at the "rope line" after his speech.

Being green

A large wild bullfrog floats in a flooded ditch along a country road in rural southwestern Oregon near Roseburg on Sunday, April 24, 2016. Bullfrogs, which are known for their voracious appetites, are considered an invasive species in the western United States. 

Napping owl

A wild barn owl appears to sleep on a post in a barn on a farm in southwestern Oregon on Saturday, April 16, 2016. Like most owls, barn owls are nocturnal and do most of their hunting at dusk and dawn. 

After the storm

A gusty windstorm downed a large maple tree on the back of our lovely house this evening on Wednesday, April 13, 2016. The main heavy trunk missed the house by inches and we apparently suffered very little damage. I'll be getting up on the roof in the morning to find out more.

The sky turned a vibrant orange after the storm passed.

Cranefly

A cranefly clings to a fern plant on a damp forested hillside near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Saturday, April 9, 2016.

Heads up

A wild blue-tailed skink pokes its head out of a crack in a tree stump as it hunts for insects on a hillside near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Saturday, April 9, 2016.

Home sweet home

A family of what I think are Little Brown Bats are thriving in the bat box I built. The little creatures are insect eating machines.

The bats nap during the day and hunt for bugs in the evening.

It's not easy being a bug

A very small insect hangs in a dew drop encrusted spider web in a pasture along a country road near Roseburg in rural southwestern Oregon on Thursday, April 7, 2016.

A dew covered beetle climbs on a strand of electric fence wire.

Who's a pretty bird?

A barred rock hen forages on a walkway strewn with a layer of fallen crabapple blossoms on Monday, April 4, 2016. The hen is part of a flock of backyard chickens on a farm near Elkton in rural Douglas County in southwestern Oregon. 

Catching some rays

A western fence lizard, also know as a blue belly lizard, catching some some on a beautiful spring day in southwestern Oregon on Saturday, April 2, 2016.