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| An adult barn owl and its newly hatched young perch in a nest box in an old barn on a farm near Elkton in rural southwestern Oregon on Thursday, March 30, 2017. |
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| It's snuggle time for one of the hatchlings. |
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| One of the owlets checks out the new an interesting world from the safety of the nest box. |
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| It's my photo, via ZUMAPRESS.com, on the Rolling Stone website. Very good story about the Our Children's Trust federal climate change lawsuit. |
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| A spider climbs along a rain soaked strand of electric fence on a ranch near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Sunday, March 26, 2017. |
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| U.S. Sen. JEFF MERKLEY. D-Oregon, speaks during a town hall meeting in the gym at Umpua Community College in Roseburg on Saturday, March 25, 2017. |
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| A small group of protesters from the Indivisible political movement stand along Oregon Highway 38 in Elkton. The small rural town has a population of about 200. |
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| A pair of insects mate while perched on a crabapple blossom in an orchard near Elkton in rural southwestern Oregon on Thursday, March 23, 2017. |
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| A honey bee forages on a flowering rosemary bush in a backyard garden at a home near Roseburg, Ore., on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 |
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| A flowering tree displays its spring blossoms in a wooded area along the Umpqua River near Elkton, Ore., on March 20, 2016. |
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| U.S. Sen. RON WYDEN, D-Oregon, speaks during a town hall meeting in the gym at Sutherlin High School in Sutherlin, Ore., on Friday, March 17, 2017. Sutherlin's bulldog mascot is painted on the gym floor. |
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| TOREY LEHMAN, who is a member of the political group Indivisible, asks a question of U.S. Sen. Wyden. |
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| Rachel Dean listens as U.S. Sen. RON WYDEN, D-Oregon, speaks during the town hall. |
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| Audience members hold signs as they listen to the senator. |
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| A second male ladybug looks to get in on the action as a pair of the colorful beetles mate on the bud of a hazelnut tree growing in an orchard on a farm near Roseburg, Ore., on Thursday, March 16, 2017. Female ladybugs can store a male's sperm for 2-3 months before laying eggs. |
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| A large banana slug slowly crosses a rain soaked country road in rural Oregon near Elkton on Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Banana slugs are known as the second largest land dwelling slugs in the world. A banana slug can travel at the blistering speed of 6.5 inches per minute. |
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| Another big fellow crosses in the opposite direction. Looks like it's time again for the great slug migration. |
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| A hunter uses a tractor bucket to dump a dead Roosevelt elk into his pickup truck after killing the animal on a ranch near Elkton in rural Oregon on Tuesday, March 14, 2017. State wildlife official allowed the killing of the elk out of the hunting season because the animals were damaging crops. |
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| My elk photo was highlighted by ZUMAPRESS.COM in their Pictures of the Day gallery. |
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| A goldfish surfaces in the water of a cattle trough on a farm near Roseburg in rural Oregon on Sunday March 12, 2017. Many ranchers put fish into their cattle troughs because the fish will eat mosquito larvae and algae in the water. |
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| A chicken crosses a country road near Elkton in rural Oregon on Sunday, March 12, 2017. |
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| An insect feeds on an early blooming wildflower growing on a wooded hillside near Roseburg in southwestern Oregon on Thursday, March 9, 2017. |
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| Raindrops cling to blooming daffodils growing in a yard near Roseburg in southwestern Oregon on Thursday, March 9, 2017. |
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| A small songbird perches on an electric fence during a cold rainy day near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Sunday, March 5, 2017. |
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| While a black-tailed deer shakes of rain water nearby. |
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| A bald eagle glides over a fog shrouded landscape along the Umpqua River near Tyee, Ore., on Friday, March 3, 2017. |
