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| A small sparrow puffs up its feathers as it perches on an electric fence around an orchard during a rain shower in rural western Oregon on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017. Birds puff up their feathers in order to trap more air in them, which is then warmed by their body heat and keeps the bird warm on a cold winter day. |
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| Another sparrow hangs on as the wind blows and the rain falls sideways. |
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| A small seasonal creek rushes down a mossy hillside in rain soaked western Oregon near Elkton on Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017. According to the National Weather Service a series of weather systems will travel from Alaska to the west coast of the U.S. this week bringing rain, gusty winds, and mountain snow. |
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| A pileated woodpecker forages for insects under the bark of a moss covered dead oak tree on a forested hillside near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Friday, Nov. 24, 2017. It is the second-largest woodpecker in the United States, after the critically endangered and possibly extinct, ivory-billed woodpecker. |
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| Three small wild mushrooms displayed on a fall leaf in damp western Oregon on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017. |
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| A pair of delicate mushrooms grow on a moss covered log. |
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| Water drops form on a leaf |
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| A flock of starlings take flight from a pasture on a farm near Roseburg in western Oregon on Friday, Nov. 17, 2017. |
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| Selective focus with a shallow depth of field in a pasture near Elkton, Oregon. F/5, 1/2000th, ISO 400 |
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| Same scene with a deep depth of field. F/36, 1/50, ISO 400 |
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| A maple leaf rests on a moss covered log on a damp hillside in the rain soaked coastal mountains near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017. |
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| With colorful fall leaves in the background, a black tailed doe stands in a field along the Umpqua River near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Friday, Nov. 10, 2017. |
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| With a spot of fall color in the background, a pair of bald eagles take flight from an old-growth Douglas fir tree growing along the bank of the Umpqua River near Elkton is western Oregon on Tuesday, Nov., 7, 2017 |
