A kestrel in a plum tree

An American kestrel perches on a blossoming plum tree in an orchard near Elkton in western Oregon on Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Kestrels are North America's smallest falcon. 

March showers bring April flowers

A raindrop hangs from a blossom in a plum orchard on a farm near Elkton in western Oregon on Monday, March 31, 2020. The National Weather Service is predicting rain for the area through Wednesday. 

Van Cocoa

Spending my time during the quarantine reenact famous paintings with our chocolate Labrador Cocoa.⁠ It's an Instagram challenge using the hashtag #TussenKunstEnQuarantaine — which means 'between art and quarantine'

Kick up your heels

A black angus calf runs through his rain soaked pasture on a ranch near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Monday, March 30, 2020.

The Dog with the Pearl Earing

Our beautiful Cocoa is The Dog with the Pearl Earring - What to do during the quarantine? Reenact famous paintings! ⁠ It's an Instagram challenge using the hashtag #TussenKunstEnQuarantaine — which means 'between art and quarantine'!

Busy little caterpillar

A fuzzy caterpillar climbs on a blade of grass in pasture on a farm near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Saturday, March 28, 2020.

Launch sequence initiated

A male acorn woodpecker takes flight from a nesting cavity inside a fencepost on a farm near Elkton in rural Oregon on Friday, March 28, 2020. According to Allaboutbirds.com acorn woodpeckers are very unusual woodpeckers that live in large groups, hoard acorns, and breed cooperatively.

Pointed snack

A California ground Squirrel feeds on thistle leaves on a hillside along a roadway near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Friday, March 27, 2020.

One of these things is not like the others

A white feathered turkey mixes with a flock of wild turkeys in a pasture along the Umpqua River near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Thursday, March 27, 2020. According to Outdoornews.com a white turkey mixed with a flock of wild turkeys is one of two types of bird: either a domestic, farm raised turkey that escaped or was released; or a turkey with a recessive gene that causes the white coloration. 

Hide and seek with an Acorn Woodpecker

A male acorn woodpecker peeks out of a nesting cavity dug into a fencepost open a farm near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Thursday, March 26, 2020. According to Allaboutbirds.com acorn woodpeckers are very unusual woodpeckers that live in large groups, hoard acorns, and breed cooperatively.  

Spring flowers

A small spider clings to a daffodil growing on a hillside overlooking the Umpqua River Valley near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Wednesday, March 25, 2020.

Take off

A northern harrier hawk takes off from a fence post while hunting in a field near Elkton in western Oregon on Tuesday, March 24, 2020.

Morning mist

Mist rises over a dewy pasture as the morning sun warms the day on a farm near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Sunday, March 22, 2020.

Peekaboo

A Californias ground squirrel peaks out of its burrow on a hillside near Elkton in western Oregon on Monday, March 23, 2020.

Hang in there little buddy

A Pacific sideband snail slides slowly over the top of a mossy fencepost in wooded area near Elkton in western Oregon on Monday, March 23, 2020.

The Pacific sideband snail in one of the largest land snails in North America.

What do you want to do? I don't know, what do you want to do? I don't know ...

A pair of turkey vultures warm themselves in the morning sun from their perch on a dead tree along the Umpqua River near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Sunday, March 22, 2020.

Birds of a feather?

A bald eagle perches in a dead tree high on a ridge overlooking the Umpqua River near Elkton, in western Oregon on  Saturday, March 21, 2020. 

Photographed just a short time earlier, and lower down from the ridge, a turkey vulture skims low over an open area near the river. 

The early turkey

A flock of wild turkeys forage in the morning sun along the Umpqua River near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Saturday, March 21, 2020.

The turkeys apparently didn't get the memo about Social Distancing.

Posting a guard

A California ground squirrel clings to the top of a fencepost on a farm near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Friday, March 201, 2020 . I've been seeing an unusual number of ground squirrels this year. 

Water dogs on the Umpqua River

Practicing my social distancing with my three best friends on the Umpqua River near Elkton, Oregon on Friday, March 20, 2020.

Guard owl

A barn owl perches on a rafter in a barn on a farm near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Thursday, March 19, 2020. The mate of the owl is brooding their eggs in a nearby nest box.

Enjoying the spring weather

A western fence lizard basks on a rock along the Umpqua River near Elkton in western Oregon on the first day of spring Thursday, March 19, 2020. 

Pretty as a screensaver

Puffy clouds float in the sky over a pasture near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Wednesday, March 18, 2020.

Gopher patrol

An American kestrel feeds on a large gopher while perched on a fencepost along a country road near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Tuesday, March 17, 2020. According to AllAboutBirds.com the American kestrel is the continent‚Äôs most common and widespread falcon. 

Beauty and the beast

A fly rests in a daffodil flower growing on a hillside at an old homestead site near Elkton in rural western Oregon, on Monday, March 16, 2020.

Don't fence me in

A California ground squirrel, known locally as a digger squirrel, hangs onto a farmer's fence along a country road near Elkton in western Oregon on Sunday, March 15, 2020. The squirrel appeared to be warming himself in the morning sun.

Ribbit, ribbit

A Pacific tree frog hides in a thicket of grass near a pond on a hillside near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. Spring is tree frog mating season. The little amphibians use the pond for laying eggs.

The birds and the bees

A golden-crowned sparrow feeds on forsythia petals on a sunny morning near Elkton in western Oregon on Thursday, March 12, 2020. Golden-crowned sparrows spend their winters along the Pacific coast of the of the United States and migrate as far north as the Arctic Circle in Alaska during the breeding season.

Honey bees explore around their hive on a warm afternoon in a plum orchard near Roseburg in western Oregon, on Tuesday, March 10, 2020.