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A western bluebird grooms its plumage while perched on a sapling in a hazelnut orchard near Elkton in rural western Oregon. |
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A great blue heron takes flight while hunting for fish in the Umpqua River near Elkton in rural western Oregon. |
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A western bluebird grooms its plumage while perched on a sapling in a hazelnut orchard near Elkton in rural western Oregon. |
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A great blue heron takes flight while hunting for fish in the Umpqua River near Elkton in rural western Oregon. |
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As grains of pollen rain down, a grasshopper feeds on minuscule grass seed flowers on a hillside near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Thursday, June 18, 2020. |
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Wikipedia says it’s a Modadenia fidelis, common name Pacific sideband. An air breathing terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk. I says it’s a cool looking snail. |
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A great blue heron slows its airspeed while landing on a rock outcropping in the Umpqua River near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. |
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A black-tailed deer fawn walks on a lightly used country road near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. The mother of the fawn was nearby. |
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Droplets of water shake from an osprey as it takes to the air after a near miss while hunting for fish in the Umpqua River near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Monday, June 8, 2020. |
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The last rays of the setting sun warm a massive bull snake as it basks on a blacktop road near Elkton in rural western Oregon, on Saturday, May 30, 2020. |
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A family of wild turkeys trot down the side of a country road near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Saturday, May 30, 2020. |
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A dragonfly perches on a twig while hunting for other insects in a pasture along the Umpqua River near Elkton in western Oregon on Thursday, May 28, 2020. |
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With a mouth full of insects, a male Brewer's blackbird perches on a strand of electric fence at the edge of a pasture. |
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The coloration of a moth matches a hazelnut tree sapling and helps it avoid being a meal in an orchard on a farm near Elkton in western Oregon on Friday, May 29, 2020. |