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Thursday, July 30, 2020
Running start
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Seeking shade
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On a sweltering 95-degree day, a family of wild black-tailed deer keep cool on the dirt floor under an old barn on a farm near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Wednesday, July 29, 2020. The National Weather Service is forecasting near 90-degree days with no rain for at least the next week in the area. |

Tuesday, July 28, 2020
Argiope aurantia
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Another spider feeding on an insect. |
Waxing crescent moon
Friday, July 24, 2020
Browsing for breakfast
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A wild black-tailed deer fawn awkwardly feeds in a pasture along the Umpqua River near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Friday, July 24, 2020. |
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Hungry, hungry bullfrog
Monday, July 20, 2020
Little dears
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A black-tailed deer doe and three fawns walk along a country road near Elkton in rural western Oregon early on Monday, July 20, 2020. |
Friday, July 17, 2020
Comet Neowise at Crater Lake National Park
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Thursday, July 16, 2020
Comet Neowise as seen from SW Oregon
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The comet Neowise as seen over hillsides forested with Douglas fir trees near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. |
Monday, July 13, 2020
Ambush predator
Friday, July 10, 2020
Western rattlesnake in Oregon
Storybook moment
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A pair of rascally wild rabbits feed on wildflowers and blackberries in a thicket along a country road near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Friday, July 10, 2020. The moment reminds me of the The Velveteen Rabbit; story which I loved as a child. |
Thursday, July 9, 2020
Published work
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Cover shot and photos inside in Columbia College Today. It's the Columbia University college alumni magazine. The young man in the photo is my amazing son Alex Loznak! |
Airdrop
... and in otter news
Thursday, July 2, 2020
Mobbed owl
Four eyes
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A bullfrog waits motionless while hunting insects along the bank of the Umpqua River near Elkton in western Oregon on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Bullfrogs are considered an invasive species in Oregon. |
Ticked off
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