All creatures great and fall

The late afternoon sun highlights fall foliage as a wild black-tailed button buck walks in a field along a country road near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. A button buck is a male fawn six months of age or younger. He's called a button buck because though his antlers haven't yet grown, two bumps or "buttons" have emerged on top of his head. 

A western fence lizard climbs over a bed of colorful fall leaves in a wooded area near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020.

 

An apple a day

An American robin feeds on a apple in an orchard on a farm near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2020.

 

In a rut

As the last rays of sun fall, a wild black-tailed deer buck shows his interest and possibly his frustration with a nearby doe on a hillside near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020.

 

Every rose has its thorn

An ant climbs on a raindrop wetted yellow rose outside a home near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020. The National Weather Service is predicting sunny cool weather in the area for the next five days.

 

Get a grip

A walnut slips from the beak of a Steller's jay as it forages under a walnut tree on a farm near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020. According to allaboutbirds.com, Steller's jays are know for their bold, inquisitive, intelligent, and noisy behavior.

 

Day is done, gone the sun

A pair of black-tailed deer stand on a ridge as evening falls along a country road near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Sunday, Oct. 19, 2020.

A yearling black-tailed deer fawn attempts to take a bite of grass from its mothers mouth as evening falls. 

Humming in the rain

A rufous hummingbird perches on a barbed wire fence during a rain shower near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. Rufous hummingbirds are known for long distance migrations. Some travel nearly 4,000 miles from breeding grounds in Alaska and northwest Canada to wintering sites in Mexico.

My what big ears you have

A wild black tailed deer with enormous ears stands motionless in a field near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2020.

 

Orchard raiders

A black bear forages for walnuts high in a tree in an abandoned orchard hear a former homesite on a hillside near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020.

Apple stuffing - A wild turkey perches in an apple tree while gorging on apples in an orchard on a farm near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2020.

 

Someone woke up on the wrong side of the nestbox

In the late afternoon, a wild western screech owl looks out from its nest box in a tree along a country road near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Friday, Oct. Oct. 2, 2020. Screech owls are primarily nocturnal. The little owl was probably just waking up after a day of sleeping in the box.

 

Frog day afternoon

A bullfrog floats motionless in a cattle watering trough on a farm near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Bullfrogs are considered an invasive species in Oregon.

 

SuperSquirrels

A western gray squirrel leaps between branch in a walnut tree while foraging for nuts in an abandoned orchard near a former homesite on a hillside near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. The Western gray squirrel is the largest tree squirrel in Oregon.

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Supersquirrel!