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| An adult barn owl is harassed by a blackbird as the pair glide through a wooded area along the Umpqua River near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Sunday, June 15, 2014. Biologists call the behavior "mobbing" and believe the smaller birds use the behavior to keep the larger predatory birds away from nests or chicks. |
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| Our older yellow Labrador "William" and younger border collie "Lily" play with a stick in the shallows of the Umpqua River near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Wednesday, June 11, 2014. |
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| Lily is just leaning to swim. |
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| She already knows the doggy paddle. |
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| A spider feeds on an insect from its perch on a wildflower in a pasture along a county road near Roseburg, on Thursday, May 29, 2014. |
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| Waiting for lunch. |
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| A large web-weaving spider dines on a honey bee while clinging to one of the wild daisies. |
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| A just born black tailed deer fawn lays motionless on a blacktop road in rural Douglas County near our home in southwestern Oregon on Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Deer fawns typically play dead and wait for their mother to return when surprised by people or predators. The fawn was carefully moved off the roadway by a passing motorist. |
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| A wild strawberry grows on a hillside on our ranch in southwestern Oregon on Saturday, May 17, 2014. |
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| A flock of backyard chickens roost in an old bushel box in the backyard of our home near Elkton in rural southwestern Oregon, on Saturday, May 17, 2014. |
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| An insect shelters from a spring rain shower under a strawberry blossom in a backyard garden at a home near Roseburg, Ore., on Sunday, May 4, 2014. |
