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| A black tailed fawn looks closely at what his mother is eating as the pair feed in an old plum orchard on a farm near Elkton in western Oregon on Wednesday, July 11, 2018. The doe seemed interested in feeding herself and letting her fawn find its own food. |
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| A doe steps away as her fawn attempts to get a drink of milk. Her twin fawns are probably old enough to survive by browsing, but a little sip of mother's milk sure would be nice. |
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| A black widow spider is displayed in a wine glass after being found in an old barn near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Sunday, July 8, 2018. |
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| Black widow venom is reported to be 15 times stronger than a rattlesnake's. |
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| Their bites can be fatal, usually to small children or the elderly. |
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| A black-tailed deer fawn walks through a wooded area on a hillside near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Saturday, July 7, 2018. The mother of the fawn was nearby just up the hill a few yards. |
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| Cinnabar moth caterpillars feed on tansy ragwort plants in a field near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Friday, July 6, 2018. The cinnabar moth was introduced to North America to help control invasive noxious ragwort plants. |
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| The caterpillars buildup toxins in their bodies while feeding on the weeds and their striking coloration is believed to warn predators of their unpalatability. |
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| We now have about 22.5 acres of blight resistant hazelnuts under cultivation near Elkton along the Umpqua River. In 2018 the first 7.5 acres are coming into production and the next 15 acres were planted in 2017-18. The farm in in the process of gaining organic certification for the first planting. The orchard is established on the bottom-land of the fertile Kellogg Crescent on the Fisher Farm along the Umpqua River in northern Douglas County. The Fisher Farm was founded by Loznak's in-laws in 1868 after they traveled the Oregon Trail. |
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| The first planting of 7.5 acres of hazelnuts. Check out a littler video I made yesterday with my drone... |
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| Picked a gallon of heritage cherries from the old tree at the homestead site overlooking the Umpqua River on our ranch in western Oregon yesterday (July 4, 2018). The cherries are small and semi-sweet. Should make for an amazing pie!!! The photo above was taken a few years ago when my son was home. |
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| A wild bobcat walks through a meadow on a hillside near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Sunday, July 1, 2018. The wild cat appeared to be casually hunting for rodents in the field as dusk fell. |
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| Although I was working with an an extreme telephoto lens, the bobcat was aware of me. It seemed pretty unconcerned. |
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| The bobcat pauses to perform a little grooming... |
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| The amazing creature gave me one more look before sauntering off into the thick brush bordering the meadow. |
