Predator and prey

A large crab spider clasps a small bee in its jaws while hunting on a daisy growing in a pasture near Elkton in rural Southwestern Oregon on Thursday, June 29, 2017.

Air time

A black-tailed deer fawn leaps through tall grass growing in a field along a country road near Elkton in Southwestern Oregon on Tuesday, June 27, 2017.

I see you

A wild bobcat walks through brush on a hillside near Elkton, in rural southwester, Oregon on Monday, June 26, 2017.

Swarming honey bees

A large swarm of thousands of wild honey bees gather on the limb of an oak tree on a hillside near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on Sunday, June 25, 2017. Swarming is the process by which a new honey bee colony is formed when the queen bee leaves the colony with a large group of worker bees.

Nice night for a swim

Cocoa the chocolate Labrador and Lily the border collie cross enjoyed a swim in the cool Umpqu River near Elkton, Ore., on a hot Saturday, June 24, 2017. 

Leaf me alone

A black-tailed deer feeds on the lower leaves of a pear tree growing in an orchard on a farm near Kellogg in rural southwestern Oregon early on June 24, 2017.  

Fawn at dawn

A black-tailed deer fawn on its mother walk on a hillside near Elkton in southwestern Oregon on early Tuesday, June 20, 2017.