Snake crossing

A large bull snake crosses a country road near Elkton in rural western Oregon on Wednesday, May 30, 2018. Bull snakes are non-venomous, but at times they can become aggressive when threatened. 

Turkey time

A pair of male wild turkeys display for a group of nearby females in a pasture along a country road near Ekton in western Oregon on Sunday, May 27, 2018.

Lazy day on the river

A western pond turtle swims through the cool clear water of the Umpqua River near Elkton in western Oregon on a beautiful spring morning on May 27, 2018.

Western pond turtles can live for 50 or more years. Due to habitat loss and the introduction of invasive predators like bass and bullfrogs, western pond turtles are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List of species.

Hungry, hungry starlings

An adult starling feeds its fast growing chicks as they peek out of their nesting spot inside the cavity of a crabapple tree in the front yard of a home near Elkton in western Oregon on Saturday, May 26, 2018.

Day old fawn in Oregon

A one-day old black tailed deer fawn lays motionless in a pasture on a farm near Elkton in western Oregon on Wednesday, May 23, 2018. 

Wildlife officials caution people to leave young fawns in the place they are found as the mother deer is likely nearby and will return when the humans leave the area. 

Folks mowing in fields should be extra careful during the fawn season.

Hungry Bumblebee

A bumblebee searches for nectar on a purple vetch flower growing along a roadside near Roseburg in western Oregon on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

Bordered plant bugs

A pair of copulating bordered plant bugs cross the yellow line of a country road near Elkton in western Oregon on Friday, May 18, 2018.