If you are a pollinator in Sandy, Oregon, this is what you do for a living.
Hummingbird searching for nectar in some blooms in Sandy, Oregon.
A pair of Canada geese hide in the reeds and grass in the Beaver Creek Natural Area in Lincoln County, Oregon.
A Black-capped Chickadee feeds on some new Spring shoots on a tree in the Beaver Creek Natural Area south of Newport, Oregon.
Two Gadwalls paddle around and feed in one of the ponds in the Basket Slough National Wildlife Refuge west of Salem, Oregon.
A pair of Northern Shovelers feed at the Ridgefield, Wash., National Wildlife Refuge.
A crow keeps an eye on visitors near Heceta Head along the Oregon Coast.
Two otter pups swim in Fogarty Creek, Lincoln County, Oregon.
A rabbit finds a tasty meal on some leaves in the Siltcoos Recreation Area south of Florence, Oregon.
A Cormorant nesting colony on the rocks above the Pacific Ocean near Heceta Head.
A Woodland Skipper (Ochiodes slylvanoides) takes a sip from a small flower with its long proboscis above Estacada, Oregon.
Four Brown Pelicans (Pelicanus occidentalis) fly over Netarts Bay along the Oregon Coast for a meal. Several of the birds were flying over the water and then suddenly diving toward a fish.
Eight-spotted skimmer Dragonfly (Libellula forensis) stands on the tip of a branch near Ripplebrook, Oregon.
A hummingbird, perhaps a young Black-Chinned female, rests for a few seconds on a Crocosmia Lucifer branch in Sandy, Oregon.
A female Red-Winged Blackbird (Ageaius phoeniceus) sings in the sunshine at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge south of Burns, Oregon.
A White-faced Ibis searches for food in mud flat in one of the ponds at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon.
Bird on a wire, a Western Bluebird (Sialia Mexican) rests in Sumpter, Oregon.
A California Quail (Callipepla calfornica) stands on a fence in Canyon County, Idaho.
An American Coot (Fulica americana) swims around some reeds in a small pond in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge south of Burns, Oregon. Years of drought have left many ponds and marshes dry this year.
Two juvenile Common Ravens (Corvus corax) sit in their nest waiting for the adults to bring them food. The two are in their nest inside the Crack in the Ground near Christmas Valley, Oregon. They look like they won’t be in the nest much longer.
A gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), with barnacles showing on the top of the head, feeds in the waters off the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area near Newport, Oregon.
Oregon Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon oregonia), Sandy, Oregon.