wildlife

so this week around the house, we have come across some animals that we normally don't see in the backyard.
yesterday, there was an Oregon Red Spotted Garter snake The stripe down his back was deep green like the grass.
We went to the farmer's market in Gresham and came back to this beetle on the trailer hitch of the trooper. The picture's blury, but the rest were even blurrier. It's hard to tell, but the beetle's wings look like they have glitter on them. He was really beautiful!

The company across the street from my parents were mowing the grass along the road with a weed eater. The guy saw this rabbit jump into the road, and then he couldn't get back up over the curb. The poor bunny. So, hearing the kids in the backyard, brought him over for the kids to look at him. The bunny played dead in my hands, as he was very still and didn't try to jump away. I took him down the road to a field and let him go.