inlawland- the wildlife

[donutsweeper]

There are so many deer, despite being in a fairly urban setting.  In the week we were there we saw 5 and got pictures of three:

in backyard



In front yard



In side yard



We also walked down to the beach and saw lots of animals there.

Lots of crabs:






A bird I *think* is a heron of some sort



A jellyfish



basically it was just very pretty there.



but a bit rocky.

Comments

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous. Looks like it was a Great Blue Heron.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

maybe- are they in WA?

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Definitely. A lot. After my ornithology class (I'm from Oregon.) I pretty much realized they were everywhere. But they're so beautiful it's a good thing.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Ooh, pretty! I love the shot of the deer in the front yard. The colors are gorgeous, besides the coolness of having deer in the yard.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

My son actually took that shot- he ran inside and grabbed the camera yelling "there's another one!" The deer are everwhere, we nearly ran over a mom and baby deer that darted out onto windy road right in front of us.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Ooh, yipes. One of the places I used to live had a lot of little white-tailed deer around, and they'd dash across the road RIGHT in front of the car. There was an empty lot behind our house and the deer would come and graze there in the morning and evening.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I have no idea why there are so many deer around there- there's houses everywhere, but there are a lot of trees and whatnot so I guess there are places for them to live. The roads are really twisty though very hilly and sometimes pretty narrow. not good for the dumb deer

[http://users.livejournal.com/_medley_/]

Not good at all! And they will go right through your windshield if you hit them. Which does not lead to good things for either party involved.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

ooh, I can imagine. Outstate MN (i.e. non-twin city area) has a LOT of deer so you hear about accidents with them all the time

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

My grandma (in southern Wisconsin) hit three deer in one year a couple of years ago. I can't believe she didn't get hurt more than she did. Those suckers are brutal with their hooves or antlers if they roll up your hood.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Three?!?!?! The insurance people must not have liked her. Wow, good thing she wasn't badly hurt!

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

She really shouldn't be driving at all anymore. We're just mad at the unscrupulous car salesman who sold her a car in the first place!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh no! Yeah, there really needs to be better testing for people as they get older. When I think of my grandmother driving *shudder*

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love the deer in the side yard shot! And the heron. So pretty!
(And hee, you have "octopus" for the jellyfish. At first I thought it was a rotting octopus. *g*)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oops- you are right. MY brain's still on spincycle

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's definitely a Great Blue Heron.

Those crabs look tasty...I mean...

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

When scuttling about they are cute and not to be thought of that way. When anonymously offered on a menu? fair game.

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I've lived in Seattle too long. I see sea life and I automatically think of seafood.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I can see that. The big crab was awfully cute though, most fish and seafood though? Ugly

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

This is why I won't eat flounder EVER.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

you only eat it if it's cute?

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I only eat it if it's not ABSOLUTELY HORRIFYING prior to being cooked.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

so no geoducks for you? (We found plenty of those too, when walking, but you can't take pictures of them)

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

*shudder* No thanks. I'm even reluctant to eat King Crab, because those things just scare me.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

they are scary- but I cant get over the fact someone looked at a geoduck and said "yum, that'll make good eatin'!"

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I can only imagine desperation played into that one.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

or a dare. At least one would hope

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I'd hate to be on the losing end of that one.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, the winner was rather happy with himself I'm sure

[the-dark-side.livejournal.com]

I was about to say "I'll bet", but then I figured that might not be the best thing to say in light of the conversation.

[elven-wolf.livejournal.com]

Great pics! Thanks for sharing!

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

glad you liked!

[laurab1.livejournal.com]

Oh, lovely pictures :)

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

thanks! WA is very very pretty