RHH's photos with the keyword: columbianus

This is a Columbia Black-tailed Deer, a small sub-species of Mule Deer, in our backyard. I've posted the photo because I have a story to tell. We had gone Saturday to visit our youngest son and his wife and their baby, the baby only a few weeks old. We had seen her at the time she was born and this was our second visit. They live in western Washington, in the town where we lived before my retirement. We had our handicapped son with us so that he could see his new niece as well. We drove home through the night Sunday and were within thirty miles of home at about 2:30 am when we hit a deer. I didn't even have time to swerve before hitting it and smashed the front of the car so badly that it wasn't drive-able. We had to call and get a wrecker to tow us home. We are thankful that no one (except the deer) was hurt. Things can be replaced. People can't. A State Trooper (policeman) stopped shortly after the accident and looked for the deer - wanted to make sure it wasn't in the road or lying wounded along the road, but couldn't find it. We've actually got quite a bit of the poor deer on the car - hair and blood and flesh, so I doubt it survived. Now we are waiting to find out whether or not the car is repairable. It was taken away to a repair shop this afternoon.

This is a female Columbia Black-tailed Deer, a subspecies of Mule Deer lying in our back yard where they often come to graze or sleep.

These are two Columbia Black-tailed Deer in the fields near our home. They are very common in our area and they eat everything, so that we are not able to have a garden or much in the way of flowers.

The Columbia Blacktail Deer is a subspecies of Mule Deer, smaller than an ordinary Mulie and smaller, too, than a Whitetail Deer. It is the only deer west of the Cascades. There are so many of them where we live that they become pests. This photo was taken near Anacortes, Washington, in Washington Park.

Very common around these parts, these deer often become pests. The Columbia Black-tailed Deer is considered a subspecies of the Mule Deer. This deer was photographed in Washington Park on Fidalgo Island.

This is the Columbian Black-tailed Deer, photographed by my wife on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park, and the last shot I'll be posting from that trip.

This is another photo of my wife's, taken on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. The deer is a Columbian Black-tailed deer, Odocoileus hemionus.

This is a Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus, a subspecies of the Mule Deer that is found from California up into British Columbia. It is smaller than its cousin, the White-tailed Deer. This young buck was photographed on Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park by my wife. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-olympics-first-day.html

There are large flocks of swans feeding in the fields south of the town where we live. I was out today and took some photos of them both on the ground and in the air. It appeared that the flocks were a mix both of Tundra or Whistling Swans and Trumpeter Swans. I believe the swans in this shots are Trumpeters. As you can see, the sky is rather threatening and by the time I finished taking pictures a storm had moved in and it was beginning to rain. Trumpeter Swans were hunted for their feathers and were hunted nearly to extinction in the early 1900's but have made a comeback and are quite common now. These birds can live to be as old as 30 years and often mate for life. There is some great information on Trumpeter Swans at this address: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Trumpeter_Swan/lifehistory

Ariolimax columbianus photographed on the Lake Serene trail in the North Cascades.