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Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina)Observer
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With binoculars I counted 14 seals on rocks and swimming. Unusual to see so many and not hauled out. Was around the same time Bigg's orcas were recorded on OrcaSound near PT Townsend. Were the seals hiding out from them?
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Butterflies and Moths (Order Lepidoptera)Observer
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I know it's probably a crane fly, but can't resist. It's a Forest Faerie.
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Columbian Black-tailed Deer (Odocoileus hemionus ssp. columbianus)Observer
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Two deer browsing together.
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Coyote (Canis latrans)Observer
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I suspect this is same one that injured leg a year ago, still has slight limp. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149367799
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Pacific Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina ssp. richardii)Observer
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Ear bone from seal or sea lion?
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Cougar (Puma concolor)Observer
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Tracks for a mile or more along beach, no human prints. There was a kill about a mile from here last week.
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Insects (Class Insecta)Observer
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Found a few inches below top of soil in overwintered partly frozen/rotting pots of astilbe.
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Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)Observer
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A moment before hawk flew in a flicker had been feeding on suet, it panicked & flew into a window & away.
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Pacific Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina ssp. richardii)Observer
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Guessing another piece from seal skull fragment nearby, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195952561
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Pacific Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina ssp. richardii)Observer
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Guessing another piece of same seal skull fragment nearby. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195952561
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Pacific Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina ssp. richardii)Observer
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Or river otter?
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Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)Observer
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Puncture wound on right shoulder. Raptor or owl attack?