While I’m channeling the warmth and fuzziness of friendly fauna from last week’s travels, I will clarify for you that I’m attracted to all sorts of critters, not just household dogs and cats. Like you’re surprised by that. Anyway, seems like a good time to share some of the other photos I took on the trip so you can all enjoy them too. Because I know, of course, that if you’re spending time hanging around here it just proves you also have excellent taste, so you’re bound to like my little borrowed menagerie of friends too. Just remember not to feed the wildlife.
Another small point to clarify: the title of today’s post was not a reference to my spouse. Though he is my favorite companion and my pet.
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Black-tailed deer. Never seen them before. In these parts they’re all white-tailed. Not much of a difference, I guess, unless you happen to be a white or black-tailed deer. 😉
Blacktails and whitetails are, I gather, related through Mule deer, but the blacktails are the predominant variety seen in the PNW and are generally a bit smaller than either of the other two sorts. Interestingly, when I looked it up it sounded like you’re right: it *does* make a difference to the deer (how very biased of them! like humans, almost!), as whitetails and Mules don’t frequently mate in the wild despite turf overlaps. Regardless of their dating habits, I think they’re all mighty pretty. 🙂