10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2011

A Black-tailed Deer ! The deer walked down the road, seemingly unconcerned with being so close to an open car window that revealed an excitedly babbling family and a clicking camera. Little did we know how representative of the park’s deer this one would be. We saw Black-tailed Deer walking through parking lots.

Deer 140

Deer Mules Alaska Mammals 140

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The combination of over hunting, and the native animals susceptibility to diseases carried by domestic livestock that were allowed to graze there, completely eliminated these Bighorns by 1915. I had the antelope greet me on my way in, and this Mule Deer doe, was there to say goodbye on my way out.

Sheep 113

Sheep Oregon Mules Livestock 113

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2011

Besides the American bison that the refuge was founded to protect, there are pronghorns, elk, bighorn sheep, mule and white-tailed deer, and black bears. Most of the deer were in or near the lush and very wet wetlands, preparing to or just having given birth.

Rattlesnake 164

Rattlesnake Bald Eagle Mules Mammals 164