Were they mule deer or white-tails? White-tails have been increasing in
population and moving eastward across the state. But it's also been a
winter with a ton of snow, which might be forcing mule deer into more
populated habitats.

Kelly Cassidy
WA Coop. Fish&Wildlife Research Unit
Box 357980
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington, 98195
kelly at u.washington.edu

On Mon, 21 Apr 1997 BTPICKLE at aol.com wrote:

> Tweets,
>
> Every morning I spend several minutes scanning a rocky bluff out a back
> window for birds and things. I usually see Crows, Ravens, Turkey
> Vultures,Redtailed Hawks and sometimes a Marmot or two on, or near this
> bluff.. As I was scanning the bluff last Friday AM I was amazed to see a
> Deer grazing on new grass... This wouldn't be so amazing except for the
> facts that I've been doing this for 45 years and this was a first and that I
> live slightly less than 5 miles from the center of downtown Yakima..
>
> Donald
> BTPICKLE at aol,com
> Yakima WA (1 half mile from the base of Cowiche Canyon)
>