Protection Island is about two miles from the mainland, if I remember
correctly.

Peter - Thanks for the notes on other deer sightings on P.I. I find it
interesting that deer will swim that far, but Black-capped Chickadees will
not attempt flying across water that distance. Maybe one could hitch a
ride on a deer!



Tom Schooley, Olympia WA , dunlin at mail.tss.net
"The earth that directed itself instinctively in its former phases
seems now to be entering a phase of conscious decision
through its human expression." -Thomas Berry

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> From: Eric Kraig <kraig at wln.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Subject: Re: Deer on Protection Island?
> Date: Tuesday, October 14, 1997 4:31 PM
>
>
> Deer are serious swimmers. I've seen them swim across the Nisqually
Reach
> from the Tolmie State Park area to Anderson Island; once I saw a doe and
a
> fawn swim across Padilla Bay from Bayview to Guemes Island, a
straight-line
> distance of nearly five miles. Not a big fawn either. I was impressed!

>
> How far is Protection Island from the mainland?
>
> Tom Schooley said:
> >A deer on Protection Island? That is certainly unusual. In my several
> >trips out there we never saw a deer, nor did any island residents speak
of
> >them. Perhaps this one swam across recently. That's quite a swim from
> >Sequim!
>
>
> Eric Kraig
> Olympia, WA
> kraig at wln.com