Hi.. there are some of these on Marrowstone Is ? Fort Flagler State Park. I don?t see one every year, but maybe very other year or so. I call them appaloosa deer? The coloring varies.

Betty

Chimacum



From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Lyn Topinka
Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2016 7:53 PM
To: Michelle Maani <lamoustique at yahoo.com>; tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Piebald Deer



Michelle, hi ... not all that common but they pop up ... if you google "leucistic deer" or "piebald deer" you'll see some interesting markings ...



was it this guy ??? ... we saw him in January on Hillhurst between River S and the main road ...



http://ColumbiaRiverImages.com/Images16/ridgefield_leucistic_blacktailed_deer_01-18-16.jpg



Lyn













Lyn Topinka
Vancouver, Wa,
NorthwestJourney.com
NorthwestBirding.com
ColumbiaRiverImages.com




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>From Michelle Maani <lamoustique at yahoo.com <mailto:lamoustique at yahoo.com> >
Date: 09/29/2016 6:04 PM (GMT-08:00)
To tweeters at u.washington.edu <mailto:tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Subject [Tweeters] Piebald Deer



My trip today to the Ridgefield Carty Unity yielded no unusual sightings. I saw Western Jays, Great Egrets, a Bewick's wren, two Downey woodpeckers, and many chickadees, as well as some geese and five Sandhill Cranes flying southward. But as I was leaving downtown Ridgefield on Pioneer, before the section where the road collapsed last winter, a deer ran into the road ahead of the car. First thought, "Deer, probably black-tailed." Second thought, " Dang, is that a goat?" It was a smallish deer, dark gray except for huge white spots on its body, like piebald coloring on a goat. Then it turned around and I could see it clearly, it was a deer. It bounded back the direction it came, across someone's lawn and into the woods. I've never seen anything like it before. Is this common?



Michelle Maani

Salmon Creek, WA