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Odocoileus Hemionus
FEB 11 WILDCAT CANYON, CONTRA COSTA CO, CALIF.
9:00 AM - TWO DEER (SEX?) SEEN IN EUCALYPTUS
WOODS WITH NOT TOO MUCH AROUND COVER
TREES MORE OR LESS BARE UP TO 30' or so.
MEN WORKING UP HILLSIDE 100 YARDS. WE
WERE ON ROAD 50 YARDS AWAY BUT DEER
DID NOT APPEAR TOO DISTURBED.
MAR 3 WILDCAT CANYON, CONTRA COSTA CO, CALIF
10:45 AM SAW 1 FEMALE(?) DEER FOLLOWING
BUNCH OF KIDS WHO FED IT. READILY
APPEARENTLY OVER GROUND (FOR HINDHOVIS?)
MAR 10 WILDCAT CANYON, CONTRA COSTA CO, CALIF.
9:15 AM - SAME(?) DEER AS LAST MAR 3 SEEN
IN TILOEN PARK PICNIC AREA FOLLOWING GROUP
OF SCOUTS. COULD BE POTTED, FED ETC.
APR 28 SOME(?) DEER AS IN MARCH
FOLLOWING GROUPS IN TILOEN PARK
PICNIC AREA, FOLLOWED GROUPS
UP ROADS, THEN PICNIC AREA, ETC.
SHOWED LITTLE FEAR OF LARGE
BARKING DOG - EVEN APPROACHED
IT. THE DOG WAS LEERY OF
COMING CLOSE TO DEER, TOO.
DEER SEEN BROWSING ON YOUNGER
OAK LEAVES AND TOPS OF FLOWERING
STALKS OF SOME 1/2 FT. HIGH
PLANTAIN,
SEPT 29 SOUTHERN CREEK, 6000FT, 3MI NW HOGART MILLS, NEVADA CO,
SAW 2 ? (OR ?? WITHOUT SPINE) CALF.
ON ROCKY CONIFER SLOPE. THEY TURNED &
RAN UP HILL IN STIFF-LEGGED BOUNDS WHEN
THEY SAW ME. TAIL:
TAIL SEEMED TO HAVE
MORE WHITE AT BASE THAN
THOSE AT BERKELEY.