http://zooathome.com Northwest Nature Photos Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:49:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/07/01/reach-for-the-star-fish/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/07/01/reach-for-the-star-fish/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:57:52 +0000 Bonnie http://zooathome.com/?p=215 This gull spent several minutes playing with this poor starfish before finally getting bored and moving on to tastier fare. ]]> http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/07/01/reach-for-the-star-fish/feed/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/07/01/crazed-crustacean/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/07/01/crazed-crustacean/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:48:10 +0000 Bonnie http://zooathome.com/?p=216 This teeny crustacean wasn’t much larger than my fingernail, but what he lacked in size he made up for in ferocity. ]]> http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/07/01/crazed-crustacean/feed/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/blacktail-fawn-up-close-and-personal/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/blacktail-fawn-up-close-and-personal/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 17:07:33 +0000 Bonnie http://zooathome.com/?p=206 I had the most amazing experience this morning. On the way to the bus stop with Sara, we watched a Columbia Black-tailed doe narrowly miss getting hit by the car in front of us. As the car swerved and the deer bounded off into the brush alongside the road, we noticed a dark lump on [...]]]> http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/blacktail-fawn-up-close-and-personal/feed/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/blacktail-fawn-close-up/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/blacktail-fawn-close-up/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 17:07:01 +0000 Bonnie http://zooathome.com/?p=207 Another close-up look at the fawn Sara and I rescued from our local highway. ]]> http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/blacktail-fawn-close-up/feed/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/blacktail-fawn-waiting-for-mom/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/blacktail-fawn-waiting-for-mom/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 17:06:20 +0000 Bonnie http://zooathome.com/?p=208 A full view of the young black-tailed fawn as it awaits it’s mother return after their harrowing near miss (or near hit) on our local highway. ]]> http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/blacktail-fawn-waiting-for-mom/feed/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/blacktail-fawn-sheltered-by-log/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/blacktail-fawn-sheltered-by-log/#comments Thu, 29 May 2008 17:05:39 +0000 Bonnie http://zooathome.com/?p=209 Here you can see how the black-tailed fawn has huddled up against a log for shelter. With it’s spots and coloring, it blends right into it’s environment. The lack of any scent of it’s own will also help protect it from predators as it waits for it’s mother to return for it. ]]> http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/29/blacktail-fawn-sheltered-by-log/feed/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/26/always-into-something/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/26/always-into-something/#comments Mon, 26 May 2008 15:41:05 +0000 Bonnie http://zooathome.com/?p=211 First I caught him in the fuschia, so I moved it. He seems unphased. In fact, I think he appreciates the easy one-stop shopping I’ve provided. Good thing for him he’s so darn cute! ]]> http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/26/always-into-something/feed/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/25/a-pair-of-goldfinches/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/25/a-pair-of-goldfinches/#comments Sun, 25 May 2008 16:27:10 +0000 Bonnie http://zooathome.com/?p=212 Come to visit the sunflower seed feeder. ]]> http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/25/a-pair-of-goldfinches/feed/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/24/bee-pollinating-scotchbroom/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/24/bee-pollinating-scotchbroom/#comments Sun, 25 May 2008 03:51:17 +0000 Bonnie http://zooathome.com/?p=217 A close look at one of the busy workers. ]]> http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/24/bee-pollinating-scotchbroom/feed/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/24/a-study-in-yellow/ http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/24/a-study-in-yellow/#comments Sat, 24 May 2008 20:45:04 +0000 Bonnie http://zooathome.com/?p=218 Yellow flowers, yellow bees … and yellow pollen on everything. ]]> http://zooathome.com/wordpress/2008/05/24/a-study-in-yellow/feed/