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Old 08-05-2016, 03:17 PM
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Tothill
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Location: Vancouver Island, Beautiful BC
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I live in town, but at Dad's Gulf Island house we see the following every day:
Bald Eagles
Seals, with babies right now
King Fishers
Great Blue Herons
Crows
Humming Birds
Turkey Vultures
River otters
Garter Snakes
Deer and fawns
Various Gulls
Various water birds
Geese
crabs
starfish
Oysters, they tend to stick around - Bad pun, I could not help it
Clams

Less frequently:
Stellar and California Sea Lions - Seasonal
Mink
Orcas
Raccoons are around at night
Bats flying at night


Even less often:
Humpback whales
Dolphins
Porpoises
Owls

None of the animals are a threat to people, but people are a threat to most of them.

Near the town I live in there are cougars, elk, and bears, as well as deer, raccoons. We do not have coyotes, skunks or possums on Vancouver Island. There are a few wolves. I have seen bears, but not near home. I do know one was about 3 blocks from my house about 10 years ago and a friend who lives about 2 miles away gets them in her fruit trees every year. Her property is near the river and the bears are there to get salmon.
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