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Washington's Wildlife: Photos Of The Week
What are you out doing this summer? Share your photos with Patch, and your work could be featured next week.
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WASHINGTON — For this weekly roundup of local photography, Patch took several submissions from three readers showing a small diversity of Washington's beautiful wildlife.
The first couple sets of photos are from Glenn and Marie Clair of Allyn, Washington —
In the first set, the Clairs on July 20 found an otter at the Theler Center in Belfair just after it'd found itself a tasty sturgeon lunch.
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The Clairs wrote:
We were taking a walk at Theler Center and watched the river otter trying to "land" a white sturgeon that was longer than he was. It tried on one side of the Union River, then towed it across the river to the other bank.
The otter finally got fish on the shore, then decided it was too much effort and swam away.
The Clairs' next set showed the couple's neighborhood bird friends:
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Here are a couple yard visitors:
A Western Tanager that was passing through the yard.
This visitor spent about 24 hours in our yard. Such a treat to see a beautiful, colorful bird!
May 17, 2019
An elusive Northern Flicker. An adult feeding a juvenile.
July 7, 2019
Usually the flicker will fly away as soon as a door opens, but this time, with a hungry young one, it stayed around long enough for a photo.
In the final photo this week, reader Penny Jensen found a deer nursing a fawn in her Fairwood-area backyard.
~May/June 2019
Do you have a photo you'd like to see in next week's roundup? If so, send Patch pictures of what you're up to, wherever in Washington you may be.
Going for a hike? Catching a Mariners game? Watching a concert in the Gorge? Send Patch a picture and it could be featured in our weekly roundup, published every Sunday.
Email your submission(s) to [email protected]. Include your name and hometown, the location and date of your photo, and a short note to provide a little context.
NOTE: Only submit photos that you have taken yourself or for which you own the copyright. By submitting your photo to this callout, you are granting Patch the right to publish it on any and all Patch sites.
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