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Yesterday evening the wife, the dog and I were returning home after a walk at Wennerberg Park.  Coming down Westside Road we pass the eastern edge of Rotary Park.  Kate, my wife, spotted a flash of white; we made a quick, mostly legal, turn around in a side street, and then camera ready.  Across the road stood Alba, the Rotary Park white deer.  I first saw her three years ago when she was a fawn, trotting along behind her normally colored mother.  Now she’s a full grown, healthy doe. Still lives in Rotary park, I see, and likes blackberries as much as the dog and I do.  The photos show several bare berry bearing twigs near her face.  Then, satisfied, she sauntered along the edge of the woods, to a nearly secluded opening and vanished into the trees.

Three years ago I got this email from a state biologist, Rick Hargrave of the Oregon DFW: “Thank you for sharing the photos of the deer.  The fawn is referred to as a piebald fawn. It looks pretty healthy, which is good because typically piebald fawns are born with a number of deformities.  I hope they continue on their way into the wild!”

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PHOTOS FROM AUGUST, 2015

For more on piebald, leucistic, white deer, click here to see a science blog.