Nov. 12, 2017 - Oregon - Part 3

Here are some more photos from our recent trip to Bandon, Oregon. On the left is a Woolly Bear caterpillar, found at the house we were renting. When a Woolly Bear becomes a moth, it is called an Isabella Tiger Moth. This caterpillar and its moth are also found here in Minnesota. On the right is an Isabella Tiger Moth photo taken at our lake home in Minnesota.

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In Minnesota, we are used to seeing White-tailed Deer, even on lawns in urban areas. One morning in Bandon, I walked out of the house we were renting and saw this deer in the driveway of a house across the street. However, it’s not a White-tailed Deer, it’s a Black-tailed Deer, which is a subspecies of Mule Deer.

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I saw these small, bright orange flowers growing in many places while we were in Bandon. Not knowing what they were, I put a photo on my Facebook page and asked for help identifying them. Tom Nelson, one of my nephews, lives in California and told me they were California Poppies.

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Several bushes at the house we rented had these clusters of small pink flowers. Our friend, Linda Russell, helped identify them as Weigela. Several times I saw a hummingbird getting nectar from these flowers.

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This looks like a rock sticking up out of the water but it’s really a Gray Whale coming to the surface. One day we made a visit to Cape Arago, just north of Bandon. We were standing on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean when this whale swam past right below us. This is about as much as you can see when they come up for air even though they are about 49 feet long. The white patches are barnacles attached to the whale’s skin.

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I did get this photo of the water spout produced by the Gray Whale when it comes to the surface to breathe.

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