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Humans (Homo sapiens) watching Northern Elephant Seals (Mirounga angustirostis) at the Piedras Blancas rookery near San Simeon
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Mama Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) with fawn, in a thicket of White Sweet Clover (Melilotus albus, Fabaceae)
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Southern Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) high-stepping through the native Giant Rye Grass (Leymus condensatus, Poaceae)
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Southern Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) with a Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) on its shoulder!
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Southern Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus - maybe O. h. fuliginatus?) looking right at me
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Beautiful young Southern Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus - maybe O. h. fuliginatus?) near the road by our mailbox
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Southern Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) hiding behind a Madrone (Arbutus menziesii, Ericaceae) tree
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Southern Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus) nibbling new leaves of Nuttall's Snowberry (Symphoricarpos mollis, Caprifoliaceae)