West Seattle wildlife: Coyote trio; br-r-r-d; octopus washes up

February 26, 2011 at 11:59 pm | In Coyotes, West Seattle news, Wildlife | 4 Comments

To close the night, more wildlife photos shared by WSB’ers. First, on the heels – or paws – of Linda‘s coyote closeups, Mike in Gatewood caught three on camera this morning (take a very close look at the second photo). He wrote:

WSB, we love our coyotes. My wife and daughters have been watching them frolic in our backyard for the last half hour. Our cats were really scared at first, but they too have joined the wildlife viewing. One will occasionally walk away, but return. While we have had an occasional sighting before, we have never seen two at once, much less three. Happy viewing.

And for the second time today, we are graced by a photo from Machel Spence - this time a robin on still-snow-dotted branches:

Finally, an unusual photo from Lincoln Park – an unlucky Pacific Giant Octopus that washed up. We’re putting it after the jump because, while it’s not gory, you might find it disturbing:

Ray reports (with the photo following):

An octopus, probably a victim of a sea lion attack, washed ashore in Lincoln Park, (today). The octopus lost seven out of eight arms and now fated to become someone’s meal.

4 Comments

  1. Thanks for holding back on the last image.

    Comment by jmks — 2:05 am February 27, 2011 #

  2. Great pics, as always. And I particularly love the Robin. They’ve been all over my yard the past month or so, fattening up for Spring I imagine. :-)

    Comment by Cheryl — 12:07 pm February 27, 2011 #

  3. Or it was just it’s time to die and it has been disintegrating away in the Sound, at this size there is not much that can take it down. The harbor seal and sea otter are really their only predators once they get past a certain size and are out of the zoo-plankton and that’s when they are way smaller than this. They are very quick and very agile. They only live 3-5 years, females die shortly after eggs hatch, and males die several months after mating. Great find though…I used to feed these guys on a daily basis when I worked at the Seattle Aquarium. :) m-

    Comment by Machel Spence — 12:45 pm February 27, 2011 #

  4. Great pictures of the coyotes, they are beautiful, the fluffy one looks like it is last springs pup!! Thanks for sharing..

    Comment by Silly Goose — 10:12 pm February 28, 2011 #

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