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| Harbor Porpoise | Water Mammal | Common at different times of the year. We have seen as many as 100 at a time in small groups in front of Sunrise Acre |
| Barred Owl | Bird | Fairly common recently. We've seen them in the woods and on our deck. |
| Bald Eagle | Bird | Very common most of the time. They nest here and then come and go throughout the rest of the year following the food. We have a few regular pairs that return every year and raise their young here. |
| Osprey | Bird | Very common; seasonal |
| Rat | Mammal | Too many; too much bird food available |
| Mice | Mammal | and shrews and all sorts of little mammals I cannot individually identify |
| Mountain Beaver | Mammal | Nocturnal - I've seen them a couple times but see their holes all too much in my garden |
| Cockatiel | Bird | In our aviary and a "fly-in" now and then |
| Dove | Bird | In our aviary |
| Dog | Domestic Mammal | Right now just Abby, the White Shepherd and her friends that visit now and then |
| Cat | Domestic Mammal | Right now just Cally, the Calico Cat |
| Coyote | Mammal | Not too common at Sunrise Acre but have seen them and we can hear them on a regular basis |
| Douglas Squirrel | Mammal | Very common - our cute little native squirrel |
| Gray Squirrel | Mammal | Too common - larger than the Douglas Squirrel, this is a United States native but not native to this area. More and more in the area |
| Opossum | Marsupial | Very common, nocturnal so we only see them now and then. Did you know they live an average of 18 months? |
| Bear | Mammal | Rare, but most recently 10/27/09 |
| Raccoon | Mammal | Very common - cute but a pest and one of the reasons we no longer keep chickens |
| Deer - Black Tailed | Mammal | Common in the area but not too common at Sunrise Acre until recently |
| Bats | Mammal | Not sure what kinds of bats; but they are common and we love them eating all those flying bugs |
| Red Fox | Mammal | Fairly common |
| River Otter | Water Mammal | Very common and very cute but also rather stinky. We see them in the water and on the bulkhead on a regular basis |
| Marten | Mammal | I thought it was a Fisher but that would be a rare sighting so I will go with Marten |
| Gray Whale | Water Mammal | Common in Puget Sound. We saw two close in on our beach rubbing on rocks in shallow water |
| Harbor Seal | Water Mammal | Very common |
| Clams | Mollusk | Several varieties on the beach |
| Oyster | Mollusk | Common but not a lot of them on our beach |
| Geoduck | Mollusk | The biggest of clams; commercially harvested in front of our house |
| Parakeet | Bird | Just our little cuties in their aviary |
