Many Bay Area visitors enjoy the increasing midday spottings of wildlife.
Deer have long since become a common sight.
Their tawny camouflage is often deceived by their white rump patches when they swish their tails during browsing. Just as some are becoming inured to the increasing populations of deer, foxes, raccoons, skunks and other animals, the animals seem to be doing the same, seemingly unaffected by human activity. More and more animals are spotted in surprising places at surprising hours. Stories abound of bears breaking into refrigerators in the foothills, raccoons living under houses, peregrine falcons making their homes on the Bay Bridge. Now there are reports of a mountain lion in the Marin Headlands and Tennessee Valley.