This morning, I came upon a couple deer bedded down as I walked along the Mill Race Path. I stopped and stayed motionless when I saw them until they got comfortable with me there. Then I was able to shoot pictures of them without disturbing them. They merely looked at me curiously. I enjoyed watching and photographing them, then left without disturbing them.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) website has this to say about deer bedding areas:

"An area of flattened vegetation 3 to 4 feet long and 2 to 3 feet wide indicates where a deer has bedded down. Deer sleep in dense cover or tall grasses and may return to the same spot over many days. Since deer often travel in small groups, there may be several “deer beds” in the same vicinity. During winter, similarly sized depressions in the snow, often littered with old hairs, characterize bed-sites."