When I stepped out on my deck to enjoy a little fresh air and sunshine a couple days ago I noticed one of the local deer across the street staring me down. While it is not unusual to have the deer in our compound of about 100 one acre lots be somewhat curious about us humans, this seemed to be a little different. As it kept watching me it began to move closer to the little fenced area I was sitting in. I quickly decided to go in and grab my camera and see if I could get a few shots of the unfolding event.
When I came back out I saw that my cat had decided to join the fun and that the deer had come right up to the fence.
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I thought... okay maybe the deer was interested in my cat. I have seen her and deer go nose to nose before.
Suddenly off to my left I noticed some movement out of the corner of my eye. At first I thought it was a rabbit with the ears twitching...
Lo and behold I finally realized why the mamma deer had been so focused on what I and the cat were doing in our little fenced in enclosure. Her baby was bedded down right up against the outside of the fence.
However I didn't understand why she had been so focused on another area of the fence opposite of where her baby was. As I looked back to the right it all made sense. She had a second baby!
After some guttural sounds from the mother...
The baby on the left got up and ran to her mother at the corner of the fence.
After giving me one more good long look...
She took her babies off to somewhere she probably hoped would be a little more peaceful. 🙂
I like to think of myself as a pretty observant person. However I sat there quite some time not realizing there were two baby deer within about 30 feet of me. I guess their camouflage works pretty well!
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