Hello to one and all, and after an eight year long hiatus/vacation, we are back to post some fresh content for you to peruse and enjoy. A brief backstory before we get into the meat of the post: since my last post in 2016, I spent those years upping my exercise routine by walking at least 2 3/4 miles per day {minimum 6k steps} per day. I've also taken quite a few pics, just not at the rate during 2010-16. I hope you enjoy the latest version of my picture blog.
We have an abundance of wildlife on our little suburban mountain: some fox, some wild rabbit and some deer, predominately female, with the occasional sighting of a buck and fawns. Today's post will concentrate on our resident deer population.
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| August 2023 {1} |
1} This pic was the best of a mediocre bunch showing a small herd (about 6) of deer grazing in someone's backyard pool area. They were probably making their way from the stream that ran behind the house back to the source up on the mountain top and decided to stop for a snack. I took this pic from the street, as the deer were on private property and I was at maximum zoom.
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| July 2024 {2} |
2} For roughly five hours, we had a fawn/doe just chilling in the shade of our backyard fence, as it was incredibly hot that day (about mid 90's and humid). The deer have, sadly enough, easy access to our backyard, as the fence surrounding our yard is about three feet in height. By the time I had come back home from my walk, the fawn had finished its R&R and returned back to the mountain.
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| July 2024 {3} |
3} This was taken a few days earlier than the previous one, and apparently this doe had decided that I was a safe human, so she allowed me to take three photos from about twenty feet away in the street. In the other two, she is nibbling on the tree ivy before eventually strolling across the street back into the mountain.
I should make everyone aware that Cedar Mountain is basically on the other side of the street that my house borders on. It's a very popular hiking/walking area, although the storms from 2024 have done a bit of interior trail damage.
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| July 2024 {4} |
4} This particular shot was the fawn being kind enough to allow me to take a few photos and a video after I had come to within fifteen feet of walking directly into them. I was finishing one of my walks down the side street and really groovin' to the music on my headphones. Something made me look up and viola!, we were eye to eye, so to speak. Again, she was crossing the street at the bridge to the mountain.
Overall I have managed to come within fifteen-to-twenty feet of deer twice during my walks, purely by accident. I get so engrossed in what I'm listening to that I end up seeing without really seeing what's ahead of me.
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| June 2024 {5} |
5} For our last pic, we have this nifty one taken, as you can see, from the inside of my house. We have our bird feeder perfectly located so that the birds, squirrels and chipmunks have easy access to the birdseed. This is about as close I've gotten to seeing a doe since taking a series of pics of a doe grazing outside a group home about year ago .
I sincerely hope you enjoyed this brief sampling of the deer population that makes itself known in our neighborhoods from time to time. Have a fantastic and relaxing week.
(c) 2024 by G.B. Miller. All Rights Reserved.
4 comments:
That's a lot of deer!
They seem to be the most prevalent species of wildlife here in my part of town. I still see the occasional rabbit and fox, but it's mostly deer.
They can get quite brave outside of hunting season! I saw so many on vaca this year, and many babies. One doe curiously had 4 fawns following her around. I surmise some were adoptees, and Moms were maybe hit by cars.
Near home, have only seen one at the Marsh area. But have seen many fox and coyotes, but raptors, and of course many skunks.
The dogs help cut down those numbers!
Cats are killing many bunnies and squirrels this year, and have cut down on bringing live frogs and birds in the house. I hate cleaning the remains up and wondering where the head went...
Although I insist that eating squirrel heads is unnessisary with all the treats they get, the cats persist in pitching in their share...
Ev Johns/SnaggleTooth
Traffic and people have been pretty good around here, in regards to the wildlife population. We have no hunting to speak of, and the traffic near the mountain is actually quite responsible, in that they drive with both eyes open.
Most of the dogs in the neighborhood are leashed, so the only chasing they would do is in the confines of their backyards.
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