Dec
6
2015
We had a visit by a doe last summer. We spotted her from our kitchen window. I had never seen one in our backyard. Maybe she was attracted by the fruit of the mulberry tree. Several times we spotted the doe around the tract of woods adjacent to our property so I can only surmise it was living there. It was very unusual to see a deer so close to our house. And we saw the doe several times around that tract of land the last few months.
May
14
2015
The snowy egret was perched on top of a nesting box. There was, maybe, half a dozen such boxes on the perimeter of the marsh. Every time I pass this marsh by car I quickly glance up and down the waters top(???) see what I could spot. Sometimes there are deer drinking water on its edge. I have seen an occasional great egret or snowy egret on its perimeter. That was an odd place to see an egret perched on a nesting box.
Jun
28
2014
We saw twin fawns with their Mom only a mile from our house. We saw the doe after spotting the fawns. I had a camera but could not figure out how to “capture” the scene. I had never seen twin fawns before. Maybe, next time I will have better command of my camera and will be able to get a picture of such a sight. Nevertheless, the scene will be indelibly etched in our minds. It was one precious moment.
Mar
4
2014
The deer in the field less than twenty feet away from the road was feeding on some ?hay. I stopped for fifteen seconds and the animal did not budge. It continued feeding. I stared at it. It could have been a yearly–a doe. I noticed an odd thing: it did not seem to have fur above the shoulders. A car came in back of me and I had to move my car. The deer still continued feeding. It just stood there and did not seem afraid of me. I would have stayed there longer but I couldn’t.
Nov
15
2013
I spotted a buck from the car. First I saw the deer from a distance near a railroad track. When I passed it, I took a second look and noted it had a fairly big rack. It is very unusual for me to spot a buck with a rack. It is hunting season so the deer was probably hiding or very skitterish. Too many hunters were after it.
Jul
8
2013
I could not understand why the deer was standing stationary five feet in on the left almost on the crest of the hill. I stopped my car to watch and ten seconds later a fawn walked across the road joining the doe and both deer promptly disappeared into the woods. The doe was signaling her fawn when it was safe to cross.
Apr
26
2013
Sometimes at dusk I drive home on a certain road. I am curious what animals I may flush. I have to drive slowly. I do not want to hit a deer. I have also seen opossums, raccoons, fox. I never know exactly what I might flush. There is a small creek on the right side of the road and deer (and other animals) come there to drink its water. Wild turkeys you usually only flush during the day. I also have to be careful I do not run over any stray cats. I am always fascinated the way wildlife live in the midst of other people. There are also bear in the area. We have had them in our backyard. Further down the road my wife spotted a bear cub. There are large tracts of woods where I live so you are never exactly sure what you might flush.
Apr
18
2013
There were deer track in the front of the yard on the side. Maybe, it is deer not cottontails that are eating the cut up carrots and apples I am putting out in front of the woodpile in my back yard. Or maybe both animals. I have seen deer tracks in my yard before but have only seen one deer in ten years on this property. I have repeatedly seen rabbits in the backyard so I am not sure what animals are eating the carrots and apples I am putting out there. They keep disappearing usually within twenty-four hours.
Apr
9
2013
The three apples I put out behind the wood pile yesterday were gone. I know there are rabbits in the backyard. They hide under the big raspberry patch in the corner of our yard. Deer like apples, too but they usually are not spotted so close to the house. I always wonder where the cottontails live. We see them occasionally. The adults are big so they have no lack of food. Of course, I help. Usually we see them in the back–not in the yard for our dogs are there. They love chasing them. They usually don’t get the opportunity to do so, though.
Mar
27
2013
The opossum almost got run over by me. It was dark already and, luckily, I was driving slowly. I spotted it in front of my car and stopped. It did not know what to do. It ran a few feet in one direction and then turned around and made it safely to the other side. I was glad I was not in a rush. I never know what I will flush on that road at night. Sometimes it is deer or raccoons. I am just glad I did not run over the opossum.
Jul
12
2012
The two does stared at me for a long second or two and then vanished into the woods. One had crossed the road ten feet away and the other was on my right five feet in the woods. They had come from the direction of the neighboring farm.
What was unusual was the spot I saw them in: in nine years this was only the third deer I had seen in this large tract of woods (several acres) adjacent to my property.
I was glad I wasn’t driving too fast. I live on the edge of country. Further down a big black bird was in the middle of the road. It turned out to be the common turkey vulture. They feast on all the roadkill along with the crows and the other scavengers.
Jun
8
2012
The deer just stood there. It was on the right of our car three feet in and just looked at us. It could have been a yearling and simply did not learn to be afraid of cars yet. This is the second time of late we passed a deer and it did not leap away and vanish. It just stood there.
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