A new neighbor for some mid day shade.

[JohnU]

Over the past few weeks Ive been seeing this new neighbor hanging out in the back yard. I dont have the best camera or lense so this was the best I could do. She has found a nice shade spot between the apple and walnut trees. Im surprised she hasnt been eating the garden. Her routine is usually showing up between 11am and 2 pm. So far mom's no where to be seen. Just her and her brother (i think - by his larger size). Usually later in season, they find their way to my oak tree to eat the acorns before I can collect the caps for casting.

 

[Old Codger]

John...My wife and I would happily send you a 'couple' other fawns that we have here in our front and back yards! They seem to 'LOVE' our hostas and other fresh, new flower and shub's buds! Only kidding, we really enjoy them and find them a constant delight even though they do 'terrorize' our flowers and shrubs, but their antics offset any damage that they do... Have you noticed their 'spring bok' jumps and antics plus their 'kitten' like calls to their mother? Fun, fun, fun! Enjoy!

 

[robutacion]

Over the past few weeks Ive been seeing this new neighbor hanging out in the back yard. I dont have the best camera or lense so this was the best I could do. She has found a nice shade spot between the apple and walnut trees. Im surprised she hasnt been eating the garden. Her routine is usually showing up between 11am and 2 pm. So far mom's no where to be seen. Just her and her brother (i think - by his larger size). Usually later in season, they find their way to my oak tree to eat the acorns before I can collect the caps for casting.

Hi John,

Geezzz mate, if your backyard looks that good, I hate to see the front yard...!:wink::biggrin:

I never had much to do with those sort of creatures, they look pretty and tast even better according to some red meat eaters, I prefer my pork":biggrin:

The obvious thing to me on that pic, appart from the green is that, that tree up the front, is getting a good chew up on its base, almost ring-barked...???

I though that they would eat the acorns and leave the caps, don't those acorns separate from the caps while in the tree or, if they are ripe, don't they separate when hitting the ground...???

Anyway, enjoy the view and sorry about the casting acorn caps...!:wink:

Cheers
George

 

[sbell111]

We have a doe and her two fawns that like to hang out at our house. They show up at least a couple times a week. Often times, the mother will stow the fawns in our back yard and disappear for a few hours. Sometimes when she returns, she'll lay down in the front yard until it's time to collect the kids and go back home.

The strange thing is that we live in the middle of a sudivision. They have to walk about four blocks through the subdivision to get to our yard.

 

[JohnU]

Those are great pictures Steve! You see more wildlife every year in residential area. Less hunting pressure and more food. Especially for the predators like coyote and fox.

The obvious thing to me on that pic, appart from the green is that, that tree up the front, is getting a good chew up on its base, almost ring-barked...???

I though that they would eat the acorns and leave the caps, don't those acorns separate from the caps while in the tree or, if they are ripe, don't they separate when hitting the ground...???

I have a lot of rabbits in the yard but I don't know if they chew on the bottom of that tree, being a black walnut tree, or if that was done by a riding lawn mower deck. I still get a lot of caps (probably the ones that lose the nut before they fall, but I also get a lot of broken and partially chewed ones. lol I don't mind feeding them since some of their cousins end up feeding me after deer season.

 

[Smitty37]

Deer are a species, like rabbits, that thrive where they have close contact with humans. But, the increase in their numbers is probably not related to hunting pressure.

I suspect very strongly that in most states cars & trucks (especially on the interstate highways get more deer than the hunters get. Hunters are usually out hunting deer only a couple of weeks - cars & trucks are out all year.

The deer population in our state has gotten so high that last year hunters could have arranged to take up to 10 legal deer.