OH NOES – DOEs
The Morley 8 showed up on one side of the road while on the other side another 6 deer were out to browse. I wasn’t really surprised to see 14 deer at one time since my personal record is 53 – no kidding. Now you can understand why deer resistant plants are highly recommended around here.
I don’t know why but this winter the deer have avoided my yard. With the deep snow cover it’s not what I expected. But I’m sure as soon as things begin to sprout they’ll be by.
The daylilies are their favorite early spring snack. I’ve given up on daylilies except for a few around the house foundation. Unfortunately the deer don’t mind and will stare through the windows if I tap on them and give me a look for disturbing their meal. I swear they actually ring the doorbell and ask for handouts.
I hate it when they give me those doe eyes.
A deer chorus line.
This wasn’t what I had planned to post today. I took a hike to the river and got a slew of photos I was going to post. But when I got back I found the deer out and they tolerated me enought to get some decent shots. Maybe later or at least tomorrow I’ll post the icy river shots.
As usual when I think I’ve gotten a decent shot I’ve linked the photos to a larger size (1024 x 768) so you can get a closer look and/or use the image as desktop wallpaper.
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February 15th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Those deer look fat and healthy all right. Too many daylily snacks! We have hoards, I mean, herds, of them in our new neighborhood too. The neighbors are afraid to plant anything besides Asian jasmine, rosemary, and boxwood. I’m going to try to branch out when I do my front garden, and I’m sure the deer are eager to sample whatever I try.
February 16th, 2009 at 10:19 pm
Wow, just awesome photos! I’m showing these to Grumpy! I can’t wait for him to get his laptop so he doesn’t have to steal mine to check the web out! lol
February 16th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Great pictures! I like the one where the deer on the right has it’s head down looking at you. I haven’t seen very many deer around here for awhile. They used to be here almost every day. All the animals are hiding from me.
February 18th, 2009 at 6:47 am
lol, you betcha!!! (about the laptop!) ;o)
August 13th, 2011 at 7:04 pm
I am writing a book on whitetail deer and I need some good whitetail deer photos like yours for it. I wondered if you would allow me to use some of your photos of whitetails. Naturally I would gladly credit the photos to you and your web site beneath each photo.
Thank you for your consideration,
Terry Townsend