white-tailed deer

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By Oh, Deer …

I didn’t want to miss the eclipse totality. Around the corner came the local deer family. They are used to me sitting on my front porch but not bundled up in a dark blanket. The front legged stomp by a couple of the deer is a warning alert. They also tried hard using their noses to identify the porch lump. Eventually they wandered off and I looked up and there was the totality.

By Oh! Deer!

Jordan Lake. Let’s step aside from all of the flood information and enjoy for a moment these white-tailed deer bucks. I was sitting on the riprap talking with a brand new friend when he exclaimed oh look there’s some deer. Wow! There the bucks stood, antlers still enclosed in velvet. A rather nice bright aside from all of the flood concerns!

By Browsing Deer

Jordan Lake. Early this morning I was on my way over to the boat ramps when I saw a pair of deer ahead. I quietly coasted to a stop, rolled the window down on my truck and took this video of them having their breakfast. Hope you enjoy their leisurely browsing!

By Not at Jordan Lake…

Not at Jordan Lake… This is how my morning started. Grayced the Cat had been sitting quietly in my lap when we both heard a munch munch noise almost at my shoulder … 2 white-tailed bucks and a doe were happily having a feast of acorns right outside the window.

By Jordan Lake Neighborhood: Early Morning Deer Visit

I had just settled into my chair on the shoreline of the lake this morning. A family of deer stepped from the swampy area across from me. Momma Deer was cautious but she was also curious about the human quietly sitting in her chair. I smiled as she led her family across the shallow water and stepped up on the bank about 12 feet from me. Hesitating for a moment, Momma deer decided I wasn’t a danger. The family trotted past me and headed up the hill toward their daytime resting place. Oh, my.