For several years now, I’ve been seeing deer tracks around my house–not only in the snow, in winter, but any time during the year when the ground was soft enough. Once or twice I’ve stepped outside at night and been startled by the crashing sound of ungulates bounding away through the brush (you’d think they were elephants from the racket they make). I’ve seen them on or near the road when I was driving. But I had never actually seen one of them in my yard–until today. This morning when I got up–and I’m not an early riser–there were three of them, right out in broad daylight, and in no hurry to go anywhere. Here are two of them; the third was backlit too brightly to get a good picture.
(Other wildlife I’ve seen in my yard or within a tenth of a mile from my driveway include foxes, some truly gorgeous ring-necked pheasants, and I’m almost positive, a coyote. I’m just waiting for a bear to turn up. They’ve been spotted in most neighboring towns.)
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