Through the looking glass...

[mondhasen]

...that glass being my front window!



We had two fawns about 30 feet from the front of the house this morning.







All the pics link to the originals.


Lucky timing on my part! There was an adult in the side yard earlier but I didn't have my camera with me... not that it mattered: she jumped up and trotted off as soon as she saw me.

Comments

[sabotlours.livejournal.com]

So cool! They're adorable!

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

I looked up at the right moment: they were gamboling into the front from a side path. The angle and lighting were go keep d as well because one can't make out the street another forty or so feet beyond those deciduous trees. Or my neighbor...

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

I hate typing on this Kindle Fire- between keys-too-close and spell check you get that messy reply above...

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

Even springier than buns! Oh, to have that kind of view. ^_^ Still.. that said, I should consider a night camera outside, as one of the year's storms has led to a fortuitous gap in the fence between ourselves and the folk down the hillside, which might wind up becoming a convert thoroughfare, as there is some wildlife around, as demonstrated by the diminishing woods (the town council occasionally sells off a bit more for McMansions) and the muntjacs.

Mind, I'd be perfectly happy to see some tallears in the back yard too. ^_^

I always find it hugely gratifying to be judged and deemed unthreatening by buns, as here would also seem to be (similarly) the case. They realise you could be a threat, but aren't, and they're okay with that. ^_^

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

Our zoning here is F2, or Farming, 2 acre minimum lot size. There are a lot of work arounds by developers to enable squeezing homes into denser areas by putting aside wetlands, but so far it seems to have benefited my hoofed friends as they have a wider range of travel in no-hunting zones.

It's nice you have that fence break to allow the animals to traverse your yards. I tore down some of my old fencing so that the deer in particular could pick their ways carefully through my now woodlands unhampered by wires.

As far as threats, it's always nice to be accepted as another animal just out and about... I watch the deer out back and generally act aloof upon seeing them. I watch them and then look about for dangers and follow noises, and damned if they don't grow easy with me and just nibble and graze. I walk away from them and look back casually to see how they react. If they bolt, that's fine: I'll see them next visit :o)

[rocket-wolf.livejournal.com]

A nice catch there. ^w^

[mondhasen.livejournal.com]

I was thrilled to see them, and the camera was within arm's reach!