Generally, the mother drops them off in a safe place while she wanders
about to browse. I watched one off and one from morning to early
evening one Saturday a few years ago. About an hour before sunset,
three does passed about 20 feet from where the fawn was hiding, then one
turned around, stamped her foot, and the fawn got up and followed the
group. I suppose that adult deer move about too much during the day for
the little ones to keep up, so they drop them off while the adults feed,
then round up the fawns when it's dinner time.
Peter J. Alling wrote:
I wonder where the mother was.
Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
We had a nice red-headed woodpecker visiting our bird feeder this
weekend, but I couldn't get a shot of him, as he was too skittish.
This morning I went outside to look for him, and found this character
resting quietly on my lawn, within 15 feet of the rear deck:
http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=2385562
I wanted to grab a shot before he ran away, and I was already late,
so I used my Optio S. I hope he stays around long enough to try for
a shot with my SuperProgram or *ist D.
Dan
