NOT PAW: Oh Deer! Not Again

2004-06-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Yesterday, when I went out to light the barbeque to make dinner, I spotted this fawn hiding at my cellar window where there is a 2 foot overhang out from the foundation. Note that it chose a spot just a few feet from the dog run, near a shrub that my dog has ruined by frequent "waterings." I

Re: PAW: "Oh, Deer!"

2004-06-06 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! DJM> We had a nice red-headed woodpecker visiting our bird feeder this DJM> weekend, but I couldn't get a shot of him, as he was too skittish. DJM> This morning I went outside to look for him, and found this character DJM> resting quietly on my lawn, within 15 feet of the rear deck: DJM> htt

Re: PAW: "Oh, Deer!"

2004-05-25 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
My side yard borders 27 acres of publicly owned "green acres" land, which is preserved and wooded. Deer are common trhoughout suburban New Jersey now. On one particular day several years ago we counted 31 on our one acre lot, one herd travelling through the back yard while another was attacking t

Re: PAW: "Oh, Deer!"

2004-05-25 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Groan! Bob W wrote: not just any old fawn, but a new-born lawn fawn at dawn!

Re: PAW: "Oh, Deer!"

2004-05-24 Thread Bob W
Hi, Monday, May 24, 2004, 6:37:50 PM, Shel wrote: > Just curious ... what's "awesome" about this photo? Is it that it's a > fawn? not just any old fawn, but a new-born lawn fawn at dawn! -- Cheers, Bob

Re: PAW: "Oh, Deer!"

2004-05-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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, st

Re: PAW: "Oh, Deer!"

2004-05-24 Thread Norm Baugher
Awesome! Norm 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

Re: PAW: "Oh, Deer!"

2004-05-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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/ph