Reston Zoo, Sun Feb 18th. Notice who dressed for the occasion.
Mammals
That’s not a deer
The wildlife camera took a thousand pictures over three weeks in June. We were looking for shots of the deer eating the snowball flowers. Only just noticed this one. Red-shouldered hawk? Hawks have often nested in our tall trees and we hear their screaming regularly, but don’t as often see them clearly, or near the ground.
Deer, front door camera
6:30 Thursday morning, May 18th. Previously we’ve only seen occasional distant shadows in the wee hours. Photo probably taken minutes after some miscreant decimated Sandy’s new annabelle hydrangea.
Squirrel-proof, you say?
But I’ve been here at least a half-hour!
High times on front porch
Nick’s buck at Dad’s kitchen window
In Dad’s corn field
you never know who’s watching.
Keeping an eye open
Often seen like this from my own perch inside during after-breakfast tea.
Deer at dusk
A tentative approach to an empty vegetable garden