A special deer moment
We know that the abundant white-tailed deer population on the property means that they show up A LOT on camera. Sometimes though, we get incredible glimpses into their lives via our cameras! We'll be highlighting some of the goofy, touching and dramatic moments in the #dailylifeofdeer over the coming weeks here on the blog! If you find something noteworthy you'd like us to include, just hashtag it!
To kick things off, here's a magical set of moments found by a number of citizen scientist volunteers today on the first day of Season 2 pictures. Thanks to the MANY different users who helped to find and tag the subject sets that make up this gif! Here's a look at an extremely young fawn - likely just minutes old - exploring the world for the first time. Watch for the doe cleaning the youngster, chewing off the umbilical cord and vocalizing, the fawn taking its first few tentative steps away from mom, and more!
And as an incredible follow-up, this appears to be the same pair, at the same camera about 9.5 hours later! Mom up and standing, does a fabulous job grooming baby, and the little one seems to be quite steadily walking around and exploring the world. Check out how windy it was as well!
Scenes like this would be next to impossible to observe directly without disturbing the animals involved, but with our trail cameras we can take a peek at what's going on on the landscape. Keep your eyes peeled for more special moments in the #dailylifeofdeer, and let us know what you find!
To kick things off, here's a magical set of moments found by a number of citizen scientist volunteers today on the first day of Season 2 pictures. Thanks to the MANY different users who helped to find and tag the subject sets that make up this gif! Here's a look at an extremely young fawn - likely just minutes old - exploring the world for the first time. Watch for the doe cleaning the youngster, chewing off the umbilical cord and vocalizing, the fawn taking its first few tentative steps away from mom, and more!
And as an incredible follow-up, this appears to be the same pair, at the same camera about 9.5 hours later! Mom up and standing, does a fabulous job grooming baby, and the little one seems to be quite steadily walking around and exploring the world. Check out how windy it was as well!
Scenes like this would be next to impossible to observe directly without disturbing the animals involved, but with our trail cameras we can take a peek at what's going on on the landscape. Keep your eyes peeled for more special moments in the #dailylifeofdeer, and let us know what you find!
That's fabulous, to see all the gaps filled in! I'm surprised at how adventurous the fawn is in the night shots, and the fact that the mother remains lying down for a lot of the time when it's not visible to us.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it impressive? Ungulates (hoofed mammals) are known for having precocial young - fawns can stand and begin nursing within 10-30 mins of being born, and are walking around within a few hours. They are a little wobbly for the first few weeks of life and spend most of their time hiding while their mother goes off to forage. By three weeks though, the little one can run fast enough to keep up with mom! Absolutely incredible.
DeleteThis is an incredible sight! I can't stop watching! Nature is a true marvel. Can't wait to look for/at more in this new batch of photos!
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean!! It's so magical and marvelous and intimate. Let us know what amazing things you find while classifying and we'll get them up on the blog for others to enjoy as well!
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