Previously seen on Real Deer of My Subdivision:
Two days ago a doe and two fawns were in our yard. Mom left one of the two fawns behind in our yard. Hours later the fawn was gone.
One day ago a mystery neighbor posted in community Facebook page there was a fawn in his landscaping. There was a photo. “Only one?” I worry.
This morning he posted a video of two fawns in his landscaping. I am jealous. I also notice our bird bath has been knocked to the ground as happens when deer drink from it.
This afternoon Gary left the house and came back to report this:
Coming home from buying more bird food, the doe crossed in front of me leaving our subdivision going into a much nicer subdivision. The houses in our subdivision are starter houses, so quite an upgrade for the doe. At first, there was only one fawn but then the other came out of nowhere and BOTH of her fawns were following her to her new ritzy digs.
I wanted to make a comment about how resourceful that doe is buying bird food for her children, but I did not.
2 responses to “Update on the deer update”
OMG thank goodness! I was so worried about that little one by itself. Who knew doe moms were so lax about where their fawns might be? True free range parenting, I guess. Maybe the one left behind will be all \”hey mom, remember that time you forgot about me and left me in that strangers yard for several hours?\” when it\’s a teenager and wants to guilt mom into letting him do something she doesn\’t want him to do, lol.
dreamglitteryf1af9806ee – Gary’s been in Biology research mode and evidently stashing the fawns in a yard is the safest thing for them. Fawns attract attention from predators and slow you down. But I am amused by your idea that some fawn will someday say, “YOU CALL IT FORAGING I CALL IT ABANDONMENT MOM.’