Deer In the Garden
I wish I had a variety of animals on my game camera like blogging friend Steve does over in England but I get only two varieties 99% of the time, deer and humans. Since I don't like to include humans out of privacy concerns, here is a montage of the deer over the last month bracketing the removal of our electrified netting so you can see the damage our garden suffers without it. I have lots of videos to chose from as they pass by morning and night every day but I'll just select some of the better ones. Below is a description if you wish to jump around.
0:00 Doe and two fawns on their nightly pass by.
0:30 Buck and two does passing by the other direction.
1:00 Buck and two does checking out newly unfenced garden fennel and pepper plants
1:30 Does and her two fawns foraging the last of our tomatoes. I didn't think they would eat them but they evidently love them. They were gone the next morning. I have also seen them eating our okra leaves.
2:00 Buck making a daylight pass by before the fence removal.
2:06 Does and two fawns raiding during daylight hours
I like the night parts.
ReplyDeleteThe novelty has long worn off on me thanks to the damage they cause.
DeleteI like the part where the second fawns runs up, around the 1:45 mark. Those fawns sure are cute. I really don't get a lot of animal variety -- just birds, squirrels, cats and foxes!
ReplyDeleteWell that is three animals types more than me!
DeleteThey rediscovered Disneyland!
ReplyDeleteOr the free buffet line!
DeleteLots of deer traffic! I've noticed the activity is really picking up these days. It's that time of year you really have to stay alert when driving, especially at dusk or night.
ReplyDeleteYes, things will ramp up on the highways from now until peaking in November during rut. Then there will be dead deer along the highways at frequent intervals and the body shops will be backlogged!
DeleteDeer and other critters are around and we don't know it. They are pretty sneaky.
ReplyDeleteThey need bells around their necks!
DeleteDeer are so cute but also very destructive!
ReplyDelete... and hungry!
DeleteOh Dear! Look, Deer!
ReplyDelete(Thank you, thank you, I will show myself out...)
If only I had a buck for every deer pun I've been told!
DeleteOkay, here's another buck for you:
DeleteWhat do you call a deer that cannot see?
(No eye deer). lol.
And another one:
What do you call a deer that cannot see and with no legs?
(Still no eye deer). heh heh, I will also show myself out.
(Groan)
DeleteNice little Buck there! Yes our deer like tomatos:)
ReplyDeleteI never knew that until this year.
DeleteLove watching the deer! When we moved to a small country neighborhood a few years ago, I was disappointed to learn that deer don't seem to wander in. Enjoying gardening here, I've been very thankful I don't have to deal with them. The rabbits are problematic enough.
ReplyDeleteWe had early problems with rabbits but the fence kept them at bay and the hawks took them out over summer. I haven't seen any for a couple months now and normally they would be chowing down on my now unfenced egg plant.
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