Picture from a different day
I looked up from the computer keyboard. Out on the lawn a young doe was moving rapidly across the lawn. She paused just before reaching the driveway. I’ve noticed that all the deer, unless they are in panicked flight, stop at the driveway. They pause and look all around before proceeding. Do you suppose their mothers taught them to look both ways before crossing a road? Hhmmm . . .
She continued her deliberate walk until she reached the neighbor’s fence. There she stopped again. Looked around as a bird landed on a fence post right in front of her. That’s when the moment began. A moment when I felt like this was a Bambi movie.
The bird looked at the deer. The doe looked back. This went on for some time. I almost had the feeling that they were having a conversation. What would they say?
Conversation over, the deer continued along the fence to the low spot. The she bounded over it and continued on her cross-country way.
Sorry I did not have time to open blinds and get the camera. I didn’t want to miss out on the movie.
You should have Goggle online to translate their conversation.
Hi Rainfield, That’s a very good idea. 🙂
It’s the pavement. They’re so used to the dirt roads they have to stop and stare in wonder at that lovely stretch of asphalt. 😉 They’ve been seen running out in the streets here in our sub-division, too.
That might be it, but I suspect it’s after getting clear of the house they want to check out the situation before continuing.
In Indiana we are convinced that were it not for roads and vehicular traffic the deer would smother the Earth.
Good point.
Ha! They were probably saying, ‘do you see the human watching us? He thinks we don’t know…’ :haha:
I wish deer did know how to look both ways. I’ve seen one jump out of the woods and dart across the street so fast that you’d have NEVER seen it coming. Still…I’m diligent in looking out for them, I don’t want to hurt them or my car. 😉
They do act very crazy in the late fall.
Breeding does that to all species, I do believe. :rofl:
Sure seems that way, doesn’t it? :haha:
We need to send our Kansas deer to Michigan for training. Looking before crossing is something they were not taught my their mothers. Three of our family members have had deer run into the sides of their cars. One car was totaled.
That “look before crossing” only seems to apply at our driveway. On the roads they are as ill-behaved as any other deer. :dunce: