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As many of you may know one of my brothers sells $3 birdhouse. It is an honor system and people can just put there money in a can out on the table or if they like they can stop and visit.

Today a car stopped and the guy came up to the house, he had a question. "Did you know you have a fawn under your birdhouse table?" So my brother goes out and sure enough this little fawn is laying there.

So you think this is a good story? Read on.

It may well have been born over night or even in the morning. With in a very short time they are up on wobbly legs and able to walk. This one was very wobbly so we are guessing that it was no more then 12 hours old.

Now it was about quarter to 1 in the afternoon as he is taking the pictures.

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My brother then spent most of the rest of the afternoon watching over the fawn. He had not seen the mother so he was a bit worried that the little one might get into the street.... well the mom finally came along, ignored that my brother was even there and took off with the fawn. You would have thought that she would have at least thanked him for the baby sitting.

Next post will give you even more of the whole story.

Ed

I like to hike parks and forest preserves and the last couple weeks I have been finding a lot to photograph.

Today I set off on one of those hikes and had walked about an hour when I arrived at the head of the tail I wanted to take today. I've been checking deer tracks the last few weeks hoping to see same fawn tracks, well today I did. The trail is a short walk of say 20 minutes to the end and back, a little longer if I find many things to photograph. At the start of the hike just into the path I saw a doe, well the back side of a doe.

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On my way back out I had forgotten all about the deer. As I came around a corner there standing by the start of the trail was a fawn. The fawn might have been a few days old, still picking it feet way up in the air as it walked.

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It finally walked off into the woods and hunkered down in the bushes and plants. Since I knew where it was I came up and watched it for a while. The fawn was pretty well hidden not far off the trail but most people would have walked right by.

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If you recall that my brother was taking his pictures some 400 miles north of me in WI it turns out I was taking these photos at the SAME TIME!

What are the odds of that?

I hope you enjoyed the little story.

Ed

reible wrote:I like to hike parks and forest preserves and the last couple weeks I have been finding a lot to photograph.

Today I set off on one of those hikes and had walked about an hour when I arrived at the head of the tail I wanted to take today. I've been checking deer tracks the last few weeks hoping to see same fawn tracks, well today I did. The trail is a short walk of say 20 minutes to the end and back, a little longer if I find many things to photograph. At the start of the hike just into the path I saw a doe, well the back side of a doe.

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On my way back out I had forgotten all about the deer. As I came around a corner there standing by the start of the trail was a fawn. The fawn might have been a few days old, still picking it feet way up in the air as it walked.

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It finally walked off into the woods and hunkered down in the bushes and plants. Since I knew where it was I came up and watched it for a while. The fawn was pretty well hidden not far off the trail but most people would have walked right by.

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If you recall that my brother was taking his pictures some 400 miles north of me in WI it turns out I was taking these photos at the SAME TIME!

What are the odds of that?

I hope you enjoyed the little story.

Ed

Methinks that there must be a TONS of fawns in the 'burbs this spring, just waiting until next winter to eat our shrubbery! Here's a link to mine.

Your photo of the fawn with one big eye peeping through the foilage is truly outstanding!

You all see fawns, I see Nov veal!!!! Cute pics!!!

rbursek wrote:You all see fawns, I see Nov veal!!!! Cute pics!!!

You would eat Bambi!!!!!!?:eek:

You bet, preferred by most European Chefs!!! Corn and Alfalfa eating deer is mighty fine farm fed venison come Nov!!!!!

rieble,
BTW your bro is giving the houses away at $3.00, I made up 2 this fall, I must say, I would live and eat out of them, Went to "Friends of Nature" store to get feed this fall, slapped together ones were going for 30.00 and up to 100.00!!!!

rbursek wrote:rieble,
BTW your bro is giving the houses away at $3.00, I made up 2 this fall, I must say, I would live and eat out of them, Went to "Friends of Nature" store to get feed this fall, slapped together ones were going for 30.00 and up to 100.00!!!!

His brother is not doing it for $$$$.


He is selling them to create room for more.


Making them is a pleasant pastime.

rbursek wrote:You bet, preferred by most European Chefs!!! Corn and Alfalfa eating deer is mighty fine farm fed venison come Nov!!!!!

"Over there" they eat horses.


A cardinal sin hereabouts.

JPG40504 wrote:"Over there" they eat horses.


A cardinal sin hereabouts.

Actually it is not. It just isn't talked about. 40 years ago my neighbor who was a German war bride would buy horse to eat. She developed the taste for horse during the war and had a real desire for it. She knew where to buy it. It as inspected and all. I think I may have tried it but I don't recall. If I remember the meat was darker than beef.