Sunday, March 8, 2009

Deer on the Hill

This lone mule deer, spotted on the hillside yesterday morning, stood quite still, listening intently. Perhaps she heard the neighbour's dogs or maybe she was just trying to locate her mates. We had seen two other deer here earlier.
After a short interval of time, she cautiously began to make her way toward the adjoining property.
Then changed direction and headed down the hill instead.
Her gait was unhurried as she carefully and quietly moved between the trees.

3 comments:

Robert V. Sobczak said...

It amazes me how they can lift off the ground and fly. No wonder Santa uses them!

WNC Mountain Living said...

Great photos! Did you use a zoom lens or were you able to get that close? You still have quite a bit of snow.

Ann said...

are these deers protected or do people hunt them?

Great pix.

Cheers,

Ann