Saturday 22 April 2017

Pregnant deer

This is the time of year! Our Maggie, who is hanging about with her yearling twins, is a bit fragile. That said, she is pregnant. You can see the baby kicking! I think, rather than being broken, her knee is dislocated. That might explain her longevity. Hard to say. It's been bad since September, 2016, as far as I know. She's managed to evade the coyotes. They can't take down a healthy deer, but this one surely is slowed down.


pregnant deer 2 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Here is another one I videotaped three years ago!
Usually, the deer are few and far between in spring, having gone to their summer yards. This could be the same one! We have had one female hang about all summer.

Pregnant deer from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

15 comments:

eileeninmd said...

Hello, love the pretty deer. That is cool, you can see the baby kicking from inside. Thank you for linking up and sharing your post. Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!

DUTA said...

Well, Congratulations! Hopefully, she and the baby deer will both be OK.

troutbirder said...

Hope she makes it. And those wood frogs are something else...:)

carol l mckenna said...

Both wonderful videos of the beautiful pregnant deer ~ how blessed to get these shots ~ thanks,

Wishing you a fun weekend ~ ^_^

William Kendall said...

Hopefully she'll be fine.

Yamini MacLean said...

Hari OM
what a wonderful capture Jenn! YAM xx

Jeanne said...

Now if you could just come back and do photos of the birth next week....

Anvilcloud said...

Poor thing. I hope she delivers safely.

Red said...

I saw a deer a few years ago that had obviously broken it's leg but the leg had healed and knitted. The leg was much deformed.

Lady Fi said...

Wow! Hope all is well with her.

NatureFootstep said...

reminded me of my own pregnancy. :) Thanks!

Cat Lover said...

Interesting video Jenn! Hope all goes well with her.
Robin

Sallie (FullTime-Life) said...

Oh I hope she escapes the coyotes and delivers those babies soon. I feel for her! (Hard not to anthropomorphize.)

Kay said...

Oh my... I hope she'll be OK. It's amazing that you can see her baby kicking. She must be close to delivering perhaps.

Lowcarb team member said...

Oh WOW ... amazing.
I do hope all goes well

All the best Jan