Today, Feb. 7th, we've a bit of a storm. After two strike days, Wednesday and Thursday, Friday is a snow day in Ottawa. The government has cut funding for support staff, as well as full time teachers. They are not negotiating. It's a mess.Busses are canceled for the schools. At least it isn't rain moving northwest.
Regarding nCoV, finally, after going through hoops in China, we have 176 Canadians brought home, 50 more on a US flight. As I write (6:30 a.m.), the military plane just landed at CFB Trenton, where they will be isolated for two weeks. There are still two cruise ships under quarantine.
Feb. 4
Our buck is a fine fellow. The males hangout elsewhere in the surrounding forests and wetlands, except for this guy. I figure he must be related to the females, as they don't normally hang together in winter, the males and females.
Feb. 5
JB call me to the kitchen window, he had his binoculars on what we thought was our buck. Sure enough.
I went walkies. I checked out this spot, and you can see the drops of blood in the snow. They seem to lose just a bit of blood after they lose them.
I walked for about an hour, but didn't spot any more blood, or shed antlers.
This is a view from The Point, right on the wetland. A wee nest I wouldn't have spotted in the spring.
Back up into the forest, I went across the ice to the wetland. There was some sort of nest that fell on the ground from above, you could see some debris up in the tree.
Deer beds all over.
You can see how far I walked across its viewfinder until it clicked in.
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It is quite magical that you have such intimate contact with these deer, Jenn, and like all good naturalists you begin to recognize them as individuals.
There was once a lady at our markey who sold many deer antler things. Her trick was to put some sort of contraption over the feeding station that would encourage the deer to drop their antlers as they pulled out and perhaps brushed against it.
Hi Jen ... again you have amazing pictures of the deer ..and surrounding forest .. beautiful !
Yes .. things are a mess with the weather, the teachers, the virus.
This is one hard winter .. that is why I have been trying to divert my attention to plants and the hope Spring will make a little appearance late next month ? But who knows when that temperamental gal will show her face ?
Yes this tulip experiment has me hoping to save these gorgeous bulbs for the garden .. fingers crossed ! Good luck with your tulips too !!
PS .. we had freezing rain last night .. I could hear it hit the windows.
...how interesting to see the shedding, in some areas it's a business to collect the antlers.
Wow! ~ Beautiful photos of the deer and delightful wintery scenes ~
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Those antlers will be somewhere, maybe by a tree trunk where they can rub their heads.
funny how hard antlers are to find. I've never found one., but I haven't looked very hard either.
That's really interesting. I didn't know they bled a little when they shed the antlers. He's a handsome buck though! I've NEVER found an antler and we live in deer country here!
Interesting they lose a bit of blood in the shedding.
Hello,
Wonderful photos of the deer. You seem to be like a deer whisperer.
I have never found antlers here, they should be around here too.
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What an interesting post...I did not know about deer shedding.
Hello. Wonderful photos and interesting post. You live in a beautiful place. Have a nice weekend.
The deer are quite graceful to see.
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