Sunday Morning
JB called me to the kitchen window. Look who he spotted! I think it is Prince Harry, and he'd lost one antler before breakfast, then came back later having lost the other one. This can happen 24 hours apart. I think the younger bucks have less testosterone, and lose them prior to the Kings.
I put on my outside clothes, and snowshoes, to have a look for the antlers. Off to the back 40 first, and all I spotted were snowshoe hare tracks. This is where I ought to put a trailcam. I do have a photo from 2015.
I love seeing tracks in the snow. This is a hole in the snow, with lots of tracks. An interesting mystery!
I kept going and came across a lot of deer beds as I moved around the edge of the wetland. The sun was wonderful.
I am not sure what these tracks are, but they are big. Maybe our 📹
bobcat. It's not coyote, as you can't see claws.
Picture this: our turkey was sitting here. You can tell by the poop. I saw it scurrying away, ticked off I'd ruined his morning roost.
Isn't it pretty! It's lovely going through the forest, but the wetland is a bit difficult to navigate. All the grasses bend over, and get covered in snow. The deer paths are here, but it is too much to follow them.
More deer beds.
As I moved through the forest I flushed a bird. It could have been an owl, but all I saw were the colours and wing span of a large bird. They look far different flying away, rather than perching!
I rather think it was the hawk. It sure surprised me, flying across the wetland to escape the two-legged one. There are lots of rodents around. I would bet it was watching for a squirrel or mouse. I think those are the colours I saw from my archive photo.
This dead tree fell over last year. There were lots of tracks around, as well as tunnels. Maybe a red squirrel!
I was a bit worried, but it really isn't a very good 'house' with both ends open.
hollow log from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
Monday Morning
My deer shed, antler hunt was to no avail. It was a good workout. Monday morning I took out the garbage and found some good-sized coyote tracks on the driveway.
The tracks looped off into the forest. You can see the coyote was following the track of the deer.
The next morning, both King Frederick and King Charles appeared, with antlers. We shall see. There is more snow on the way. Lots of fun.
13 comments:
You are indeed a modern day frontierswoman!
Hari Om
I have decided you live in an earthly heaven... YAM xx
Glad you are seizing the days and having such a good time.
Great capture of the hawk in flight.
Sorry you were not able to find those antlers.
Take care, have a wonderful day!
Glad you had a dry sunny day for your antler hunt...and took lots of photos anyway!
Good luck with the antler hunt. It will give you a lot of exercise in the meantime.
Coming up in the rear will be King William !!! Lots of tracks, you have a fantasy land right there at your back door. We have a cool morning, Hooray!!!
Those tracks look huge against your bare (and no doubt chilly) hand. Good luck on the antler hunt.
This is wonderful 😊
Good luck on your search.
Just fabulous photos, Jenn. I hope you find the antler. That photo of the hawk soaring is a stunner!
Your snow! I can't imagine having snow like that for so long. I'm sorry you didn't find the antlers.
I hope you get to find deer antlers soon. I'd like to see what you do with them.
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