Thursday, 8 February 2024

Dawn and deer

 Wednesday, a lovely dawn.





🦌 Fuzzy Fawn was nibbling on the spruce out front, Momma, as well. The Trio nibbles on dead weeds, buds on the raspberry bushes, and all sorts of vegetation.

Out the kitchen window. There seems to be 16.

🐕 I read in our local online news that people in Perth have sighted a coyote or wolf on the edge of town. 


You can see the red pin, about where the animal has been spotted. It's the edge of a subdivision, and right near the woods and wetland. They are opportunistic feeders.

They aren't sure which it is, coyote or wolf. It is troubling to me, not that they have such a critter, but that they are still feeding birds. One dude keeping a trailcam on his bird feeder to video bears. What's with that? The minute we spot bears in May, my feeders go away. The coyotes don't come near us, or our feeders. Mostly, the coyotes eat mice and the odd turkey. They'll go after domestic animals like dogs and cats. People ought to be wary.

16 deer from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.


7 comments:

Anvilcloud said...

Your yard is such fun.

RedPat said...

Coyotes have been seen right in the middle of the city here. They travel through the ravines I guess.

Barbara Rogers said...

You definitely have a bountiful group of deer...yes I agree about removing feeders when predatory animals come around!

Jeanie said...

Your dawn is beautiful, Jenn.

Kenneth Cole Schneider said...

Nice to see so many deer getting supplemental nutrition. We had a coyote in our security camera just this week, and a neighbor had a Black Bear. Surprised that the bear has come out of hibernation, though they are known to be light sleepers.

Red said...

16 deer in a crowd like this is recipe for disaster. I've seen evidence of coyotes running a deer into a chain lake fence. The deer is injured and the coyotes have a feast.

tz_garden said...

Woah, so many deer! Your place is lovely.