We made it to the dentist. I was a bit worried about impending snowfall or ice rain. Turns out it was just snow, and not until we returned home around 4. We'll have some clean up today!
Not too much snow. And I spotted the slow plow driving by. We should be good.
Hoppy Cottontail
I've been watching Labbit. I'd forgotten we had two one winter (Jan. 14, 2022). They blend in with the garden rocks!
I snapped a photo of these tracks. She used the same path (the driveway), coming and going. I liked the pattern.
It was a Wordle word! Seriously?
Cervidae – hoofed ruminant ungulate (AKA deer!)
Joe Brian has been watching this doe. He is calling her Lefty, as she has twisted her back left leg. Proof of life!
A great surprise Monday morning was to see a buck out the kitchen window. He's lost an antler. We had a big snow or I would have gone out to look for the shed antler. Usually they drop later in January, but it has been cold. Testosterone has been diminishing.
One year (Jan., 2014), I found five antlers. It was a really cold winter, and 5 bucks hung around, which was unusual. I weighed the antler.
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| 457 grams |
We don't often have the bucks, but here was Tigger on Jan. 15, 2018. The females stick together, for the most part.
Then there was Jake, in Jan., 2017.
Back to the present. The fawn was nibbling at the evergreen needles. That's how they get snow on their foreheads!
14 comments:
Hari OM
I have often shaken my head at the word chosen by the puzzler... YAM xx
Oomph gave people some trouble. 😀
I got "oomph" in five but had to help Rick get through. NOT a "normal" word! And I spotted Labbit in the rocks, but you're right -- that's great camo!
I always enjoy seeing the amount of wildlife around your place. You've had a lot of snow and cold already this winter. Here it's just above zero and raining. I keep hoping for a bit of snow. Glad you made it to the dentist.
Ha ha ha, he's got the zoomies! How fun to watch them.
Love the cute deer, great photos. Take care, enjoy your day!
Such fun to watch the deer! I like the rabbit prints.
I enjoyed seeing these sweet little prints in the snow. My husband had a difficult time with this very wordle and I actually had to help him. He said.."what in the world is oomph?"
What do you do with the antler? Great pictures.
Wordle can annoy me by telling me I have entered a viable word, with only one word left to choose, but it is not the solution. Not in Wordle's dictionary. Ah well.
We get antlers from time to time, but the bucks tend to stay back from the open area and make eyes at the does. Who ignore them, mostly.
...Jenn, you are "enjoying" an old fashion winter and so are we, but we are having a January thaw. Be warm and well.
You have lots to watch with all the deer coming and going.
Slow plow, hahaha! And ice rain? That is new to me.
Your photos of your deer are just breathtaking.
RockRabbit is smart. Did the fawns nibble any wild catnip? Goofballs, but cute. Linda in Kansas
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