Showing posts with label fawn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fawn. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Sunday, May 3, 2015
Critter Photos
Chincoteague pony stallion, Ace's Black Tie Affair
Close-up of hummingbird feathers
Teething friends
Assateague Lighthouse, Virginia
Fawn
Glossy ibis
Piglet
Sunday, March 22, 2015
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Haze and a New Fawn
The haze in the sky that I've been commenting on is from 15 wildfires in Canada - located more than 1,000 miles away... Seems there are multiple large fires in Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories that are burning in heavily forested areas. The eastern half of Colorado has been blanketed, and there have been complaints and questions about the smoke in Billings, Montana, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and even Aspen, on the western slope. With higher temperatures today, we also have an Ozone Alert and an Air Quality Warning in effect for folks with breathing problems...
I was privileged this morning to witness the first breath of a fawn on Redwood Avenue, just after 6 o'clock. I had fed and watered Tessa, Lily and Lyra, and taken Tess for a quick walk around the block. Then I went to feed and medicate Tugger and Sasquatch. After cleaning their litter boxes, I walked into the kitchen to feed the boys - both of whom were staring out the sliding glass door and down into the back yard. That's pretty unusual for them, so I started peering out. A doe was giving birth just within view - so we all watched. This mule deer had only a single baby, but it was still a wonderful sight! We watched her lick and dry and massage the fawn with her tongue; we saw the first tries to stand; and we got to see the first nursing. After the boys had finished eating, I glanced out to see the fawn making little leaps and bounds - it was just awe-inspiring to see the baby up and running in less than an hour... Beautiful!
I had just arrived home this morning when my cell phone rang - it was my sister, in a panic because she had lost her backpack in between her front door and their car. They were on the way to Denver - could I go find it? So I turned around and drove back to their house, and there was Kathy's backpack sitting just beside the front door.... I took it inside and came back to see my kits. They were not terribly impressed with me this morning - I loved them and fed them, and then opened the patio door. Five minutes after I did that, someone let a visiting terrier loose in the backyard; it chased my kits back inside. Once the dog was inside, our maintenance man decided it was time to mow the back yard.... I just couldn't time things right for the kids today.
I was privileged this morning to witness the first breath of a fawn on Redwood Avenue, just after 6 o'clock. I had fed and watered Tessa, Lily and Lyra, and taken Tess for a quick walk around the block. Then I went to feed and medicate Tugger and Sasquatch. After cleaning their litter boxes, I walked into the kitchen to feed the boys - both of whom were staring out the sliding glass door and down into the back yard. That's pretty unusual for them, so I started peering out. A doe was giving birth just within view - so we all watched. This mule deer had only a single baby, but it was still a wonderful sight! We watched her lick and dry and massage the fawn with her tongue; we saw the first tries to stand; and we got to see the first nursing. After the boys had finished eating, I glanced out to see the fawn making little leaps and bounds - it was just awe-inspiring to see the baby up and running in less than an hour... Beautiful!
I had just arrived home this morning when my cell phone rang - it was my sister, in a panic because she had lost her backpack in between her front door and their car. They were on the way to Denver - could I go find it? So I turned around and drove back to their house, and there was Kathy's backpack sitting just beside the front door.... I took it inside and came back to see my kits. They were not terribly impressed with me this morning - I loved them and fed them, and then opened the patio door. Five minutes after I did that, someone let a visiting terrier loose in the backyard; it chased my kits back inside. Once the dog was inside, our maintenance man decided it was time to mow the back yard.... I just couldn't time things right for the kids today.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Fawn Rescue, Dog Days, Missing Hiker & Gettysburg
Today is the first of the "Dog Days" of summer, with the star Sirius being seen with the sunrise each day. Today is also the 150th anniversary of the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg; in those three days, there were a combined 57,225 men declared dead, wounded, or missing in action. General Lee lost fully one-third of his officers during the battle in this tiny town. On July 4, 150 years ago, there was a heavy rain in Pennsylvania, and both armies finally began to retreat.
The search for the 61-year-old brother of Senator Mark Udall is intensifying in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. Randy Udall, who has hiked in the area for over 30 years, was due back a week ago; but has not been heard from. Search teams are looking for him from the air, on foot, and on horse-back.
The wildfires are still burning here and throughout the southwest. Seeing a hazy sky is beginning to seem normal, due to all of the smoke and particulates in the air.
I got off the bus at Riverside Avenue this morning, and neither saw nor heard anything amiss. I walked past the construction site at Tara High School, walked on down to Redwood, and went inside a house to care for Tugger and Sasquatch. After spending an hour feeding, medicating, grooming, and playing with the boys, I walked back to Riverside to grab Rosie for our daily walk. As I was preparing to cross 19th Street, a doe with a pair of fawns nearly knocked me down, trying to evade traffic. I crossed, and as I was approaching the corner (where Tara HS sits), I kept hearing a repeated high-pitched cry. It sounded as if something were in pain, or was terribly scared, or both. I walked quietly on, and saw a doe on the outside of the 7-foot-tall chain link construction site fence, and a fawn inside the fence. The fawn kept running into the fence to get back with its' mother. Both gates to the fence were wired shut - I have absolutely no idea how the fawn got inside the fence, but I knew it hadn't been there when I had arrived earlier. I used my hands and untwisted the wires holding both gates closed; then I opened both gates to their fullest extent. I walked around the building and approached the fawn - it started to run away, toward the open gates. Then my brother-in-law ran by, with Boo the Samoyed; mother deer was not happy and charged at them, and as that happened, the fawn ran into the fence again, rebounded against me, and went back around the building. I waved Jim on, then went across the street and asked a woman who had just parked her car to help me - she, in turn, recruited a runner in a red, white and blue shorts and tank top outfit. Between us, we finally got the fawn out of the fence, and back with the doe. I want to thank Melina, a teacher at the Waldorf PreSchool, and the runner, for their help. I closed the gates back, walked Rosie and did the rest of my usual morning work routine. - Even though it all occurred a little later than normal.
The search for the 61-year-old brother of Senator Mark Udall is intensifying in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming. Randy Udall, who has hiked in the area for over 30 years, was due back a week ago; but has not been heard from. Search teams are looking for him from the air, on foot, and on horse-back.
The wildfires are still burning here and throughout the southwest. Seeing a hazy sky is beginning to seem normal, due to all of the smoke and particulates in the air.
I got off the bus at Riverside Avenue this morning, and neither saw nor heard anything amiss. I walked past the construction site at Tara High School, walked on down to Redwood, and went inside a house to care for Tugger and Sasquatch. After spending an hour feeding, medicating, grooming, and playing with the boys, I walked back to Riverside to grab Rosie for our daily walk. As I was preparing to cross 19th Street, a doe with a pair of fawns nearly knocked me down, trying to evade traffic. I crossed, and as I was approaching the corner (where Tara HS sits), I kept hearing a repeated high-pitched cry. It sounded as if something were in pain, or was terribly scared, or both. I walked quietly on, and saw a doe on the outside of the 7-foot-tall chain link construction site fence, and a fawn inside the fence. The fawn kept running into the fence to get back with its' mother. Both gates to the fence were wired shut - I have absolutely no idea how the fawn got inside the fence, but I knew it hadn't been there when I had arrived earlier. I used my hands and untwisted the wires holding both gates closed; then I opened both gates to their fullest extent. I walked around the building and approached the fawn - it started to run away, toward the open gates. Then my brother-in-law ran by, with Boo the Samoyed; mother deer was not happy and charged at them, and as that happened, the fawn ran into the fence again, rebounded against me, and went back around the building. I waved Jim on, then went across the street and asked a woman who had just parked her car to help me - she, in turn, recruited a runner in a red, white and blue shorts and tank top outfit. Between us, we finally got the fawn out of the fence, and back with the doe. I want to thank Melina, a teacher at the Waldorf PreSchool, and the runner, for their help. I closed the gates back, walked Rosie and did the rest of my usual morning work routine. - Even though it all occurred a little later than normal.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
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