Most of the resident whitetails have completed their molt of their drab, grey winter coat and they're now sporting the handsome, ruddy, rusty-red of summer. Stunningly beautiful in my estimation and when these deer move into a hayfield they're easy to spot up to a half mile away contrasted against the bright green of the clover or alfalfa.
You be the judge.
click on a photo for a closer look
This is also the time to see the new recruits of the year as the resident does have begun dropping their fawns. Not dropping literally - but birthing their offspring. Singles and twins - although Jill spotted triplets a week ago. I'm hoping for photographic evidence so fingers crossed on that account.
Anyway, lest you think that all deer look alike I remain convinced that sometimes you can tell them apart by means of unique markings, a scar or maybe just the 'look' about them. That deer in the photo above is likely the same one nursing her little one here.
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