Deer. And yes, more deer…

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We have a herd every night.

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And they’re always a joy to watch.

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The clunk that makes them scatter in this video was a male cardinal slamming into the glass on our kitchen porch.

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Thankfully he was just dazed and flew off shortly after.

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The harem master.

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Dusted with snow during a storm.

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Sadly the little plum tree we planted two years ago is tasty.

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And loses a lot of lower branches in the winter.

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20 thoughts on “Deer. And yes, more deer…”

    1. We’ve been planting a tree in that spot for the past twenty years. It’s near the bird feeders so it provides shelter and shade, but unfortunately no one leaves it alone long enough for it to thrive and this is the 6th attempt.
      Sigh.

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  1. Last night, well after dark, I was working on my puzzle sitting in front of a window, and a sparrow landed on the screen. Poor thing must have been startled out of his slumber by some predator. It clung for a bit and flew off into the night. I hope it was safe!

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  2. A local songwriter worked up a little ditty while driving through the woods at night dodging deer on the back roads. Not his finest work, but the chorus was “Dem deer dey’re here, den dey’re dere, dey’re here, dey’re dere, dey’re everywhere.” It was sung as a round. I hope the written approximation of the accent makes sense if you ain’t from dis neck’a de woods. (Partial translation, “Them deer they’re here, then they’re there…”)

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    1. I was reading a blog about a cyclist who toured all over and when she made her way through Maine, she commented on the absolute stillness and compared it to being in some parts of uninhabited Canada. It was an interesting read.

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  3. I’m glad your cardinal is okay. I hate it when I hear the clunks of birds slamming into our windows. Once we had a huge Harris’s Hawk carrying a quail fly into a window and break it! The good news was the quail survived and got away. The hawk lived, too. Your deer are so beautiful!

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