We had a couple of deer come visit us yesterday, and this time, we had some feed waiting for them. :-)
They are just starting to get their thicker winter coats.
This one has lost his antlers fairly recently.
Mmmm. Tasty!
Butt kisser!
I stick my tongue out at thee!!
I am so happy the deer are coming by more often again. I love catching photos of them with silly faces! :-D
The Re-Farmer
We got ourselves a deer visitor this morning! A lovely young buck that has been visiting off and on.
When I got to the window to take pictures, he was right under the bird feeder and looked like he was going to jump up to try and get at the seed! I didn’t get the camera ready before he started to walk away, but he was so close, it would have been hard to get a photo of him with the telephoto lens, anyhow.
Just look at that icicle beard!
Unfortunately, we are out of deer feed right now, and getting low on bird seed, too. I won’t be able to get more until tomorrow, at the earliest. :-(
The buck was clearly looking for food, and even settled for some spruce needles!
Interesting that he has no interest in grassing on the “hay” in the main garden area. I’ve seen them go for elm and maple leaves before, but this is the firs time I’ve seen them go for spruce.
He was really yanking on that branch, too! He even pawed at the ground under there, too, looking for something to nibble on, before heading towards the crab apples.
There are still frozen apples on this tree, but they aren’t falling down, even when I try and shake the tree. Ah, well. Perhaps they will fall over the winter and become a nice deer treat.
I had to wait before I could take photos as he was walking away. He was walking with his tail up, and I really didn’t want to take photos of a big butt hole and dangly bits. :-D
After this, he slowly wandered away.
It was good to see him again. :-)
The Re-Farmer
I recently picked up some more mixed bird seed and added it to our feeder.
I find it interesting, which seeds get eaten right away, and which get left behind.
And the lengths some birds will go to, to get their preferred seed, while ignoring other seeds that are easier to get to.
Like this nuthatch.
All the birds seem to prefer the same seeds. Which is weird, as the seed blend is designed to appeal to a variety of birds. Our visiting birds don’t seem to want variety in their food!
The above photo was taken yesterday, before the snow fell. (I got some others, I will post over the next few days.) Today, they were digging through the snow to get at the seeds.
They were being watched, as they did so!
The Outsider was very interesting in what they were doing up there!
Gosh, he’s an adorable cat.
When it gets dark out, we can still see the white of the hanging bird feeder, but the rest of the platform and stand is barely visible.
Last night, while sitting in my crochet corner, I noticed the hanging feeder swinging away and thought it was getting quite windy! Then I saw some movement, as the stand itself seemed to move. We’ve had wind gusts strong enough to knock it over, so that got my attention.
Which is when I saw the black shadow, moving around on the platform feeder. A splash of white came into view, and I found Doom Guy, looking back at me though the window!
Too funny!
That makes three of the kittens that we’ve seen up on the platform feeder! Makes me wonder how often it happens, when we’re not there to see it. :-)
The Re-Farmer
I got called over to check out the skunk, from the living room window.
When I got to the camera, I could tell something had his attention.
Oh, that’s what it was…
Checking each other out!
Then I saw the other one…
And my husband kindly shut off the TV so the camera could focus beyond the reflection. :-D
The skunk continued around the back of the house, closely watched by the deer. The deer hung out under the crab apple tree until something else startled them.
So beautiful.
The Re-Farmer
A few last photos my daughter got of the deer that visited us a couple of days ago.
I always kinda wonder what it is they are looking at, when they look up at our roof!
Pretty sure he’s looking at those crazy humans in the window, too.
Maybe one of the cats are up on the roof again? :-D
What a beauty!
The Re-Farmer
After many months, I finally got it!
Good photos of an upside down nuthatch!
I love it when they do that… :-D
The Re-Farmer
Some more photos my daughter got of the deer that came to visit.
These were taken at maximum zoom. I’m really impressed with how her photos came out!
Love that swoopy snout.
Now, there’s a handsome boy! :-D
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One of the photos from our deer visit, yesterday. Taken just before it stood on its back legs to try and reach the apples.
Such a beauty!
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Some photos my husband got this morning.
He’s been coming back every morning, lately.
Then there is our special “bird.”
We had a cat on the bird feeder, and the birds were on the ground! :-D
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