Much to our surprise this morning while watching Sweden vs Germany in the WWC we noticed some visitors that had (very rudely) invited themselves into our backyard.
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| Backyard Wildife |
Luckily there isn't much for them to munch on other than a volunteer tomato, sedum and a few errant California poppies.
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| Alert and moving to protect her babies |
Camera in hand I moved forward to flush her out of the yard. I'm probably too cavalier with the local deer because they are so common - they've become almost like large squirrels. My wife pointed out that this momma deer was walking toward me ... not away... whoops. My thoughts were simply "Please don't hurt my plants!"
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| Bambi searching for a tasty bite to eat |
I think this young one didn't find much to eat - although they do seem to love the sedum which is just behind the A. lopantha.
All in all not much damage to speak of but I think it's well past time to replace that back gate.
I was so strongly impacted by 'Bambi' as a child that it's hard for me not to be charmed by the sight of a deer, and especially a fawn. That said, I imagine I'd quickly become incensed if one appeared and nibbled up half my garden. In theory, raccoons are cute too but I lost my fondness for them very quickly; however, I've learned that they will sometimes stand their ground when I head out after them so now I go out armed with a stick, just in case.
ReplyDeleteIt was pretty cool to see bambi in my backyard. Unfortunately he ended up a little spooked, ran too close to some Agave macroacantha, and got poked.
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