Deer Diary...
Three Year's of Deer in Mill Valley
SPRING
2005
We
thought this tiny baby fawn had been abandoned in March,
2005.
It turned out that the mother had just hidden it in our
yard
while she caught a bit of shut eye.
Imagine Kadi's surprise when the next day she found out
that
there were TWINS!!
And
rambunctious twins, at that. Well, the male is
rambunctious... 
No wonder the
nursing mom needs an occassional lie-down; she's exhausted!
Here's the trio
practicing "not being seen".
At
first the twins stayed near mom for food...
...but after a month, they were weaned, and would nibble
everything in sight. They'd visit right outside our dining
room window and so we get good photo ops of the trio.
Mom
discovered our bird feeder and comes daily to help herself.
Kadi put out a salt lick for them and a dishpan full of
water in case they get thirsty:
The
fawns love the salt block and the water.
They got more
adventurous daily, but they still would have to come back
and check in with Mom.
Mother Flora,
sister Fauna, and brother Faunus were very close all
through the Summer of 2005.
Mackerel the
Cat got to know them all, too.
Click here to see a
movie of Mackerel and Baby Faunus.
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