Wildlife Contractions: Pregnant Doe

I had something exciting happen! I had noticed a deer standing a little funny at the top of the hill and grabbed my camera and it turns out to be a pregnant Doe. Everything in her body language is a little different and that’s really what drew my attention. I do believe she is having contractions! She stood in that one spot for at least 10 minutes. She’s chewing something much faster than they normally do and yet I never actually saw her pick anything up off the ground or trees. When she stops chewing super fast, is when the contraction happens and if you watch her belly where it curves in front of her hip, you can see it move. The other weird thing is whatever she’s chewing looks like a big wad of something as her cheeks seem to bulge with it, but you can see her swallow, have the contraction and it appears to be regurgitating as the big wad is back in her mouth. She even drools after one contraction. I was so excited, I kept wondering if the fawn was going to pop out and I was going to have the luck of catching it all on video!!!!!! But I didn’t ;-(
The UPS Truck drove up the driveway and she ran off into the woods.
Here’s a video, forgive any movement on my part, I was full zoom and handheld because I was afraid I would miss the big moment if it happened while setting up the tripod.

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Late February gave us an old fashioned snowstorm

While late February gave us an old fashioned winter storm that resulted in this:

Heavy snowfall

The picnic table is almost buried!

It also seemed to bring in the birds who happily gobbled up the sunflower seeds!

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While I’ve been gone

Going to to a photo Catch UP for the next few posts!

First up is picture of a deer in January up on the hill where you can see how thick it’s winter coat is to keep it warm.

The deer seemed to visit less frequently this past winter but since Spring we’ve seen allot of both Does and young bucks!

Wooly Deer in January Coat

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Poolside Hawk

The Hawks have been all around the pool lately, I caught one walking across the solar cover and another using the slide!

Sharp Shinned Hawk Crop

As the parents teach their young one how to hunt, I’m glad to say I haven’t seen them be successful yet. Not that they haven’t been mind you, I just didn’t bare witness to any successful attacks. But I do enjoy watching them zoom around the yard, and listening to the sound of them calling back and forth to each other.
Don’t forget to shake your tail feathers!
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If You Sprinkle It… They Will Come

I coaxed this little critter out by sprinkling the hill with apples and grapes! As she meandered down the hillside I was able to capture a ton of pictures of her. It could be a him I really can’t tell but with that nose I just had to think it was a girl Opossum.

These are the same critters that play dead so a predator will leave them alone-hense the phrase ‘playing possum’.

When I was a little girl my brother found a baby possum and he tried raising it. I can remember him feeding it milk with an eye dropper and it hanging upside down on his finger by its tail. I’ll have to ask him if he remembers what its name was and update the post later.

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Click the picture above to open a slide show in a new window to see the rest of the great pictures I was able to capture of  this Spring Critter with detailed information all about the Opossum

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