Seems there is always something wandering past the house here, as is the way with most Saturday mornings, we were down in the home cinema room watching live Premiership football. As an added extra today we were video chatting with our son, daughter in law and grandson when a small herd of deer wandered past behind the house.
after standing at the window with my phone for a while showing folks back home the 'live action' I handed the phone to Sarah and ran upstairs to the balcony, grabbing my camera from the office along the way.
I walked slowly out onto the balcony so as not to spook them, though they pass by often enough now so they are not too concerned about my presence
we had seen a Coyote sneak past a few minutes earlier but didn't get shots of him as he was too fast, this deer seems to be making sure he's not coming back
they are following the narrow path that leads down to the golf course and river, I suspect the lush green grass of the golf course is quite an attractive proposition at this time of the year
after less than an hour they returned in the opposite direction, so perhaps they were just heading down to the river to drink
on closer inspection they sure do have some ear on em....you wouldn't be sneaking up on this guy very easily
forever cautious, there is always one of them turning around to check what may be coming up behind them
from this corner they always leave the man made path and head off own the steep ridge and into the expansive woodland below
as expected this mob follow the same course (as do the Coyotes around here too) It seems the well trodden paths of the prairie remain, irrespective of our intervention.
