Thursday, February 01, 2007
We're All Connected
The deer around here are a friendly, if somewhat nosy bunch... it's not uncommon to be working outside, feel like you're being watched, turn around and there are a pair of big, brown eyes looking at you. I confess to naming some of them... there has been the infamous Whome (who answers to that name) and Snoopy. I don't normally feed them (that is a complicated ecological quagmire), but the last couple of weeks I've been leaving them just a little corn to help get some of them through the winter... the last time we had a winter like this, they got so malnourished that they started losing their hair in big patches, and by the time spring came, the survivors looked like they were wearing overcoats three sizes too big, they had lost so much weight; it was just too painful to watch. Of course to thank me, they'll probably chew off a couple of arborvitaes. 
// posted by IBOY @ 6:38 AM 
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I can't believe that Whome answers to his name! *grin* How cool.
Doesn't it make you feel like a little kid at Christmas to interact with the animal world like that? Last spring, I was turning over so much dirt that I "befriended" two robins. As long as I was sitting or kneeling--I must have been scary while I was standing--they would land about 6 feet away and chirp at me until I tossed them a slug or earthworm. The former they would eat, the latter they would carefully twirl around their beaks and take elsewhere.
Doesn't it make you feel like a little kid at Christmas to interact with the animal world like that? Last spring, I was turning over so much dirt that I "befriended" two robins. As long as I was sitting or kneeling--I must have been scary while I was standing--they would land about 6 feet away and chirp at me until I tossed them a slug or earthworm. The former they would eat, the latter they would carefully twirl around their beaks and take elsewhere.
My daughter makes me turn on the brights and drive 10 mph when we reach our street because of these guys...!
Be careful driving! They don't look both ways!
Be careful driving! They don't look both ways!
Kim... it IS fun! Every day I have some type of interaction with the critters around here, and I've learned a lot.
Sissy... believe me, we drive carefully around here. I creep down the dead end road that leads to our place; there are always deer about, not to mention coyotes, fox, raccoons, possums, rabbits, squirrels, wild turkeys, and a few other critters.
Don
Sissy... believe me, we drive carefully around here. I creep down the dead end road that leads to our place; there are always deer about, not to mention coyotes, fox, raccoons, possums, rabbits, squirrels, wild turkeys, and a few other critters.
Don
Oh I LoVed reading this post as I too care for the winter visitors and particularly to the ones that seem in distress..last year it was a squirrel I named Patches..did many a post on that story..anyway I saw this beauty on garden voices..(I too am listed there)so here I am commenting and viewing your wonderful site. Oh that lovely animal..Bambis mom or dad I am sure!
I, too, live in a wooded area that is home to deer. I must admit, though, I got very nervous when I noticed him standing on a patio, obviously very near the house. I'm currently battling the deer who walk up our deck steps and across a pretty big deck to get to my veggies.
Needless to say, I have very mixed emotions about deer.
Needless to say, I have very mixed emotions about deer.
# posted by 
: February 02, 2007
: February 02, 2007
Well, the deer certainly have their own agenda, which doesn't always jibe with my interests, but we tolerate each other, and they do have those big, brown eyes. We have seven deer who live pretty exclusively on our land, and four or five others who wander in and out. It gets a little crowded sometimes.
Don
Don
Well, the deer certainly have their own agenda, which doesn't always jibe with my interests, but we tolerate each other, and they do have those big, brown eyes. We have seven deer who live pretty exclusively on our land, and four or five others who wander in and out. It gets a little crowded sometimes.
Don
Don
Just had the joy of discovering your blog.Hubby was Prof. of Meteorology so I read him your quip about the TV ones.Love checking out cold climate gardens as by nature I am a displaced northern hemisphere person having survived 59 yrs of hot dry Australian summers. We may not have deer to watch out for but skippy the Kangaroo and friends in numbers at dawn and dusk are quite a menace. Since we have 100 acres planted to farm forestry(Eucalypts)their population has exploded.
Arija... so it's late winter there, eh? Your eucalyptus grove sounds very, very nice. I visited your lovely country many years ago.
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