We spotted them very late and by the time I had found my camera they had walked past the kitchen window and my only shot of them was through the bars of the back porch. Not a great photo, but better than nothing. We see them regularly in the winter, but usually at dawn of dusk. We have never before seen them at mid-day, not that we are looking for them ‘out of hours’ so to speak.
We speculated on why they were there, what they were looking for, but we could come up with no answers. Hungry? But this was an early snowfall and there would be plenty of food out there. Confused, perhaps, as were were, by the early snow? That is a possibility, but we’ll never know for sure. What I do know is that they haven’t been back. With the snow down they would leave tracks, but we have seen no tracks in the snow.
Maybe, without the photo, I would have forgotten about the and thought that maybe I was mistaken. But I have photographic evidence and no, it isn’t photo-shopped or forged. In spite of all my doubts and misgivings, they were there, in the early snow of Snovember. They passed through the garden last night for their first nocturnal visit. I heard a cough and a snuffle at the feeders, but didn’t get out of my warm bed to take a peek. This morning, they had snaffled all the seeds in the bird feeders and they left tracks leading up from the trees, then back into the woods again. The chickadees had a rough time of it as there was very little breakfast for them, early this morning. We have re-filled the feeders now, and life goes on.
Here is a link to an earlier blog post that contains more pictures of deer in the yard.
Five Deer.
rogermoorepoet 
Beautiful deer shots. In Finland we have reindeers.
Santa Claus Village at the Arctic Circle
Have a good day!
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We have a little group of deer that come through our garden every night in winter. They clean out any seed left in the bird feeders. Our neighbor has a deer yard in the trees behind his house and they visit from there on a series of regular routes. Thank you for visiting.
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You had a nice peek at them so close to the house. I took a photo once of a deer behind the house but our tree line is farther back so it’s blurry.
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I’ve got some great shots from earlier years, many of them appearing on this blog. We have a little deer yard at the back of my neighbor’s house about two doors up. They move back and forth regularly through our yard once the winter gets hard and the food sources dry up. I don’t begrudge them the bird-seed in the hard times.
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I wouldn’t begrudge them the seed either. They are wonderful to witness.
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We have deer that come to our yard to feast on the wild berries that grow along the perimeter. Most commonly they arrive in late afternoon and early evening but in the winter, we have seen them at all different times of the day. It is hunting season in our neck of the woods and i believe they instinctively know they are safe here!
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The deer, a group of seven, usually appear early morning or late evening. And yes, when hunting is on, they do come much closer to the houses. I guess it’s their sense of safety. They are beautiful animals. The only way I could ever shoot them is with a camera. I hope I never get to the stage where hunting and trapping become necessary once more.
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I’m the same. I couldn’t imagine having to hunt for my food. 😨
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