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On 28 January 2013, I went for a walk with friends in Carburn Park. It was such a beautiful morning, and 21 species of bird (all the "usual") were seen. We spotted several White-tailed Deer in amongst the trees in the distance - at which point I announced that I was going to stay and try and get a few photos : ) The thought of hopefully seeing deer had been enough to get me out of bed early and face the cold, so I wasn't going to miss this opportunity. I hung around, at a respectful distance, and was able to watch how they interacted with each other. I think I spent more time watching them than I've ever watched deer before - and it was fascinating. For most of the time, there was a mass of branches between us, but I did get maybe three or four reasonably open shots. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_deer

This young buck crossed the path ahead of me, down at Carburn Park, on 28 January 2013. He was with two other males, both older than he was. The females and young ones were nearby, but seemed to keep to themselves.

Yesterday morning, I went for a walk with friends in Carburn Park. It was such a beautiful morning, and 21 species of bird (all the "usual") were seen. We spotted several White-tailed Deer in amongst the trees in the distance - at which point I announced that I was going to stay and try and get a few photos : ) The thought of hopefully seeing deer had been enough to get me out of bed early and face the cold, so I wasn't going to miss this opportunity. I hung around, at a respectful distance, and was able to watch how they interacted with each other. I think I spent more time watching them than I've ever watched deer before - and it was fascinating. For most of the time, there was a mass of branches between us, but I did get a handful of reasonably open shots. This buck, along with two other bucks of different ages, eventually made their way to feed out into the open, so I only had bushes and tall grass to contend with. They were fully aware that I was there, but I still got a rather surprised look on their face each time they glanced my way. In the afternoon, I had various errands I had to run, including desperately needing to wash my car. My joy at getting in and out of a sparkling clean car and of loading and unloading bags of groceries without getting my clothes filthy, was VERY short-lived! It snowed overnight - again : ) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_deer

This was a really quick shot, which luckily came out OK. I pushed myself out the front door yesterday, as the forecast was for cloud and sun. I have done barely any walking for months - actually, all this year - and I'm supposed to do those 10,000 steps every day. After deciding to drive over to Carburn Park again, just in case the Clark's Grebe was still in the area, by the time I had eaten breakfast and got myself ready, the sky was overcast. By the time I reached Carburn, it was snowing and completely overcast. Decided I would still just walk around the small pond - my body was still feeling the effects of a long walk three days earlier, ha. Bumped into a fellow birder and we got talking and ended up walking round the large pond, too. I had just said something about deer in the park, turned around and there was a White-tailed Deer right behind us ; ) Then two more appeared from amongst the trees. Just managed to click in time to catch this sweet moment. No sign of the Clark's Grebe (same as the day before), so I feel really lucky to have seen this bird on Sunday - a bird that is not usually seen in Alberta. By the way, the wire netting you can see in the background is actually wrapped around a tree, in hopes of protecting it from local Beavers. These animals seem to be cutting down an awful lot of trees in our natural areas. It's -6C (21F) this morning and snowing. Forecast for this afternoon is -3C (27F) and ice pellets. Sounds like it might be a fun drive for my volunteer shift, ha. What just happened with Flickr? All I could get was a blank, white page and then I had to try three times to get Flickr to load at all. Anyone else have the same? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_deer www.hww.ca/en/species/mammals/white-tailed-deer.html

These beautiful deer crossed the road well ahead of me when I was on my way to Brown-Lowery Provincial Park on 26 August 2012. Light was not good within the trees and I had just a quick moment to pull over and get a shot before a car came barrelling down the road and the deer disappeared. I never seem to get photos of fawns with their beautiful spots, so was happy to get even a half decent shot. I guess no one else turned up at the meeting place for this trip - I had decided to drive straight to the park, but hadn't told anyone my plans. After waiting an extra half hour at the park, I realized no one else had been able, or wanted, to go. The forest sure looked dark before the sun reached it and, even though there was one vehicle parked there, I just didn't fancy going in there. I thought the bears and cougars might still be looking for their breakfast, lol! So, I drove out to Maclean Pond, off Elbow Falls Trail, and had a look around. Funny how things work out - I was amazed and delighted to come across several small Strawberries and Cream fungi hidden in the grass under the Spruce (?) trees. The previous day, I had been on a mushroom foray in West Bragg Creek, and one of the fungi species we were keeping our eyes open for was Strawberries and Cream - but we were out of luck. Couldn't believe my eyes when I spotted them at Maclean Pond. My last photo posted today shows a close-up view of one of these strange fungi. On my way home from Maclean Pond, I decided to call in at the west end of Fish Creek Park, as I have found various species of fungi there before. Was happy to find several little Earth Star fungi (image posted yesterday). So, it definitely turned out to be a rewarding day.

A photo from about seven months ago, taken on 26 January 2012. When I went looking for the tiny Northern Saw-whet Owl at Carburn Park, I was walking along one of the trails through the trees when I suddenly found this handsome White-tailed buck standing in the middle of the path way ahead of me. He just stood there, giving me the chance to get a few (fully zoomed) photos. It's unfortunate, really, that the Deer in this location are less fearful of humans than in other places I see them.

Came across a group of five or six beautiful White-tailed Deer when I was walking through the woods at Carburn Park on February 2nd. This youngster was a curious little thing and so cute.