The deer rut is still not over and our neighborhood has been filled with bucks pursuing does. Today we got lucky and watched a surprisingly violent, but luckily quick encounter between rival males. Clearly, this dominant buck was not about to loose his prized possession. It was fascinating to watch the 26 second encounter. We've seen these two bucks hang out together all summer, but on this evening, all friendships were aside. After the battle ended the dominant buck returned to his mate, and the loser retreated to a distance, shook briefly and laid down to recover for another day.
About 5 weeks ago we saw a very immature fawn who couldn't use its left front leg. We were amazed at how it survived. It was so small, still had its spotted baby fur and was nursing. We held our breath and knew that it would be lunch for some lucky coyote someday soon. Then, we saw it on our trail camera and knew it had survived the week. Then we saw it the next week and the next. It even made it through a 1 foot snowstorm. Yesterday, we finally got close enough to photograph it. Here is Limpi and his/her mom. Growing up and fighting for another day.
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