Visitor

We have a shy visitor in our backyard—a young buck. When all is quiet he’s out back munching on the greenery or resting in the shade. His antlers are still growing, and each day I see him they are a little bigger. Only problem is, as soon as he sees me, he flees.

Yesterday, I was able to sneak a picture of him before he saw me. I was “hiding” behind the screen on the porch, and he sauntered up to the “salad bar” when I took a quick picture. The fun part about a screened porch is it’s also an animal blind. So as long as I was quiet, I could enjoy watching him. Suddenly, I made a sound, and off he fled into the woods. 

I wonder if he was born here? I know from past experience that we have a family of deer that hang out in our little patch of the woods. If they stay in the woods they are safe from cars and hunters when the season comes.