baby deer

We had some excitement at our house yesterday as we found a baby deer (fawn) sleeping in the long grass next to our front porch. It was very obviously a very newborn.



Aaron's friend Kollin was spending the night, so of course both boys were excited to see this fawn. He was really cute all curled up and of course my mom and I were out with our camaras snapping pictures. We also noticed mama deer hanging out at the bottom of the clearing, keeping watch. Right around noon my mom got her camara and went out to take another picture and see if the deer was still there. She then comes running in saying there are two. Sure enough, there was a second deer curled up in the corner.

Long story short, we spent the day keeping the dog away from the deer and sneaking out about every hour to see what they were doing. Later that evening mama deer snuck up to the house to claim her babies. They were last seen scampering into the timber.