The three young deer visited late last night. Today at dusk two showed up under the feeders. After doing some research I realized that having wild deer become tame and dependent is NOT good for them, or for the humans.
I've been bringing in the "fly-through" open-sided feeder before dark, and today I shoveled snow over the fallen seeds beneath the feeders.
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| Yum Yum, Lunch Box! |
So instead of tip-toeing to the window to watch for a while, I went out to the back porch to "shoo shoo!" the deer away.
One ran toward the woods on the left. The other just stood there looking at me!
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| Should I stay or should I go??? Does she really mean "SHOO!!?" |
Finally it caught on that it was not good to stick around, so it bounded up the hill and out of sight. Time will tell if they come back tomorrow!
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