It’s hard to let Mother Nature be in charge with our wild animal friends. While we sure enjoyed watching our little deer friend over the last several months we wondered if he/she would make it through the winter. It was very small (about 35 pounds) and had an unsteady gait. It was always alone at the bird feeder and would spend an hour or more during the day just standing there, looking around, munching on spilled seed on the ground.
Bert had recently put out seed on a post that was just the right height for our little friend to just swipe its tongue across the seed.
Unfortunately, a few days ago Bert found it out on the busy road by our house. It looked like it had been bumped by a car but there were no damaged car pieces around. It was certainly dead. I wonder if someone even knew they had hit it. Bert dragged it off the road to rest among the trees on the far side of the road.
I can’t believe we’ve watched this deer for several months and just last week I thought to take these three pictures. So, thanks for the memories, deer friend. Rest in Peace!
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