Old Encounter: A Blast from the Past

While searching my archived photos, I stumbled upon a video that I didn't even recall taking.  This is from a cherished encounter that I posted back in 2014.  Having this footage, allows the magic of that encounter to be relived again and again.

Years ago, I was taking pictures of a frog that was under my deck.  After a while, I got this feeling that something was behind me or something was watching me.  To this day, I don't know if I actually heard something or just sensed it.

I wasn't expecting to see anything, so, when I turned and came--nearly--face to face with a fawn, I let out a gasp.  The gasp startled the curious, little fawn.  It jumped back a bit.  It had startled me...but had I not reacted like that, I can only imagine that we just would have looked at each other for a while.   I tried snapping some pictures with my (get this!) flip phone.  They came out rather blurry.

The mother, seeing her fawn so close to "that strange man" huffed, calling her fawn to her.

Here is the ending of that most amazing encounter:

Game Cam Pics

I finally set up the game cam again--and perhaps in a better spot for seeing what comes through our yard (seems it is a wildlife trail), but not aesthetically or composition-wise.

No surprises here--deer...but it is great to see the fawn.  With a bit of cropping some of the photos don't look so bad. :)

But deer were not the only wildlife to show up on the game cam.

Among some of the common critters that one would expect to see,
some surprises were in store for us.

More to come...

Amazing Encounter

 I had a surprise visitor today while working in the yard!

I thought I'd be posting about moving rocks and planting some of the thousands of seedlings that germinated from my winter sown collected wildflower seeds...and the frog I spotted sitting on a rock under the deck where I was working.  However, the frog was not the only encounter I had with wildlife today.

While I was taking photos of the frog, somehow I realized something was behind me...I can't remember now if I heard a little huff or something before or after I turned around.  Before, I think.

I turned around, and startled, I gasped!  A small spotted fawn had approached me while my back was turned.  It was so close; I swear it might have nudged me had I not turned around.  My gasp startled the fawn who jumped back and darted a few feet back.  I quickly recovered from the shock and made a soft clicking sounds which seemed to reassure it.  The fawn stopped and watched me...luckily it stuck around long enough for me to get my phone out and the camera app open.  After I took a few shots I got a video of it going back to its mother.  ~smile~

Very cool encounter.

Nothing like this ever happened to me before!