Montana Outdoors

July 12, 2011

Pretty little visitor.

Filed under: Animals, White-tail deer — Tags: — montucky @ 2:51 pm

Whitetail fawn

Whitetail fawn

This little one just showed up this morning, possibly having been born in our little canyon within the last week.

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  1. awwww. We’ve been seeing fawns since the first week of June. Yours is a very late fawn, I think.

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    Comment by Kim — July 12, 2011 @ 2:55 pm

  2. Was this one in the yard? I know you said they come close sometimes. What a beauty.

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    Comment by sandy — July 12, 2011 @ 3:26 pm

    • Yes. I think they understand that this is a safe place for them and there is plenty of thick cover just west of our house. They are in our yard just about every day.

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      Comment by Montucky — July 12, 2011 @ 4:26 pm

  3. Hi Montucky, How cute!!! Have an excellent evening and a super good Wed. tomorrow!

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    Comment by wildlifewatcher — July 12, 2011 @ 3:47 pm

  4. Sure glad your camera takes me where I can not go! Thanks!

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    Comment by Anonymous — July 12, 2011 @ 4:50 pm

  5. Beautiful. Surprised that it stood still long enough to get that shot.

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    Comment by Mike — July 12, 2011 @ 5:32 pm

  6. Great shot! It’s a good feeling to add a photo like that to your collection.

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    Comment by Jim — July 12, 2011 @ 6:21 pm

  7. Awww, how cute!

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    Comment by thedailyclick — July 12, 2011 @ 7:20 pm

  8. Very nice portrait! It is too bad they have to grow up!! 🙂

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    Comment by kcjewel — July 12, 2011 @ 7:37 pm

    • Well, we’re getting along with them better since I screened off the garden and we found a repellant that works pretty well for the flowers.

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      Comment by Montucky — July 12, 2011 @ 7:43 pm

  9. That is an awesome shot Terry. If I could take a photo a tenth as nice as this one, I’d call myself a master photographer.

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    Comment by jomegat — July 12, 2011 @ 7:56 pm

    • Thank you jomegat! It’s hard to go wrong with a subject like that!

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      Comment by Montucky — July 12, 2011 @ 9:01 pm

  10. This picture is as close to perfect as anyone can get. I love it.

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    Comment by Ratty — July 12, 2011 @ 9:21 pm

  11. Beautiful!

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    Comment by mitambien — July 12, 2011 @ 11:16 pm

  12. That is gorgeous!
    Sorry I’ve not been around much lately, I am having a lot of difficulty catching up with the blogs I like including yours.

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    Comment by Val — July 13, 2011 @ 5:11 am

    • I’m way behind too Val. Summer is very busy this year!

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      Comment by Montucky — July 13, 2011 @ 8:41 pm

  13. Oh..she’s absolutely adorable. So so so sweet!!

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    Comment by Marcie — July 13, 2011 @ 5:38 am

  14. Babies in any species are beautiful. I think we see innocence when we look at them and long for its return. Beautiful shot of a beautiful fawn.

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    Comment by anniespickns — July 13, 2011 @ 6:48 am

    • I think you’re right about that, and it’s good that we have that reminder, and perhaps that hope!

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      Comment by Montucky — July 13, 2011 @ 8:43 pm

  15. Pretty little visitor is right, you ain’t lyin’! LoL! What a shot, too… you should frame it! =)

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    Comment by Tricia — July 13, 2011 @ 8:07 am

  16. Great shot! You are so fortunate to have wild flowers and wild life to photograph.

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    Comment by Mary Wallace — July 13, 2011 @ 8:26 am

  17. Love those cute babies. One of my visiting does had twins this year … but, she visits my yard about 9:30 pm, too dark for pictures in the woods. I wish they were morning visitors like they were last year … it was fun to watch them jump and play. I try to remember scenes like this when I find out that the deer have eaten my garden plants. 😉

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    Comment by bearyweather — July 13, 2011 @ 8:29 am

    • Or when you hit one with your car, causing 1000’s of dollars in damages… ;-(

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      Comment by Kim — July 13, 2011 @ 9:09 am

    • The deer have been visiting here at night lately too, with the exception of this one. I haven’t figured out the variations in their schedule. I successfully screened off our garden this year, but they still go after some of the flowers. So far this year the damage has been minimal, I suppose because of the lush natural growth after all of our spring rains.

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      Comment by Montucky — July 13, 2011 @ 8:48 pm

  18. How exciting to see this precious creature. What a beauty! Love the lighting you captured…great shot!

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    Comment by Stacey Dawn — July 13, 2011 @ 10:29 am

    • Yes it is a beautiful little creature! I really like the way anniespickns phrased it in her comment, “I think we see innocence when we look at them and long for its return”.

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      Comment by Montucky — July 13, 2011 @ 8:51 pm

  19. how sweet! your own little Bambi

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    Comment by silken — July 13, 2011 @ 9:07 pm

    • I would like it if the little one would stay around for awhile, although I’d rather it were farther from the highway.

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      Comment by Montucky — July 13, 2011 @ 9:55 pm

  20. Is her mommy close by? I would worry about the highway, too. The lighting is so soft and gentle, too.

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    Comment by Candace — July 13, 2011 @ 11:11 pm

    • I didn’t see the doe, but I’m sure she was right there close. Deer like to just hang out in the thick brush in our little canyon where it’s shady and there is plenty to eat. Today there were two nice bucks browsing at the edge of it.

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      Comment by Montucky — July 14, 2011 @ 9:40 pm

  21. One of the best photos of a fawn I’ve ever seen. Thank you so much for sharing this!

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    Comment by Wild_Bill — July 14, 2011 @ 3:03 pm

  22. A beautiful creature!

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    Comment by Watching Seasons — July 14, 2011 @ 3:29 pm

  23. What a lovely visitor. I have not seen it in life in nature, but beautiful it is – surely.

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    Comment by sartenada — July 14, 2011 @ 11:17 pm

    • I think whitetail fawns are about the prettiest of all the wildlife.

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      Comment by Montucky — July 15, 2011 @ 9:47 pm

  24. Awww, what a cute little guy! With all the deer we have, I am surprised we don’t see more fawns in the spring. He does look like he is posing and the light looks like it was perfect for the photo.

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    Comment by kateri — July 15, 2011 @ 5:47 am

    • I’ve seen quite a few fawns this year, but also a lot of does without any. Yesterday two very pretty little bucks visited our yard.

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      Comment by Montucky — July 15, 2011 @ 9:48 pm

  25. How precious and adorable! And what an excellent capture of the little beauty! Love this photo. 🙂

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    Comment by Anna — July 15, 2011 @ 6:35 am

    • I was happy to get the shot too. It’s very typical of them.

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      Comment by Montucky — July 15, 2011 @ 9:50 pm

  26. It’s hard not to think of the word “Bambi” with such pictures.

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    Comment by Malcolm R. Campbell — July 15, 2011 @ 2:21 pm

    • I sure hope the kids of today still know about Bambi! I know my generation all did.

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      Comment by Montucky — July 15, 2011 @ 9:50 pm

  27. Great capture. Cute little guy.

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    Comment by Preston Surface — July 17, 2011 @ 6:57 pm

    • Really cute! I think he is still around here but I haven’t seen him since. Makes me wonder!

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      Comment by Montucky — July 17, 2011 @ 9:33 pm


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