Whitetail doe, photo taken from my deck in Michigan. Spring, 2025. Is she sticking out her tongue at me? #deer #WildLife #Nature

At the feeders: #crittercam #deer 84.15%
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https://www.alojapan.com/1250318/oh-deer-japans-nara-boosts-police-patrols-to-curb-animal-abuse/ Oh, deer: Japan’s Nara boosts police patrols to curb animal abuse #AnimalWelfareAct #deer #Japan #JapanTourism #littering #NaraPark #OkunoshimaIsland #TodaijiTemple #tourism #tourists #violence #VisitorBehaviour Police have begun patrolling Nara Park to safeguard its sacred deer population after a video of a tourist kicking and slapping one of the animals went viral, sparking outrage in Japan and drawing renewed scrutiny of visitor behaviour. …

#ThursdayThoughts

A brief side-to-side tail wag
I guess this deer thought I wasn’t a threat and felt safe enough to let me stay and keep fishing

I'm more than happy with my 2022 iPhone SE 3rd Gen *except* for the camera. While it might be 12MP, the digital zoom is hot garbage.

Latest example is this very pixelated sambar hind I just about tripped over this morning while out for a walk on our place. She wandered out of the bush about 20 m away, so I froze in place and pulled out my phone to take a photo.

The best camera is still the one you have access to in the moment, but I'd have loved a clear and detailed photo.

#FolkloreThursday: `Animals played an important role in the religion of the #Hallstatt period. The role of the #deer as a sacrificial #animal is clearly shown by the corresponding figural scene on the Strettweg cult wagon. Since deer are not suitable for riding or pulling wagons, we must consider that deer snaffles were used as part of religious rituals.`
Source: MAMUZ Museum Mistelbach
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Richmond Park

#deer #reddeer #richmondpark #richmondparkphotography #nature #wildlife #landscape #chooselandscape #park #parkland
#nikonz8 #nikonphotography #nikonownermagazine #plena #bnw #monochrome #monochromaticphotography

At the feeders: #crittercam #deer 84.28%
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Mule #Deer Doe in #Winter

A portret of a female White-tailed Deer

See it bigger here: https://jan-luit.pixels.com/featured/white-tailed-deer-portret-jan-luit.html

Who goes there.

Mule #Deer Doe standing on a #Sand #Dune

1/2

Violating a rule of thumb, finally drilled into me, to "look up", at tree tops and branches, while doing bird/nature photography.

On this outing, I was looking for more 'low-hanging fruit' (actually not at all easy to find!) Looking for scrub jays in the scrub, mostly. I did not succeed with the jays, but was surprised to see some other (ground) creatures I wasn't looking for.

I came across a deer, plus the 'Echo Moth'

At the feeders: #crittercam #deer 86.84%
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At the feeders: #crittercam #deer 89.59%
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"Dear" teableau for 04/12/25

The deer in my Western Washington woods are Columbian Black-tailed deer, a subspecies of the much larger mule deer found east of the Cascades.

Carmela #Mel loves watching “t.v.” From her new perch. #sunset #wildlife #deer #quail #lakelife #rescuecat #cat #gingercat #CatsOfMastodon #caturday

Getting #mooned by a Mule #Deer