The baby fawn has been joined by an older companion. It’s common for mothers to feed during the day and leave their fawns to wait quietly for them. Codemonkey has snagged a couple of stunning shots of these beautiful creatures.
Two fawns stand still in dense vegetation. Image: Codemonkey.
The elder fawn looks towards the camera. Image: Codemonkey.
It’s been a while but a flood in the park was matched by a flood in my basement July 8th.
Codemonkey to the rescue. This gentleman is often seen in Raymore Park going after anything that flies, usually birds and insects but knows a good shot when he sees one. He is a true photographer, spending hours stalking his ‘prey’ and patiently waiting for the right photo to present itself. He has honed his skills over the years and where I take ‘snaps’, Codemonkey takes photographs.
Codemonkey at work going after a downy woodpecker on the tree stump.
Here are some examples of his work (posted with permission).
A beautiful yellow flower in Raymore Park.
The mother deer often seen in Raymore Park.
Codemonkey sent these exquisite rare sightings of wildlife that he managed to get on the same day (July 13).
An American mink.
If that’s not incredible, here’s another rare sight that I’ve seen in Raymore once in 20 years (and that was without my camera!).
A huge snapping turtle suns itself after the storm.
Thanks Codemonkey, you’re a lifesaver.
I did get out after the flood to take some pictures and will post these in the coming days.
On Sunday, right in the middle of a (relatively) busy park, a white-tailed deer was shepherding her frisky fawn through the park. The fawn was darting all over the place and seemed to be excited by the open space having just emerged from the wild area. The mother soon corralled it behind her and the two of them moved into the bush by the weir. The mother did not feel threatened as her tail was down. Several people in the park were quite delighted by the sight. One gentleman with his large active dog off-leash put his dog under control after I pointed out the pair.
Today is a grey and misty day as the latest warm front has arrived dumping snow, freezing rain and now plain old rain. Mugsey decided he would scratch himself on a tree and he posed nicely for the camera.
Mugsey loves the snow – can you tell?
As we were passing by the bridge, a pair of young white-tailed deer moved silently past on the other side and cautiously crossed over the ice into Raymore Park. Even though the zoom on the RX100 is only 3.6, the sheer number of pixels (5472 x 3080) allows for some zooming at home – especially in this medium.
Apologies for the pole in the middle of the picture.
There is lots of feed above the shallow layer of snow to keep them going – we’ve had a pretty easy winter so far with rain and mild temperatures predicted for tomorrow and especially Wednesday (13°C).
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