March comes in like a …sea lion?

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March is here, and the rain continues, although we did have a few beautiful, sunny, and unseasonably warm days. It’s raining hard now, but I was able to ramble in the Hollow before it really started coming down.

I keep standing up to see if the deer are waiting. I saw a few on my walk down to the river today; I’m pretty sure they were hoping for an earlier meal. (Maybe they knew the harder rain was coming.) They ran away when I approached, flashing their white tails as they went up the hill, but I wasn’t quick enough to get a photo. The deer use their tails to communicate with others, and the white flag means they sense danger. The only time I see them flash the white when I’m in the meadow is when one gets spooked. It is not often that the “regulars’ get spooked; they often just watch the ones that run and move to the next pan of corn. This young one was a little worried and flared its tail, but another day Fuzzy just kept on eating.

I couldn’t “capture” the deer today, but turkeys in the neighbor’s field just kept eating. And the deer don’t always run; sometimes they stand and watch.

The rain quit a little while ago, and I saw a couple of deer in the meadow. (You can see how muddy it is, too.) I called as I went down, and another one came. Another few appeared from the woods, and then the rest of the herd came running! Watch here!

Below is a view of the whole herd from near the house and another view from the deck that shows fog on the river.

The forecast calls for a break in the rain, followed by another spell of extreme cold. We’ll just have to wait to see what really happens.