Rainy day

Sunrise 1-17-20

Suddenly we’re back to winter! The photo above is yesterday’s sunrise; today it’s raining and in the low 40s. That’ll seem warm compared to the next few days, when forecasts call for highs in the mid-30s (but sunny) and lows in the teens. It will be a cold walk down to feed the deer, and I know they’ll be happy to see me.

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Of course, they’re always happy to see me (and the feed bucket). Bambi greets me even when I’m rambling empty-handed!

The one I call Spooky no longer runs very far when I approach, and her 2019 little fawn Espejo has started coming closer when I call. (These two have circles around their eyes, which allow me to identify them.)

Spooky & Espejo 1-15-20

Espejo 1-15-20

One of the bucks has been visiting the meadow pretty regularly. The does don’t run away as they did a few weeks ago, and the buck seems more interested in corn than porn.

This morning he was in the meadow when I went down, and I also saw Li’l Buck near the cedar tree. (He’s the injured buck, a 2018(?) fawn.) They both ran into the woods across the road, but the big guy returned before I left. Buck 1-18-20

I took feed to the meadow before it started raining early this afternoon when I saw Bambi and his sibling. I know others will want to be fed soon and have been keeping an eye out. Not much else has been happening in the Hollow or on my rambles, so I’ll leave you with this until the next post.