Twin fawns hiding in the garden
I spotted four oversized ears and two white-spotted bodies, twin fawns hidden by their mother in the raised bed by the driveway. … Read More
A critter season like Where’s Waldo?
This summer I’m living a Where’s Waldo? book. Every time I step into the front yard I can count on a fawn and myself mutually scaring the bejeesus out of each other.… Read More
Fawning over this baby
Curled up behind an ‘Everillo’ sedge, a tiny fawn held still, hoping its camouflaging spots would keep me from seeing it.… Read More
Fawn hiding in plain sight
Walking down the driveway to the mailbox yesterday, I passed not two feet from a tiny fawn curled up on the gravel garden path atop a cushion of green sedge. She didn’t move a muscle, holding completely still in hopes I wouldn’t see her, and I played along, walking past with no sign of the surprise I felt. … Read More
Fawning over this new baby in the garden
May 31, 2018 As my daughter pulled the trash bin out to the driveway yesterday, bumping it along the stepping-stone path, she nearly stepped on a newborn fawn who was trying hard to remain unseen. He or she lay half … Read More
Newborns and other wildlife in the garden
May 17, 2017 While I was turning off a hose Monday, water dribbled into a thick stand of inland sea oats, and something moved among the grasses. I saw a small head and thought, cat. Having endured a year of … Read More