While looking my kitchen window this morning, I noticed the deer from two days ago was back. After running to get my camera, I quietly opened the back and stepped out. That is when the deer spotted me. From past experience, I knew that I'd better take a shot from there. Glad that I did, the deer started moving toward the woods.

I slowly walked out to the garden. By that time, the deer was closer to the trees. I had just taken the second shot when the deer whirled around put her head down, and snorted at me twice. If she meant to threaten me, she did. Realizing that I was closer to the deer than the house, and that she could run faster, I ran toward the porch. Thank God, she went for the woods.

Safe back indoors, I plugged my camera in to my keyboard and looked at my shots. Not too bad. Then I decide to look up "deer snorting" on the internet. Of course I found it. Deer snort to alert other deer of danger, and to warn away interlopers (that would be me, in this case). They can sometimes stomp and bark when really feeling threatened. It seems that many photographers have run into this situation.

Quite a few years ago, BD (before digital), a deer left her fawn just behind the garden, probably to get it out of the black flies in the wood. But the little guy didn't mind her too well, and stood up, startling me as I gardened. At first, I didn't know it was a deer, because it was white. I didn't get a shot of that one, like I said, it was before I had a digital camera, and must not of had film, or something. Shortly after that, we saw quite a few white deer in the local herd.

Anyway, back to today's deer story, I think there is most likely another fawn out there, and the deer was afraid for it. Incase that is what is going on, I will be careful not to disturb it. The space for wildlife around here is getting smaller every year, and they need all the help they can get.