Backyard visitor

[shadowycat]

This guy hangs out in my backyard quite a lot. :D

Comments

[musyc]

Oh, isn't he gorgeous. I get a small herd of bachelor bucks coming through my yard sometimes, but only at night. How lucky of you that he shows up in the day! Your yard must feel really safe for him.

[shadowycat]

When I lived in Tennessee, the deer used to rush through my yard at dawn and begin to appear again at dusk. During the day they hung out in the parks, down the powerline, and by the river where there was foliage to hide in. Here, the deer don't seem to care, and we see them at all times of the day and night going about their business sampling the plants in our yards or bedding down in the bushes.

[veritas_poet]

My dream is to live in places like this someday! The only "wildlife" we get around here is gang bangers shooting at each other. Not nearly as inspiring. Bah!

[shadowycat]

Gosh, no! I am proof that you don't have to go as far from city areas as you once did to find this sort of wildlife, though. I'll bet there are parts of Chicago that have them. I don't believe that Cleveland is that unique.

[cyprinella]

The Chicago Wildlife Watch is a project led by the Lincoln Park Zoo to monitor wildlife with trail cams around the city. They use volunteer help to tag the wildlife in the photos and yep, you get them in the city. Not as much as say raccoons and squirrels, but they do show up.

[shadowycat]

I'm glad someone is watching out for them. :D

[veritas_poet]

I'd never even heard of this, thanks!