Backyard visitor

[shadowycat]

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

Comments

[veritas_poet]

Back yard?! I can only ever imagine seeing such a creature in real life unless I make a trip to a zoo!

[shadowycat]

I live in a very urban area, but there are lots of deer living here in people's backyards. It's not a good environment for them, but they really have nowhere else to go.

[veritas_poet]

My brain can't connect "deer" with "very urban area". Hm, maybe there's hope to see deer in backyards here in Chicago! (I can dream, can't I?) If I saw such a beautiful creature in my yard, I wouldn't get anything else done the rest of the day.

Anyway, thanks for getting that shot and sharing it!

[shadowycat]

Yes, it surprised me tremendously to see so many of them when we moved here. Where we lived before was more suburban with large wooded areas where the deer could live. Here, we're in the heart of a city, and I see 3 to 5 times as many deer. Where I grew up was quite urban, and we never saw deer near our houses. The one time a moose walked down the street, everyone came out and watched because it was such a novelty. Times change, habitats shrink.

[veritas_poet]

The one time a moose walked down the street, everyone came out and watched because it was such a novelty.

Oh, wow!

Yeah, that's the sad part, if they have nowhere else to be, but more populated areas. I hate the thought of animals getting hit by cars.

[shadowycat]

I hate it, too, but it's a sad fact of life for these animals. :(