Blacktail Buck
This buck was grazing in a rancher’s field. H e must have liked what he was eating given how stuffed his cheeks are.
Tag: columbia blacktail deer
Blacktail Fawn in Retreat
This little fawn and its sibling were taking their time playing as they made their way to a bush to hide behind until their mother came back to get them. It may have sensed me after a bit because it went from care-free to stealth-mode very quickly. Once they got behind a single yellow bush lupine I could not see either fawn. The mother didn’t seem concerned. She knew I was about 40 yards past the fawns from her perspective. Her grazing carried her about 100 yards from the fawns, but all she did was occasionally look back at us. Very trusting. Maybe too trusting.
The foreground and lighting would not be my first choice here, but with wildlife photography you have to make do with what you’re given.
Blacktail Buck in Velvet, Point Reyes National Seashore
This is one of two Columbia blacktail bucks I saw at Point Reyes yesterday. They were feeding in this tall grass. It’s just a matter of time until this lush grass dies and turns brown. I’m not sure how his ear got split, but I’m assuming it got caught between his horn and that of another while fighting. Ouch. His coat has changed, or is changing, into the darker summer color.
Columbia Blacktail Deer, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California
It’s really green at Point Reyes now and the early flowers are starting to bloom. This photo was taken on January 26, 2010, just south of Abbott’s Lagoon. I haven’t been there in about a week, but Ill bet it will look just like it did last year real soon if not right now.
