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White-tailed Deer

Odocoileus virginianus

Photo by Kyle A
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Field Notes

Description:

Juvenile.

Habitat:

In a small clearing surrounded by deciduous woods.

Notes:

This is the closet I've got to a deer. I was about 30 feet away.

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Comments (6)
Kyle A
BTW, the Locust Borer spotting can be found in the link. ;) http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38486286
Kyle A
Lol, I'll bet. Good thing for us they don't realize the harm they could cause us if they used their antlers. They can be quite massive. I always get an adrenaline surge when I see something new or cool. Same thing happened when I saw the locust beetle today. I had only seen a few before and never got a pic. Got some today though! :)
HemaShah
it is a very overwhelming experience when you actually have a close encounter with wild life!A stag with big horns can be scary. I had a brief encounter with a mule deer stag and I almost stopped breathing!
Kyle A
Thank you for the kind words Jemma. I had my head down looking at some previous pics from the day. I got up from the rock I was sitting on and we were both equally startled. It seemed a little confused about whether to remain still or bolt. I'm also happy to finally get a halfway decent pic of one. Pretty good spotting day all around. New species for me, a deer and some other stuff. :)

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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedSeptember 19, 2013

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