Bulking Up on Acorns

Right now if you are looking for deer in the area where I live most of the time you will find them eating acorns. This morning that is where I found this little 3x3 and a spike. It was difficult to get an image of them looking up because the majority of the time they had their noses down looking for acorns in the leaves. They eat an amazing amount of acorns in preparation for the upcoming winter. God bless, chris

Mini Drama in the forest

This morning I dragged my feet getting out the door. My plan was to look for some deer to photograph, restock my bird feeders at the Burris Ranch, work out and then maybe do some photography of the train and logging equipment steam up at the Roots of Motive Power. They are gearing up for the Willits Kinetic Carnivale being held this weekend. After a bit of pushing I managed to get myself out the door and on the road.I found quite a few fawns in hard to photograph locations. I was at the point of giving up when I heard the sound of antlers clattering and creating quite a fuss. Just off the road in the forest I saw two small spike bucks sparring.They were really going at it with the dust and fur flying.Pretty amazing for two little spikes. They would spar for two or three minutes,then take a breather and then they would go at it again.They were still going at it when I left. What a really cool thing to watch and photograph. Sincerely and God bless, chris

Daily Deer

Deer are fairly common in the area where I live. You pretty much see them on a daily basis when you are driving to and from town in the early morning or late evening. Yesterday on my way home from dropping my son Jay off somewhere on a taxi run I spotted a doe and two fawns. I made a mental note to try and photograph them this morning. I did find them this morning but they were in the forest and the lighting was too difficult to deal with. I checked out a few other spots I'm familiar with and a found a little forked horn buck and a spike buck laying in the grass.There were a couple of fawns there too.



A beautifful way to start the day with some of God's marvelous creatures.

chris

Turkey and Deer Kind of Day

I went for a drive through Little Lake Valley this morning. There were a lot of Wild Turkeys out this morning. On the Clark ranch there were probably over fifty. They were next to a sheep fence so it wasn't very photogenic. I did find a couple of other toms on top of a wooden fence so that was pretty sight to see.




Following my drive through the valley I found another flock of turkeys up closer to where I live and then finally just before heading home I spied a small forked horn and spike Blacktail deer sparring. All in all a pretty productive morning photographing the animals in nature that God has provided.

God's blessings to all,

chris