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Odocoileus virginianus
The white-tailed deer, also known as the Virginia deer or simply as the whitetail, is a medium-sized deer native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru.
The white-tailed deer is a woodland species. It does, however, survive in aspen parklands and deciduous river bottomlands within the central and northern Great Plains, and in mixed deciduous riparian corridors, river valley bottomlands, and lower foothills of the northern Rocky Mountain regions from South Dakota and Wyoming to southeastern British Columbia, including the Montana Valley and Foothill grasslands. (from Wikipedia)
We have a small wooded area behind our suburban home in Webster, NY and it is home to a small herd of about six or so of these deer. They can often be seen roaming the woods and make a nuisance of themselves in backyards where they love to eat many garden flowers and bushes. They are lovely to look at though and when they come close enough, in good light, I take photos.
Spotted on Dec 13, 2012
Submitted on Feb 13, 2013
9 Comments
Beautiful series.
Lovely series Mike!
We put out critter blocks for the deer which are also enjoyed by the foxes, raccoons & crows. The biggest problem we seem to have is they strip the bark from the maple saplings we've planted. They are lovely to watch though!
Thank you very much for the information. Hot Paprika sounds good.
I may try it since it is not chemical and gentle to the earth. For now, I let them enjoy pine leaves, especially in winter time.
Deer in the snow. Just so beautiful! Great series!
Thanks for the comments and suggestions. We've learned to live with the deer...mostly by planting flowers they don't like...and I've also found that HOT Paprika sprinkled on the leaves of my Hostas (and other plants) frequently, helps. :)
They love to come to eat evergreen pine leaves as I posted in my video. I just let them come to eat, especially it is hard for them to find food in winter time. But, maybe not flowers...
Beautiful portrait!
Beautiful! My aunt used to crack a bucketful of eggs, let them rot, mix with water, and then spray that on the plants...seemed to work for her...although I wouldn't want to smell it!! ;-)
Lovely spotting. I have found that spraying deer repellant on plants I want to keep has worked really well.