white-tailed deer

Description:

Two of nine white-tailed deer seen in 6 groups during a three-hour walk. "White-tailed] Deer live in timbered areas, especially at the borders of clearings, where they obtain the variety of foods they like; this includes woodlands adjacent to agricultural crops. Deer are browsing animals, eating the leaves, twigs and fruits of trees and shrubs, and the foliage of herbaceous plants. They also take seeds, fungi, mosses, lichens, succulent grasses, farm crops and sometimes small amounts of animal food like snails and fish."

Habitat:

In mixed woodland, Lake Springfield Park.