Observations
about these pictures.
Another set
offering a slightly different take on the fawns first hours of life.
7861D is
another out of a great series when Mama Deer had them up at only about
15 minutes of age. This one gives a wider shot of that setting and
reminds me of a mother trying to get her youngsters ready for a family
portrait. The fawn on the right with it's ears down still looks
uncertain about this standing up stuff. The wide-spread of the legs
reflects the concentration no trying to stay up.
8326D is
out of a series when one climbed atop the other one that had to really
close position beside Mama Deer. Several were funny showing the
two fawns stacked up.
3338D is
a later shot in that series. Instead of laughs, it inspires more of an "Ahhhh,"
with perhaps a little jerk at the heartstrings. The fawn has
reached Mama Deer's shoulder. Without showing that the fawn is
standing on its sibling, the picture reminds me of holding my baby
daughters on my shoulder after a feeding.
Many times the
thing that brought me to select a picture out of more than a thousand is
something subtle that may not be obvious at first glance. I usually have
to look at 8308D twice before I recognize that the little
feather-duster-like tail sticking straight up is what attracted me to
this one.
8360D is
the only picture I've seen so far where one of the wet ears is really
bent. The fawns didn't like the wet ears. Unfortunately shaking
the ears to try to dry them could result in a quick tumble into the
sand, so after a few of those, they generally waited for Mama Deer to
finish.
Reminder: I have added the time of the photo to
give you an idea about how old the fawns are. At about 7:10 that
morning, I discovered Mama Deer standing in the abandoned sand box and I
thought I could see a little one below her. She had just delivered the
two fawns minutes earlier. I'm guessing they were born at maybe 7
a.m. or a few minutes after. So if you confirm the photo's time with 7
a.m., you will have a very close estimate to how old the fawns are in
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