Memorial Day Parade

The end of May is a busy time in The Pisgah Woods: Several Does, all that had fawns last June, are pregnant; their yearlings have bonded and appear to be traveling together, but still try to follow their Mom's, who show signs of loosing patience with them.  Our Old Blind in One Eye Doe is back for another season, accompanied by last year's twins, one of which is a Young Buck.

Bob Cat

Jack in Pulpit

We haven't spotted this species on our property in at least 25 years!
And not one, but four in a row beside the garden path.

April in the Hemlock Grove

At the end of April, the deer move from the swamp in the south, through the dying Hemlocks, to open fields a couple of miles north.  In the immediate area of this trail camera four large hemlocks  have fallen.  The deer are thin, and showing signs of ticks.
In this series we see first, an old doe followed a few days later by a  mature doe with her yearling twins.  In the video the doe can be seen aggressively attacking her young buck. Before long he, like the old doe, will be traveling in tandem, but  behind, remaining at a safe distance.

Setting the Camera in a new location. 

Old Doe

Red Fox

On Alert

Mature Doe

Yearling Buck being driven away by Mom

Yearling doe