A short stroll this evening at Five Rivers was rewarded with some nice encounters with White-tailed Deer. The shots below were with a particularly cooperative doe that allowed me to close within fifteen feet of her.
This one was not cooperative at all, but I still like the result:
Have a great weekend…I’ll be back next week!
Update: I had to add this more recent shot of a leaping fawn, also taken at Five Rivers…
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.
We have a lame deer in our yard that we see every so often. Perhaps the injury was the result of a run-in with hunter or a car. She ate all my lilies…….
So that’s where that deer I hit went to… Hmmmm…. Perhaps I should finish the job, unless it can pay me 3 grand!
It is wonderful when they do let you get close! But why are they always camera shy? BTW: Love your photos!
Wow!-that is just awesome.