Deer Me

[kevin_standlee]

Just before 8 PM this evening, I finally got to leave work, leaving as I normally do by the stairs from our second-floor office and exiting through a side door. As I opened the door, I came nearly face-to-face with three deer that were grazing outside the door. Well, they might have been three or four meters away, but the moment I opened the door, they lit out around the building and down the hill. It startled me, but I recovered and crept slowly around the corner of the building and peeked around it the way they went. There were a total of four deer, now settling in and nibbling on the iceplant that covers the hill facing. I tried to keep still, but the deer looked at me nervously. Not wanting to disturb them further, I slowly backed away and headed to my van. I wish I'd brought my camera with me, though.

Comments

[travelswithkuma.livejournal.com]

Say hello. Yes a camera would be nice.
Lisas has told me she is looking for a camera
for Kumas Bears. It handy to have one handy.

deer

[glenn-glazer.livejournal.com]

If you want more of this, come move out to my neck of the woods.

[petrea-mitchell.livejournal.com]

Aww!

There isn't enough tree cover to attract deer near my workplace, but I've seen coyotes a few times when walking to the bus stop in the evening.

Startled deer

[twfeline.livejournal.com]

Startled deer are dangerous. A story was related to me about one that jumped on a car hood, doing hundreds of dollars of damage, then blundered into a hedge, making a hole in the foliage and almost ripping a shrub out of the ground.

Re: Startled deer

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

Dangerous they are indeed. Always best to give them lots of space, and try not to corner them, because they might run over you, and they're bigger than us.