I was filling bird feeders, it's been quite cold and the poor little things are hungry. We have one bird feeder that is continually emptied more so than I thought it should be. I have filled and refilled the feeders, this one especially. It doesn't seem to matter whether it is late afternoon or early morning when it is filled it is always empty the next morning. I had convinced myself, that it was grackles or magpies just emptying it.
Last week there were 3 deer inside the fenced area of our yard, course the fence is only 4 ft. tall so no trouble for deer to hop over. Two of the deer looked like they were younger than the 3rd one possibly fawns last spring. I kept watching and after a bit they began to chase each other around my back yard the way the dogs do. (kicking myself for not having my camera close.) They ran through the trees all 3 of them and leaped in the air straight up. they did this for a good 5-7 minutes, one of them would go over and shake it's head at the others or poke them with it's nose and then off the the two would go.
Eventually they jumped the fence and took off.
The one suspiciously emptied bird feeder is just outside the fence. About 8ish at night or so, way to late for feathered friends to be raiding the bird feeder the dogs started barking, so I grabbed a spotlight and went to investigate. Now mind you I didn't see any deer but the dogs were looking right at the bird feeder barking and there were fresh deer tracks below and around it. I know circumstantial evidence but, one of these days I may get them with my camera.
Last week there were 3 deer inside the fenced area of our yard, course the fence is only 4 ft. tall so no trouble for deer to hop over. Two of the deer looked like they were younger than the 3rd one possibly fawns last spring. I kept watching and after a bit they began to chase each other around my back yard the way the dogs do. (kicking myself for not having my camera close.) They ran through the trees all 3 of them and leaped in the air straight up. they did this for a good 5-7 minutes, one of them would go over and shake it's head at the others or poke them with it's nose and then off the the two would go.
Eventually they jumped the fence and took off.
The one suspiciously emptied bird feeder is just outside the fence. About 8ish at night or so, way to late for feathered friends to be raiding the bird feeder the dogs started barking, so I grabbed a spotlight and went to investigate. Now mind you I didn't see any deer but the dogs were looking right at the bird feeder barking and there were fresh deer tracks below and around it. I know circumstantial evidence but, one of these days I may get them with my camera.
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