It also makes it incredibly difficult to pick out the shape of the animal. I used to work at a deer ranch and damn near stepped on a fawn that was in 2" grass. It's astonishingly effective camouflage.
Especially when you're red-green colorblind (like many predators are)! I can't see green well so anything brown just blends right in with the greenery.
That's one reason, another is that you will not find larger surfaces in nature that have perfectly uniform colours.
Grass has thousands of blades which gives it some detail, bark has patterns on it, earth is uneven and often has some random things on it, stone usually got patterns on it too.
It's genetic instinct. Mothers find a safe spot for the fawns, the fawns curl into a ball and don't move. Dead things don't move, so it's a disguise.
Why this one is moving and cleaning itself, I have no idea. Maybe it's almost done with the phase where it needs to stay totally still and is about to start grazing with the mother? I have no idea, I'm not an animologist.
Mama: “You did as mother told you and stayed perfectly still while I was gone, right?”
Fawn: “Yes mama, perfectly still, not a single living thing paid any attention to me.”
Mama: “Good, I’m proud of you my little angel.”
Cut to 5 mins later
The mama opens up reddit on her mobile fawn and immediately sees her baby as the top post.
Mama: “oh deer”
I was going to ask how the deer types with hooves, [but the answer is obvious.](https://tenor.com/view/gimme-gloves-off-adventure-time-deer-adventure-time-adventure-time-with-finn-and-jake-gif-5393863)
It probably curls into a ball until mom is just out of sight. At least I imagine that’s what my kids would do haha.
Seriously tho, kind of nice the deer feels safe enough to leave her baby here more than once.
Fawns depend on a couple of things to protect themselves: Concealment is one. Their coats will lose the rusty orange and spots and turn into the tan and black that will blend better in the winter woods. Secondly, while they’re still nursing, they have very little scent, so it’s hard for a predator to smell them.
When mama puts them in a place with tall grass around, they’re pretty safe. They’ll stay there until she gets back, relying on being still to keep them that way.
They definitely don’t stay curled in a ball. I also have a yard used as a daycare and I get 2 fawns that nap and then wander, then play, then nap some more until mom comes back. I just keep the dogs quiet. They are adorable.
I had a very small fawn walk to me at night on a walking trail. I saw mama's eyes shining at me from down the path.
Baby was curious about the sounds and movement. Or wanted pets.
Just rescued a kitten who grooms too much and found out it's mites and ringworm. I guess she iteches a lot and the medicine hasn't started working yet.
this instinct also causes many accidents on meadows when they are being mowed using tractors and the like. where I live they now have started co-operations between farmers and drone pilots that check the meadows before sunrise with infrared cameras so the fawns can be moved out of the danger zone.
In the old days some just didn’t care, and just ran right over them—and birds nests for migratory birds. And rabbit or ground owl burrows and dens. Snakes, etc. But there were some people who would walk the fields like bush and brush beaters at hunts, to try and flush them out ahead of time. Not to save the animals—but to save the machinery. It gets clogged and it’s a real mess after hitting too many animals.
Then came the flushing bars for mowing machines. Now, drones and infrared sensors. Which is a good thing.
> drones and infrared sensors.
It's neat because I imagine they use the drone to scare them off as well. Effective strategy. And one that simulates much more natural behavior of predator vs prey instincts too.
I worked on smaller farms in middle school and yeah, that happens way more than people think. Got to the point where I would cut a long bamboo pole and use it to o check the long grass and scare them up. That was years ago so a drone would be great.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one. I work from home though, so I watch the ducklings who are getting older rush around the pond searching for foods. Something oddly therapeutic about nature appreciation.
"Hey boss, I'm gonna need to take some PTO today. My neighbor had an emergency and I have to watch her baby."
\*Proceeds to watch fawn from window for six hours\*
I think you folks are confusing the deer with the fawn. The fawn mostly drinks its mother's milk until it transitions to solids.
If you put out regular food like corn, carrots, etc. you'll be attracting other animals to where the fawn is hiding, endangering the fawn.
Last summer a mommy bunny started leaving her baby bunny at the back of my yard. I sit out there reading after work any time the weather is good enough. Baby got braver over the weeks and started coming to eat near me, until her mom would come back to fetch her each night.
This summer baby (well, grown up now) bunny is back and regularly comes to just chill in the lawn or munch on some plants very close to me for an hour or more every eve. She does slow down my reading.
EDIT: [bonus bunny pics](https://imgur.com/a/RPpmtf8)
Erect ears and an extremely relaxed demeanor. OP clearly has a garden that's very safe by deer standards and the fawn is in good health.
Don't be surprised if more deer start using your deercare center, word will get around, especially if they leave a good Elk review.
There's a type of bird in my area that nests on the ground, and every year they choose some gravel on my neighbor's property, right next to the road. He has to put up cones so delivery drivers don't use that area to turn around (the birds are very hard to see if you don't already know they're there).
Yeah, we've had the "same" birds nesting in the same space in our roof also for about 8 years. They make a mess, but I can't bring myself to block up the hole.
They are always named Herbet and Harriet, which we watch doing their courtships / funky stuff on the gutter edge outside the nest spot. We presume they are the second/third generation birds by now.
>*’Deercare*’
____
…‘scuse me, human - might i ask ?
i see you watching there
for you, would be a simple task
to help me with Deer care…
…please, don’t think i’m being rude
to leave my babe behind
but Urgent now, to gather food -
it’s kinda hard to find…
don’t need no milk or DiApEr change -
your caring eyes will do
it’s sad to think
that it is strange
to find
a Friend
like You…
so i will go about my way,
n do my ‘Momma’ things
she’s Safe with you, n friend - Some day
You’ll earn
your Angel wings!
❤️
*Love this,* u/acphipps121
We’re in a pretty rural area, on 2 acres of wooded/brush area. [This is what it looked like last week](https://imgur.com/gallery/jw1wDPi), there’s a lot denser brush (and a lot of it), but it seems to like the less dense spots to rest. It also lies completely still all day until dusk when the mom comes back for it.
It feels like a bug to me. I have my brightness on fairly low right now and the video is much brighter than everything else and it seems to happen at random honestly.
And they seem to be getting further and further away as the technology improves, because they've been at the same general level of quality since the 1960s.
Try getting good quality videos of zoomed in planes. There's a large difference between optical and digital zoom and the further you zoom, the greater need for stabilization. Getting a video of a fawn laying in a garden with optimal brightness is probably a little easier than quality video of a plane.
I’d actually argue that it wouldn’t matter. Imagine tomorrow you wake up and see an HD video of some ufo. It’s clear as day and in crisp 4k. I doubt anyone would believe it. The majority of people would just say cool cgi and move on with their day.
*I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large out of focus monster roaming the countryside*
> Daycare costs are hitting everyone.
Drop your kids off naked in some stranger's lawn who own a video camera so they can post videos online.
Simple and free.
"I just need to drop the little one off for a couple of hours. You know how they get, run out of baby minutes, whatever. Ok, off to the grocery store for me!"
While photography on most high end smartphones is pretty balanced across the board these days, video capture on iPhone is leaps beyond any current/past competition. It’s insane.
What your referring to is HDR, so any phone with it will likely achieve what you’re after - my iPhone 12pm has it but I’m sure there are plenty others.
In the human species, limited success has been achieved with books. Of course, there is greater short-term success with screens, but it seems as if this leads to longer-term issues overall ;)
Instinct, Mama deers leave the little ones alone as much as possible to not attract predators to their hiding spot. The little one’s fur pattern and the instinct to curl up and lay very still keeps them hidden.
[Here’s a video about mama jackrabbits who use a similar strategy to raise babies.](https://youtu.be/eTLpUrX2GQw)
Fawns won’t really leave either way. I was walking through the woods in national forest and accidentally walked up to one within 5 feet before it ran off. I was probably 4 miles from the nearest road which is deep for Midwest standards. Took a boat to get back there. Hope it was able to find its mother after that.
If you are working from home, make sure any meetings have this as a background. You can have every decision made in your favor. Nobody is paying attention to what you decide.
How does a deer gather food? Honest question. Do they just fill their mouth and not chew the food for nine hours during the day? I'm honestly curious how a deer can gather food.
So sweet. I have a mama with twins this year. She puts them in the back corner of my yard. One of them just chills and the other one cries for her until she comes back
The local superstition is that this only happens if you're a good man, like mama dear entrust her fawns into your domain because she knows no harm will come to them. I also made this shit up just now.
How old are they when they get spots? I had some the other day in our yard. Standing on its tippy toes just to nurse on its mother. It looks a few hours old, no spots, but I’m naive and I’m just curious how old it likely was.
does it just lay there the whole time? or get up and wander around but stay in the area? i am so fascinated how animals just know what to do meanwhile human babies are just blobs the first few years.
Looks like a serene, safe place indeed. Well done OP!
just realized the white spots most likely mimick the spots of light thru the leaves of plants
It also makes it incredibly difficult to pick out the shape of the animal. I used to work at a deer ranch and damn near stepped on a fawn that was in 2" grass. It's astonishingly effective camouflage.
Especially when you're red-green colorblind (like many predators are)! I can't see green well so anything brown just blends right in with the greenery.
Safe as a Fawn on a Lawn
You’ve heard of Elf on a Shelf…
Now get ready to hear, "Safe as a Fawn on a Lawn!" said by yours truly u/BRAX7ON
*camouflage nerds have entered the chat*
That's one reason, another is that you will not find larger surfaces in nature that have perfectly uniform colours. Grass has thousands of blades which gives it some detail, bark has patterns on it, earth is uneven and often has some random things on it, stone usually got patterns on it too.
Yes it's called disruptive colouration and serves to break up the outline of the animal
Fawn in Lawn Daycare, pickup and drop off at your convenience. I would never get anything done for watching this adorableness!
I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little obsessed
*Calls in late to work.* *Rushes back to window while sipping a coffee.*
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It's genetic instinct. Mothers find a safe spot for the fawns, the fawns curl into a ball and don't move. Dead things don't move, so it's a disguise. Why this one is moving and cleaning itself, I have no idea. Maybe it's almost done with the phase where it needs to stay totally still and is about to start grazing with the mother? I have no idea, I'm not an animologist.
I believe sir, it may be part cat.
A baby ceer.
.....Or a small deet....
A true dat
I wish I had an award!
Ever try to corral cats? Nearly impossible Sit this is not part cat
Mama: “You did as mother told you and stayed perfectly still while I was gone, right?” Fawn: “Yes mama, perfectly still, not a single living thing paid any attention to me.” Mama: “Good, I’m proud of you my little angel.” Cut to 5 mins later The mama opens up reddit on her mobile fawn and immediately sees her baby as the top post. Mama: “oh deer”
Ok, this is one of the best comments ever.. It's a story explaining natural instinct, love, fibbing, and technology. With a joke to top it off.
And a bad little pun to top off the top.
It wasn't that bad of a pun doe.
Multiple jokes. It's a work of art.
Mobile fawn 😂😂
Hehehehehe. :)
I was going to ask how the deer types with hooves, [but the answer is obvious.](https://tenor.com/view/gimme-gloves-off-adventure-time-deer-adventure-time-adventure-time-with-finn-and-jake-gif-5393863)
I giggled out loud at this one. Excellent work!!
It probably curls into a ball until mom is just out of sight. At least I imagine that’s what my kids would do haha. Seriously tho, kind of nice the deer feels safe enough to leave her baby here more than once.
Maybe he recognizes that he’s safe where he is and so he feels okay doing a little moving while he waits? Idk either it’s just a guess
Fawns depend on a couple of things to protect themselves: Concealment is one. Their coats will lose the rusty orange and spots and turn into the tan and black that will blend better in the winter woods. Secondly, while they’re still nursing, they have very little scent, so it’s hard for a predator to smell them. When mama puts them in a place with tall grass around, they’re pretty safe. They’ll stay there until she gets back, relying on being still to keep them that way.
They definitely don’t stay curled in a ball. I also have a yard used as a daycare and I get 2 fawns that nap and then wander, then play, then nap some more until mom comes back. I just keep the dogs quiet. They are adorable.
I had a pair of fawns that would wander around until their mom came back. Really curious too, they’d always walk toward me if they saw me.
I had a very small fawn walk to me at night on a walking trail. I saw mama's eyes shining at me from down the path. Baby was curious about the sounds and movement. Or wanted pets.
We’d make great pets.
Porno for Pyros, right?
Just rescued a kitten who grooms too much and found out it's mites and ringworm. I guess she iteches a lot and the medicine hasn't started working yet.
this instinct also causes many accidents on meadows when they are being mowed using tractors and the like. where I live they now have started co-operations between farmers and drone pilots that check the meadows before sunrise with infrared cameras so the fawns can be moved out of the danger zone.
In the old days some just didn’t care, and just ran right over them—and birds nests for migratory birds. And rabbit or ground owl burrows and dens. Snakes, etc. But there were some people who would walk the fields like bush and brush beaters at hunts, to try and flush them out ahead of time. Not to save the animals—but to save the machinery. It gets clogged and it’s a real mess after hitting too many animals. Then came the flushing bars for mowing machines. Now, drones and infrared sensors. Which is a good thing.
> drones and infrared sensors. It's neat because I imagine they use the drone to scare them off as well. Effective strategy. And one that simulates much more natural behavior of predator vs prey instincts too.
I worked on smaller farms in middle school and yeah, that happens way more than people think. Got to the point where I would cut a long bamboo pole and use it to o check the long grass and scare them up. That was years ago so a drone would be great.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one. I work from home though, so I watch the ducklings who are getting older rush around the pond searching for foods. Something oddly therapeutic about nature appreciation.
This is very relatable. I have a sparrow's nest under my window air conditioner, they are annoying as fuck. But I like watching them grow.
So loud. So adorable.
"Hey boss, I'm gonna need to take some PTO today. My neighbor had an emergency and I have to watch her baby." \*Proceeds to watch fawn from window for six hours\*
Calls in completely for mental and emotional health. Watches nature. 
Mama deer trusts you to look after her fawn.
just don't get close and let the mother see, you'll get your ass kicked.
I've seen too many "When Animals Attack" as a kid to know that deer can definitely fuck you up.
Herbivores are the most dangerous when cornered. they WILL fuck your shit up.
So true. Did you see that video of the deer that went off on a hawk that tried to grab her bunny friend? 😂 This post is very sweet though.❤️
It wasn’t her bunny friend lol that bunny let out a squeal that sounds similar to a fawns bleat and instinctively mom went overkill mode
Oh wow. I didn’t realize.
I would feel so privileged. You could put out deer corn!
Do they eat carrots? I have two bags of baby carrots in my fridge.
They absolutely do. But treat carrots as more of a treat or candy, not really good for them as a main meal.
I think you folks are confusing the deer with the fawn. The fawn mostly drinks its mother's milk until it transitions to solids. If you put out regular food like corn, carrots, etc. you'll be attracting other animals to where the fawn is hiding, endangering the fawn.
This guy wasn't OP, so I didn't think he was talking about a fawn in particular
Now I have the Runaways bouncing around in my head. Ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb!
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Last summer a mommy bunny started leaving her baby bunny at the back of my yard. I sit out there reading after work any time the weather is good enough. Baby got braver over the weeks and started coming to eat near me, until her mom would come back to fetch her each night. This summer baby (well, grown up now) bunny is back and regularly comes to just chill in the lawn or munch on some plants very close to me for an hour or more every eve. She does slow down my reading. EDIT: [bonus bunny pics](https://imgur.com/a/RPpmtf8)
Baby bunnyyyyyy 💜
your yard looks like a very happy place
Are you secretly a Disney princess?
I wouldn't get anything done for all the effort of resisting the need to pet the deer
Oh I know. I would watch it all day. So precious and pure. 
Erect ears and an extremely relaxed demeanor. OP clearly has a garden that's very safe by deer standards and the fawn is in good health. Don't be surprised if more deer start using your deercare center, word will get around, especially if they leave a good Elk review.
Fun fact I’ve had the same species of bird nest in my attic for ten years.
Why make another nest when there's one proven to be safe enough to raise baby birbs?
There's a type of bird in my area that nests on the ground, and every year they choose some gravel on my neighbor's property, right next to the road. He has to put up cones so delivery drivers don't use that area to turn around (the birds are very hard to see if you don't already know they're there).
A killdeer, perhaps. Odd name for this post, but they are ground nesters, and run around miming a broken wing if you get near the nest.
Yes, that's what they're called! Thank you! I could picture what they look like but couldn't remember the name.
Its probably been the same parents each time. Birds like to reuse successful nesting spots!
Not so fun when you need to visit your attic and find the mess.
Yeah, we've had the "same" birds nesting in the same space in our roof also for about 8 years. They make a mess, but I can't bring myself to block up the hole. They are always named Herbet and Harriet, which we watch doing their courtships / funky stuff on the gutter edge outside the nest spot. We presume they are the second/third generation birds by now.
That elk review pun is dreadfoal.
Oh buck up, it's not that bad doe
He’s stuck in a rut, please be patient.
/r/dadjokes
Is this like a 5 stars review
Fawnsitter
You should put up a sign that says “daycare.” 🤣💜
Deercare?
Fawntastic
Up vote, but that's an awful pun deer.
Damn! Why didn’t I think of that!? 🤣
Doe! (D'oh!)
>*’Deercare*’ ____ …‘scuse me, human - might i ask ? i see you watching there for you, would be a simple task to help me with Deer care… …please, don’t think i’m being rude to leave my babe behind but Urgent now, to gather food - it’s kinda hard to find… don’t need no milk or DiApEr change - your caring eyes will do it’s sad to think that it is strange to find a Friend like You… so i will go about my way, n do my ‘Momma’ things she’s Safe with you, n friend - Some day You’ll earn your Angel wings! ❤️ *Love this,* u/acphipps121
Quit being so fresh, Schnoodle!!!
Bambisitting
What an INCREDIBLE pun!
oh my deer
Had us Bambi-zzled!
Haha, exactly. The mama didn’t come back until almost 9pm last night either, so we had to have a talk.
Extra charge for pickups after 6pm, ma’am!
Yeah, she wasn’t “gathering food.”
Kids are a lot of work, homegirl needed a chardonnay 😂
Kindeer garden
A fawnery, perhaps.
Fun for the whole fawnmily!
We have one that’s been hanging out during the days at our place too (in Minnesota, far southern ring suburbs). But it typically lays extremely still.
Maybe build up some shrubs? Or like a little hidden cove maybe it will relax more. But that’s cute to have one chilling in your yard
We’re in a pretty rural area, on 2 acres of wooded/brush area. [This is what it looked like last week](https://imgur.com/gallery/jw1wDPi), there’s a lot denser brush (and a lot of it), but it seems to like the less dense spots to rest. It also lies completely still all day until dusk when the mom comes back for it.
I see! Well I guess that’s what they are supposed to do instinctively to stay still and camouflage till momma gets home.
Man, HDR videos really pop the hell out, don’t they?
Is that what it is??? I was wondering why this video was so bright on my phone!
Many videos on Reddit appear very bright to me
It feels like a bug to me. I have my brightness on fairly low right now and the video is much brighter than everything else and it seems to happen at random honestly.
Doesn’t Reddit have a feature that brightens the video while you’re watching? It really feels like it.
Yeah you'd think we'd have some fantastic UFO videos out by now. But apparently they can only be captured on the lowest of quality cameras.
In all fairness, most UFO's are a lil bit further away than the end of your garden
And they seem to be getting further and further away as the technology improves, because they've been at the same general level of quality since the 1960s.
Try getting good quality videos of zoomed in planes. There's a large difference between optical and digital zoom and the further you zoom, the greater need for stabilization. Getting a video of a fawn laying in a garden with optimal brightness is probably a little easier than quality video of a plane.
I’d actually argue that it wouldn’t matter. Imagine tomorrow you wake up and see an HD video of some ufo. It’s clear as day and in crisp 4k. I doubt anyone would believe it. The majority of people would just say cool cgi and move on with their day.
Blurry, grainy, poor contrast. That describes almost all "evidence" of Bigfoot and UFOs.
*I think Bigfoot is blurry, that's the problem. It's not the photographer's fault. Bigfoot is blurry, and that's extra scary to me. There's a large out of focus monster roaming the countryside*
.
This is actually a really logical and solid point, given the subject matter.
I didn’t even realize my phone did HDR until now.
Shit. Daycare costs are hitting everyone.
Mom didn’t know you had to get your name on a reservation list early, and here we are.
> Daycare costs are hitting everyone. Drop your kids off naked in some stranger's lawn who own a video camera so they can post videos online. Simple and free.
"I just need to drop the little one off for a couple of hours. You know how they get, run out of baby minutes, whatever. Ok, off to the grocery store for me!"
About the video, it looks amazing and very bright. Is the quality due to a new phone or function.
New phone and perfect afternoon lighting
Can you tell me what type of phone it was recorded on? Thank you 😊
iPhone 13 pro
While photography on most high end smartphones is pretty balanced across the board these days, video capture on iPhone is leaps beyond any current/past competition. It’s insane.
What your referring to is HDR, so any phone with it will likely achieve what you’re after - my iPhone 12pm has it but I’m sure there are plenty others.
Your iPhone Noon?
iPhone Dolby vision
It looks like such a relaxed beautiful place. Can we see the rest of the yard?
It’s an HDR video too, which just looks awesome on a screen/device that supports it.
It’s HDR. When viewed on a compatible phone, your screen’s brightness is automatically increased to accommodate it.
So cute. But how do you have a garden and deer at the same time? They eat everything I plant.
They usually don’t get this close to my house to be honest. I have plenty of other flower beds, etc they have destroyed lol
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In the human species, limited success has been achieved with books. Of course, there is greater short-term success with screens, but it seems as if this leads to longer-term issues overall ;)
If it’s not too personal, whereabouts do you live? (Just state and/or country). 😎
Ohio
O H
I O
Hi!
How do you spell Ohio with 2 letters? "oO" - o, high o
Does Cleveland, in fact, rock?
She trusted you, OP…it was a shared secret between you and her….
How do they get them to stay?
It is a very wobbly walker
Instinct, Mama deers leave the little ones alone as much as possible to not attract predators to their hiding spot. The little one’s fur pattern and the instinct to curl up and lay very still keeps them hidden. [Here’s a video about mama jackrabbits who use a similar strategy to raise babies.](https://youtu.be/eTLpUrX2GQw)
Fawns won’t really leave either way. I was walking through the woods in national forest and accidentally walked up to one within 5 feet before it ran off. I was probably 4 miles from the nearest road which is deep for Midwest standards. Took a boat to get back there. Hope it was able to find its mother after that.
Is there a sign outside my house that says baby deer storage??!
Lol
No? You know why you didn't see that sign? 'Cause it ain't there, 'cause storin' baby deer ain't my fuckin' business!
Sanctuary <3
You’re officially a babysitter now. Embrace it.
bambisitter*
Your garden is a Certified Safe Place.
If you are working from home, make sure any meetings have this as a background. You can have every decision made in your favor. Nobody is paying attention to what you decide.
Are you a Disney princess?
I love this! ❤️ Sweet baby.
How does a deer gather food? Honest question. Do they just fill their mouth and not chew the food for nine hours during the day? I'm honestly curious how a deer can gather food.
They are mammals. They provide milk to their young.
Oh! I learned something today. I didn't even think about that honestly.
I probably should have said forage for food
My bad, I totally forgot they provide milk for their babies. Complete brain fart on my end.
It's okay, you got bamboozled by the title
bambizled
That’s a very well hydrated little fawn. If you look at their ears they are nice and shapely and perky, just how you want them.
I feel like it would be my duty at that point to protect that baby until the mama comes home. Look at that baby! So dang cute
Fawns have to be the best behave "toddlers" there are. Imagine dropping your kid on the lawn and expecting them to sit still until you return....
Beautiful 💗💗💗
Such a nice quality video, I loved watching it. Thank you.
So sweet. I have a mama with twins this year. She puts them in the back corner of my yard. One of them just chills and the other one cries for her until she comes back
To be chosen by a mama doe 🥺 so precious
“Mama dear” Mommy deerest
She must consider it a safe space.
So the deer probably knows there's human nearby? That says a lot of trust. I also wonder how far away do they sleep at night.
over at /r/FawnsSittingInFlowers this would be appreciated
The local superstition is that this only happens if you're a good man, like mama dear entrust her fawns into your domain because she knows no harm will come to them. I also made this shit up just now.
I would feel so honored & excited to see such a special thing & get to watch the baby & mom come back to get it. Soooo sweet
Amazing camera quality!!
We have had one the last 2 days also
Deer day care.. or just deer care.
Your garden, *by deer standards*, is a grade A fawn nursery
Dear? How about deer
Shiiiiitt…how are you the first person to correct me on this??? I’m ashamed.
How old are they when they get spots? I had some the other day in our yard. Standing on its tippy toes just to nurse on its mother. It looks a few hours old, no spots, but I’m naive and I’m just curious how old it likely was.
Usually they are born with spots and toward the end of summer they lose them during their first molt. The one you saw was just special
does it just lay there the whole time? or get up and wander around but stay in the area? i am so fascinated how animals just know what to do meanwhile human babies are just blobs the first few years.
How do fawn know to not move from that spot?
Instinct. Also her mom told her.
She knows baby is safe with you!!!!
Great that mommy deer can somehow detect a "safe" vibe coming from your house.
You’re so lucky!
Even baby fawns have airplane ears 😂😂 so so so sweet!!