Where's my Mom?
by SandyRichardsBrown
An inexperienced doe dropped this newborn cutie in the middle of our paver-stone driveway early one morning.
I scooted him on a towel out of the hot sun, under our nearby kayak.
The real surprise came later, when we found a second, smaller fawn inside our wrought iron fenced garden, after she squeezed through the 4-inch space between the uprights.
Mom came back for both of them. They are thriving, and have joined the herd of marauding neighborhood deer, sadly.
I knew from my wildlife Rehab classes, not to think fawns are abandoned, that deer often leave the babies for 10-12 hrs at a time (usually hidden in grass, though, not in the middle of a driveway) and the babies are fine, feeding only a couple times a day. I just worked in the yard till mom came back, since we have no dogs or other things that could have harmed the fawns, and kept an eye on them.
More on this story later.
2018:05:28 10:54:51
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Comments
1 commentsI hate to see images worth critiquing sneak by to the 2nd page. When I firstt looked at this image, I was fooled by the lines on the wall--the lower flat edge of the tire is in line with the horizon so your picture is level. The fawn is cute and fits in with your story of marauding neighborhood deer.................................Jim