Baby, Baby!

We've been watching and waiting for one of our doe-girls to show up in the yard with a baby, and it finally happened! Last night one of the regular girls came in with a baby (see him in the back peeking out from behind the tree?) The baby didn't come out into the open area where it's momma was scoffing up the corn buffet. Baby stayed in the trees around the clearing, usually out of sight (making it hard for me to catch a good clear photo of him) My digital camera was bought for close ups, so it's far off shots are lacking in quality, even zoomed in.
Below are 3 more shots with momma in front and baby in the background, then a blurry zoom of baby alone. The white spots on it's back look so cute.





Finally the baby must have gotten tired and went and laid down where I couldn't see it. The momma munched happily and every now and then glanced around to check on the baby. After about 45 minutes, a second doe came in to eat, no baby with her. Now these two gals have eaten in our clearing before with no problem, but I guess momma was being protective because she ran off the 2nd deer, several times. The 2nd deer kept trying to creep into the clearing to get some corn, but momma ran her off. Finally momma left, and the 2nd deer was able to come in an eat in piece.
I've never seen a baby deer in person before, so having one come into the yard is very cool!

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