Tag Archives: newborn Fawn

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Adrian Bennett had a Doe with her newborn fawn visit over the past weekend. Yes, the first fawns are being born.

Adrian Bennett photograph a young Buck growing his new antlers. She wrote, “This guy so cute. He lost his very tiny antlers last fall and is now growing new ones. He comes right up to the window and sometimes Peanuts, the cat, is just sitting inside staring at him and he is staring at Peanuts.”

Thanks to Adrian for allowing me to share her photos with you here.

Lots of clouds today with occasional showers, and it's in the 50's. brrr!

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It's comforting to witness the normalcy of Nature. In late spring, the male Black-tailed Deer begin sprouting new antlers. They are covered in velvet, a membrane that nourished the growing antlers. Cherle Clark had this handsome fellow pay her a visit recently.

Fawns continue to be born. John Batchelder photographed a newborn that was still wet! So very cute.

Thanks to Cheryl and John for allowing me to share their photos with you here.

Wow, we had a lightning and thunderstorm overnight! Lightning on the Northern California coast doesn't happen very often. We received a little rain too - .16 of an inch at our place in Anchor Bay. Not much, but always welcome.

Spring doesn't know...

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Eric Zetterholm photographed this sweet sight through his window last Monday.

Eric wrote, "This morning there was a mother deer with a fawn in our yard and I got
a couple cute pictures out the window of them. In one picture the
mother is licking the face of her little one. It reminded me of when
my mother would lick her handkerchief to wipe something from my face.
Very special to me because it's my mother's birthday and she would have
been 92 today."

I thought Eric's photos would be perfect for Mother's Day. Thanks to Eric for allowing me to share them with you.

Foggy start to the day but the sunshine returned. Much cooler and we have rain coming in tomorrow morning. We need it.

Spring doesn't know...

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Jan de Vries found this little fawn on his doorstep. The doe had left her newborn so she could feed after giving birth.


The doe soon returned to collect her sweet fawn. Fawns left alone for a while do NOT need to be rescued!

Thanks to Jan for allowing me to share his photo with you here.

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A Doe can have one fawn, and often has two little ones. Triplets aren't unheard of but they are rarer. Tom Eckles photographed the threesome from his home in Gualala.

Triplet fawns by Tom Eckles

One of my favorite fawn photos was taken by David McFarland. This tiny, newborn fawn fell asleep on the side of a road in The Sea Ranch. The mother left it alone for a few minutes so she could feed herself. Security put cones up so the fawn would be safe. The fawn was gone thirty minutes later. This is why you should never try to "rescue" a newborn fawn or any other creature such as Harbor Seal pups. In almost every case the mother will return to take care of her newborn.

Fawn by David McFarland (Large)

Thanks to Tom and David for allowing me to share their photos with you here. To see more of Tom's photography, here is his website: www.tomeckles.com