Tag Archives: Black-tailed Deer

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This big boy was staring at Kevin Evans and Kevin titled the photo, "Oh Deer! Anybody home?" That's quite an impressive set of antlers this Black-tailed Buck has.

The velvet is a membrane that nourishes the growing bones (antlers). Bucks will typically lose the velvet by the end of August and beginning of September. They've got to be ready for the rut!

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

We've had a mini-heatwave but it is breaking today. Fog, our good friend, is expected to return, perhaps tomorrow morning.

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Since Black-tailed Bucks lose their antlers beginning in late December and through the winter, they need to regrow them in the spring. Adrian Adams got a very nice photo showing the new growth.

The antlers are covered in a membrane called velvet. The velvet nourishes the growing bones underneath it. I've read that if you could touch it, you would find it's hot!

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

It's been a lovely spring day today with temps in the mid sixties.

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Black-tailed Deer do swim, and they are occasionally seen in the Gualala River. Paul Brewer recently photographed four Does wading in the river.

Perhaps they were thirsty! The Gualala River looks beautiful now. Look how blue that water is!

Thanks to Paul for allowing me to share his photos with you here. To see much more of Paul's nature photography, here is the link: http://www.capturingnatureswonders.com/

It is a lovely day here on the Mendonoma Coast. Gentle breezes, temps in the 70s and the fog has been pushed way back. We are in for a warming trend for the next four or five days.

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Every year the Bucks lose their antlers and begin the process of growing them back again, a little bigger each time if their nutrition is good. Jim Hennessy photographed this handsome buck with his antlers in velvet.

Velvet is the membrane that nourishes the growing bones underneath. If you could touch it, you'd find it hot! Or so I've read.

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

It was cloudy, warm and quite humid this morning. Then the fog rolled in for a spell. And this afternoon has turned sunny. A wait-five-minutes kind of day! Update: storm clouds flowed into the area and it rained overnight. We received .30 inches, so from the two small storms this week we got .65 inches of the blessed wet stuff.

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Young Bucks can be seen practicing jousting. Michael Reinhart photographed such an occasion.

Pretty soon this fighting will be for real as the mating season of the Black-tailed Deer will soon be upon us.

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

Fog in Point Arena, sunny in Gualala, hot when you get a little away from the immediate coast. No smoke - hooray! Something for everybody today.