More Deer Stuff

 Yesterday was the first day in over two weeks when we didn't have at least 20 minutes of rain, and we've already had a thundershower this morning.

This has accomplished a couple of things:

1. The grass that is usually turning brown by this time of year is lush and green and really tall.
2. It is too wet to mow, or just about any other outdoor activity.
3. It has also provided us with an excuse for spending literally hours each day watching the deer in our back yard.

We have learned several interesting facts about white tail fawns.  

For example, when they get wet, they will shake like a dog.  They also spend several hours a day grooming themselves (or each other) like a house cat.  They spend quite a bit of time taking naps, and even though the grass is a brilliant green and they are reddish brown with spots, they can lie down in less than a foot of grass and disappear.

We have wondered how they communicate.  A website I checked says a doe calls her fawns with a sound like THIS.  But we have never hear her make a sound.  She usually comes to collect her kiddos just before dusk, and Honey thinks she communicates with them by a sort of semaphore.  Mom flicks her tail in a certain way and the fawns look up and start heading her way.  Then they all melt away into the woods.