In mid-August I was leaving the house and took the long way out of the neighborhood. I had my camera in the car and was thinking I wouldn’t see much like most mornings. But this morning I got lucky and saw a baby deer with his Mom down the street. He was running, trying to keep up with Mom, and then stopped just before entering the next street over.

I pulled over and watched for a few minutes as the baby was watching the Mom.

I think Mom saw me and I was expecting her to bolt but I stayed in the car and she continued to graze.

It looked like she was cleaning up the baby’s legs.

What a cutie!

A few days later I slowed down at the same spot and there again was a baby and Mom. At first I thought it was the same one I had seen earlier but after studying the spots I realized it was a different baby. It was also a little taller. Just as I pulled over the baby started nursing.

There were two does along with a buck.

They hung around the pond for a few minutes before a landscaping truck pulled up and scared them into the woods. This was the last time I saw any babies in the neighborhood.