Alffe's Pictures!!!
 

here ya go...pictures from alffe..via texas....:p

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Too cute. Have y'all nicknamed him?

;) St. Bambi ? He is a cutie.
We feed a small herd of white tail in our yard. "Oh, look, the small doe is eating the hosta. Isn't she enchanting?"

Oh thank you Curious! They are really dark...Debora(church secretary apolygized for this) but dang! I am so happy to see him alive and eating!!

Sooo precious!!:)

I see a pair of eyes to the right of the deer in that first shot ....

Yes Scrabble...he isn't alone anymore and I am thrilled about that. The secretary said he's with three other deer, two are smaller than he is. Her office overlooks the yard where all her bird feeders are and she can see the deer activity.

I left her a corn block to put out when the other is gone and some apples.
I wish that busy street wasn't so close but not much I can do about that.

Oh, I love deer too.
 

We feed them on our island in the summer, and give salt. They LOVE a salt
block! You will have them forever if you put one out.

Here is my favorite deer picture, since the subject came up. That is my son,
when he was in early high school, grilling our dinner. I taught him how to cook over several years, on summer vacations.

This particular deer was the first to come over to us (they have to swim over)
and we had her for 3 season's before she passed on. All of her relatives continue to visit us. But none were so tame as she. We named her Effie.

I have always loved this picture, since it is so unusual, and because it shows my son with his greatest smile!

Edit to add--- yes, deer eat everything Jingle. I try to keep a small wildflower garden on the shore, and have to use one
of the "ultrasonic" alarms to protect my few flowers. It runs on batteries and spooks them off if they come too close. I found that putting a bucket of water out for them, keeps them off our shore, and that helps too. But we see them drinking down the way, sometimes!

Great picture Mrs.D.....and a great smile. Thanks for sharing.

I can't put a salt block out on church property or I sure would. The custodian isn't thrilled that I am feeding him at all.
He believes in survival of the fittest....AND when it's grass cutting time again, he says I have to quit but that deer will be bigger still by then.

I have to show you our white tail. Their salt block is a bit below them - deeper in the trees but you can see their water dish. We feed them cracked corn. The photos are fuzzy because they're taken through the screen of the porch.
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They are beautiful! So healthy looking. Makes my little guy pale in comparison...makes me love him all the more. :)

Deer are absolutely one of my favorite animals. They are so incredibly beautiful.

Coming into town one day, a whole slew of cars stopped as 8 deer ran across the highway. A couple of mommas and a bunch of babies. God it was beautiful.

Thank you for sharing! They are so wonderful!

awwww...

wonderful pictures. :D

Wow...
 

Great Antlers! So much more noble with them!

We only get moms and fawns in the summer. We don't live there year round.
The females chase the males away. We have seen some huge fights etc.
I guess nursing females have "priority".

Here is another:

The salt block is to the right of the mother..it is a brown, mineral one that year.
It is small.. 3x8inches or so. I don't leave large ones, too damaging to the
trees etc. The females nursing fawns need alot of salt for their milk.

I have found that deer will eat any discarded food. Potatoe chips (stale), breakfast cereal, any fruit--they love cantaloupe rinds and watermelon, even old potatoes. Of course they love carrots too. I put out all my peelings for them, in the summer.

oh what a special thread :)

when I lived in Africa, and used to spend my free time travelling in the large animal conservation areas, I would love it when the deer came to the waterholes and streams early in the morning.......watching the young 'uns play was a special treat!

thanks for sharing :p

awwww come on mrsd..share some fresh potato chips. :p

hehe..i know what you mean. when i lived in minnesota we fed the deer. they loved "leftovers".

I just saw a doe about 3 blocks from our house on the way home from the video store a little bit ago :)
she reminded me of this thread......

L O L ....
 

Our deer are very well fed...they get stuff they would never normally get.
Even Soy crackers! LOL

When we leave for the summer, it is too hard bringing most of the left overs
back. We live on an island, so even trash is an issue. I do not leave food
over the winter there, since animals will chew thru walls to get to it.
I have one Rubbermaid sealable large tote I put sugar, rice, salt in. I don't even leave cans..they get very strange after being frozen.

Some of our food leavings are pretty exotic..and everything gets eaten, except for onions and cabbage. Even the bunnies this year were chowing down on
chips!

here is a bunny picture: Never had tame bunnies before..I figured they were starving.
You can see the bunnies (hare) here:
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I have a good pic of a bunny in my camera with a huge chip in his mouth.
I'll try posting it tomorrow, since I have to work late today, and am just leaving. It is pretty funny. Maybe we could get Lays to use it someday? LOL

Does...I mean...those are some great pics. :D

Mrs.D - I'm not sure what she's about to nibble on, but it looks like she's saying to you: "Good, keep him distracted while I finish off what's on his plate." :p

Alffe - Your little guy looks just fine. :cool:

Bunny with soy chip
 

Boy did I have a struggle with this camera. I guess my new back up drive,
is interfering with it. sigh...

But I managed to download this picture finally.

This is a wild hare, eating the left over soy chips. (I eat these instead of
potato chips often, but I have to bring them with me, since they don't sell
them up there). They are flavored with basil and tomato.

The chip in his mouth is blurry since he was chewing on it.

Edit to add.... we just bought this digital camera..and are still trying to learn
how to use it. It is a 12x zoom, that is how I got this shot. I was not close to him at
all...probably at least 30-40 ft away. But they did let us pretty close for bunnies.
Never before in the history of our summer place (since 1905) has anyone been
this close!

This picture was taken at the "feeding rock" the same one that the deer above are on.
You can see corn, and sunflower seeds there too. We give both of those as well.

MORE bunny!
 

My husband just gave me this picture---from NY Times photos..
He just helped me get my soy chip eating hare on here, and just found this monster bunny pic. So here it is!

It is truly a monster bunny!

The photo of the bunny eating that chip is awesome!!!!!!!!
we use to have wild bunnies around here, but i haven't seen any in several months....:( I'm assuming the owls or coytoes got them. We have this one coyote who hangs around our neighborhood quite a bit. i haven't seen him either though in probally 3 or 4 months....

i can't wait for grandmonkey to see this in the morning!! :D how cute!

No way! A hare that big!!!??? I WANT IT!!! :D

Mrs. D, I truly enjoyed looking at your pictures. I love Oreo, and those petunias on the beach are a wonderful idea. I am a total failure at growing petunias, I just gave up even trying.

I am so envious of your lovely summer home.

Thanks for the compliment, Doody...
 

I find that very puzzling about the toonies...

I personally have huge trouble with lobelia. I saw the most lovely lobelia in
Maine when I went there for 2 summers long before my son was born. The
window boxes were beautiful with it. But alas, it dies every time for me!:(

I think petunias are heavy feeders. What I do now when I do my containers
up there, is to mix in a pellet form fertilizer into the soil mix. I also mix in
SoilMoist granules, which provide more even watering. The toonies in
the picture on Flickr were in 1/2 day sun. All my toonies are mostly 1/2 sun since I have alot of shade. Toonies can take cooler temps, and it is possible they don't do well in heat. We don't have heat up there. They will mildew in
high humidity. I have failed with marigolds up there too. But the toonies
like it.

In general I have learned that container gardening gives more success. That is what I do up there now. (except for the wildflowers I put out from seed).

You know I have had petunias self seed even. The multiflora types with smaller flowers and more of them are easier than the grandiflora ones.
Perhaps you were using granifloras. This year I used a lemon yellow multiflora in my window box planters on the porch. These were really nice..so I don't miss the lobelia much! :p

It is best to pinch off the seed heads, which come even with the hybrids now.
If you don't pinch the seed heads off they will stop blooming. There was a place next to a gas station here that sold "sale" plants in late June, early July, for very low prices. I found the lemon yellow toonies there for a song!;)

When I lived here previously, I had the most beautiful purple and white petunias. There were so hardy. One year in Houston I had great petunias, but since those two instances, I just haven't had luck with them. I need to have a hardier kind I guess. Mine this year, too hot and didn't thrive. I'm hoping this spring will be better.

I'm glad i found this post on the toonie's..LOL
Thanks for the info MrsD.
I just love petunia's also..But couldn't get mine to get going
this year for some reason:confused:
I will def try your tricks!!
I also always make sure to deadhead mine and they usually spread about
real nicely..Since i have mostly full sun in the backyard.I am guessing they got too much last year...
I even saved seeds 2 years ago and regrew new ones the following year from them!
I have a ton from my moms yard for this season.All different kinds too.It should be very beautifulI will be sure and take a pic to share:)
I am looking frwd to sewing those in empty egg crates,then transplanting
when they are big enough.
Oh and by the way..That pic of the bunny is just awesome~:D

Well, thank you Mrs. D! Actually, petunias abound here in Iowa. Everyone plants them! ... but me. And it gets hot hot hot here. I'll have to try your suggestions in container gardens. Your's are very beautiful!

I love the way they look but they haven't liked me. :rolleyes:

here is a new one from alffe

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Oh, oh, oh, a fawn !! So very beautiful, so very cute. When was this taken?
Is this you present church deer? How very wonderful.
Thank you, curious and thank you, Alffe

What a precious little fawn. So cute.

Thanks Alffe and Curious.

What a beautiful little creature!
Thanks so much for posting.

keep checking back...i'll be posting 4 total.
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here is another one

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number 3 :D

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and number 4. aren't they beautiful?

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Thank you Curious! #3 and #4 are how he looks now...maybe a little bigger.
The spotted fawn was last fall when his mother was killed on the road...and he has joined a small herd so I am feeling much relieved. Still taking corn blocks and bags of apples but there are many, many tracks in the snow.

Such a sweet little fawn ........

Nice photos, Alffe!

Thanks, Curious, for posting them. :)

Just adorable!!:)
A very dear friend of mine gets to see deer just about everyday.Their backyard is beautiful!!They have a huge backyard-a lil farther down is the woods.
So when i go for a visit we see deer and opossum..You name it!
Thanx for sharing these with us.

great deer pictures!
 

I am really enjoying them and missing my deer too!

Thanks for posting them!

I bumped this up so Jingle could see where she posted her darling deer pictures and now there's just boxes w/red x in them. :o