A Timid but Curious Blacktail Fawn and Her Grazing Mother in the Early Morning Light

Photographer Lynn Harrington snapped these photos of our local deer recently. Harrington writes:

A timid but curious Blacktail fawn and her grazing mother in the early morning light. Blacktail are closely related to Mule deer. Blacktails’ tails are all black while only the tip of a Muley’s is. They are usually much smaller than Mule deer. The does give birth from late May through early June. Blacktail are reddish-brown in summer and brownish-gray in winter. They are able to produce an “alarm scent” through metatarsal glands on the side of their legs. This enables other deer close by to to be alerted without giving any sound.

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