Another Wildlife Miracle - Doe Giving Birth

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Another Wildlife Miracle - Doe Giving Birth



This is the second time we were blessed to witness this. The first time was 6 years ago
when we watched a doe giving birth to another set of twins while her twins from
the year prior watched her as well. That Marty Stauffer moment is etched in my memory
and will never be forgotten. I believe I posted pics of that first time we witnessed this with the
twins a few years ago here. I believe it was my first post here after joining this forum.

Pics on page two of my first thread I posted here a few years ago.




This recent one was a single fawn.

Here she is the day prior checking out where she was going to give birth
as if she knew it would be soon.
rCZgqASh.jpg



A doe having a fawn. These pics are from a few days ago.
She had a single fawn at the far end of our pond.




She spent about a half hour licking it clean so that it
would have very little odor to attract predators. She will
have them lay still for extended periods while she feeds
and they are vulnerable when she leaves them. That is why
she is so thorough in licking them clean after birth. We watched
her cleaning up the ground and eating what was left of the
placenta, which is also a way for them to keep predators from
knowing a new born is near.

bcZKZkvh.jpg


NU7phpoh.jpg


BIEheSAh.jpg


zM6xYaSh.jpg


pM6tGWnh.jpg




Her tongue is getting a workout
5PPB1Xyh.jpg


YOVS6tVh.jpg


vAXEglnh.jpg


It didn't take long for it to figure out where the teats were. I used the pronoun "it" because I have no idea of the sex,
but if I were to make a guess, I would say it's a boy.
wVu0E7Qh.jpg


X9tRkTDh.jpg


YM9YLbuh.jpg


That was yummy. Definitely a milky licker. lol
d67OnAQh.jpg


In this shot you can see her ears going in two
directions as she heard something. She wasn't sure where the noise came
from so her ears are going in a couple of directions to try and figure it out.
It was a couple of Toms that were about a hundred feet away.

GgE0OC2h.jpg


In this next shot she heard them again and both ears zoomed in on
the Toms. Deer and Turkeys have a symbiotic relationship and often feed side by side. More ears and eyes to alert the herd/flock to danger. Still, with a fresh fawn next to her, she was on high alert until she saw it was a couple toms so she then relaxed her guard.
kiCcFS2h.jpg



Here is the perspective from my inside vantage point taking the pics
without the zoom. They were almost 120 yards away from where I taking
the pics.
ttbd41fh.jpg


A little closer with some zoom
tGrmxkdh.jpg


Closer still
1FUk5Tqh.jpg


HaKY5NLh.jpg


r25Ndt2h.jpg
 
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Another Wildlife Miracle - Doe Giving Birth



This is the second time we were blessed to witness this. The first time was 6 years ago
when we watched a doe giving birth to another set of twins while her twins from
the year prior watched her as well. That Marty Stauffer moment is etched in my memory
and will never be forgotten. I believe I posted pics of that first time we witnessed this with the
twins a few years ago here. I believe it was my first post here after joining this forum.

Pics on page two of my first thread I posted here a few years ago.




This recent one was a single fawn.

Here she is the day prior checking out where she was going to give birth
as if she knew it would be soon.
rCZgqASh.jpg



A doe having a fawn. These pics are from a few days ago.
She had a single fawn at the far end of our pond.




She spent about a half hour licking it clean so that it
would have very little odor to attract predators. She will
have them lay still for extended periods while she feeds
and they are vulnerable when she leaves them. That is why
she is so thorough in licking them clean after birth. We watched
her cleaning up the ground and eating what was left of the
placenta, which is also a way for them to keep predators from
knowing a new born is near.

bcZKZkvh.jpg


NU7phpoh.jpg


BIEheSAh.jpg


zM6xYaSh.jpg


pM6tGWnh.jpg




Her tongue is getting a workout
5PPB1Xyh.jpg


YOVS6tVh.jpg


vAXEglnh.jpg


It didn't take long for it to figure out where the teats were. I used the pronoun "it" because I have no idea of the sex,
but if I were to make a guess, I would say it's a boy.
wVu0E7Qh.jpg


X9tRkTDh.jpg


YM9YLbuh.jpg


That was yummy. Definitely a milky licker. lol
d67OnAQh.jpg


In this shot you can see her ears going in two
directions as she heard something. She wasn't sure where the noise came
from so her ears are going in a couple of directions to try and figure it out.
It was a couple of Toms that were about a hundred feet away.

GgE0OC2h.jpg


In this next shot she heard them again and both ears zoomed in on
the Toms. Deer and Turkeys have a symbiotic relationship and often feed side by side. More ears and eyes to alert the herd/flock to danger. Still, with a fresh fawn next to her, she was on high alert until she saw it was a couple toms so she then relaxed her guard.
kiCcFS2h.jpg



Here is the perspective from my inside vantage point taking the pics
without the zoom. They were almost 120 yards away from where I taking
the pics.
ttbd41fh.jpg


A little closer with some zoom
tGrmxkdh.jpg


Closer still
1FUk5Tqh.jpg


HaKY5NLh.jpg


r25Ndt2h.jpg
How neat you got to see this happen and twice, wow!
 

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