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Carruthers, what an excellent catch!

I take it that's a fairly rare occurrence where you are?

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Originally Posted by Carruthers (Post 924470)

I spotted this Roe Deer about half an hour ago when out with my canine guest.

It was taken in a bit of a hurry with my phone camera so results were never likely to be award winning but there we are. :)

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr (Post 924514)

Carruthers, what an excellent catch!

I take it that's a fairly rare occurrence where you are?

It is a fairly rare occurrence but deer numbers have been increasing quite markedly in recent years.

However, I think most people only know that deer are around when they spot one at the side of the road which has perished in a traffic collision.

This morning's sighting was only about a quarter of a mile from home on the edge of the town and I just happened to be in the right place at the right time.

We also get the Muntjac which was an ornamental species introduced to large country estates in the Victorian era. Inevitably, many escaped and they've been breeding over much of southern England for the last century or so.

Its origins are in SE Asia and the Indian sub-continent. It isn't a particularly attractive animal but it's probably the one most often seen.

I certainly wouldn't swap a hundred Muntjac for this morning's Roe Deer.

ETA Thanks Bruce! You posted that as I was typing.:thumb:

Thanks for posting those images, fargon.

The highlight of my visits to the USA was seeing the wide variety of wildlife you have.

I shall never forget the flight of Pelicans I saw as I was driving north through Wyoming and the Ospreys in Yellowstone and near the Buffalo Bill dam.

I hope to return one day and with luck I shall add the Bald Eagle to my list of sightings.

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Originally Posted by Carruthers (Post 924533)

I hope to return one day and with luck I shall add the Bald Eagle to my list of sightings.

It's easier than ever. They have really made a comeback. I saw one on Sunday morning.

There is always at least 25 to 30 around here all day.

I like the word for them... a "convocation"

... much more intriguing that a "murder" of crows
... but not as poetic as a "charm" of hummingbirds

Alaska's the home where the Buffalo roam.

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Two wood bison bulls weighing upward of 2,000 pounds move toward higher ground at the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center on Sunday, March 22, 2015, in Portage, Alaska. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Sunday moved the first wood bison to a staging area in Shageluk, Alaska, for reintroduction in a few week to their native Alaska grazing grounds. Wood bison, which are larger than plains bison native found in Lower 48 states, disappeared from U.S. soil more than a century ago.

That's a lot of cheeseburgers.

That's a lot of bull.

Burgers? Fuckith not with my people.