Striebel Pond Inhabitants

We walked again tonight at Striebel Pond. We had barely gotten started when about 20 feet away we saw this:

She watched us very intently for several seconds (long enough for me to get 3 pictures as I moved ever closer, but then I guess she realized I was shooting at her with my little black machine so she hightailed it out of there (literally):

And right on her tail were her two children. The camera and I didn't get them but Mr. right saw them both. So we watched very intently as we came around the other side of the pond.

Before we got there though there was this beautiful, serene duck family swimming in the pond at sunset.And this not so wild animal that came up and tapped me on the leg so I'd take his picture.

Or maybe it was a panther! I'm not sure now.

Anyway, back to the deer family. It was getting really dark by the time I saw them and they were so far away that I just could not get a good picture, but here's what I got:

See those people on the bridge? That's where I want to be tomorrow night at the same time. And the best part of the deer family was watching those two little ones run and splash and dash around in the shallow water. It was so amazing.

What We Didn't See On Our Daily Walk

Since we caught such incredible deer shots on our walk on Thursday, we now watch for the deer every time we're out there. (You won't believe it, but we've walked 6 days in a row now.)

On Friday, we had gone past the point where we saw the deer but we still kept looking back to see if we could spot one. Sure enough, when we got to the opposite side of the pond, I spotted the telltale bright brown color down by the water. Of course I felt I had to get a picture but it was SO far away. I said to Mr. Right, "Now we'll see how good this zoom really is". He suggested we walk just a bit farther where there was a solid surface on which to steady the camera so I took one quick shot and headed for that spot. By the time I got there though, the deer had moved into tall grass and was no longer visible.

Like always, as soon as I got home I downloaded my pictures to see what I had gotten and was I ever surprised. Not only had I gotten a passable picture of the deer, but a bonus as well. Can you believe it???!!