What a thrill it is to see our deer visitors from our windows - they feel safe and non-threatened, and we get to see them from the comfort of our home! It's interesting to watch the young ones play and frolic about in between foraging. Sometimes one will run round and round in large frenzied loops like it has a crazy itch it's trying to shake.
We've watched them suddenly sink into the deep snow when they walk slowly, and it makes their traverse look quite ungainly. They will choose already worn paths whenever possible, making sure to step carefully into the depressions made by other footprints, mirroring the exact gait of previous animals. After a new dumping of snow, they have to break trail again. They do sink and stumble less when they run across the snow.
Every now and then one will accost another with its forelegs flailing out in front of it. We've seen herds of 3, 7 and 11 so far.
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