• Friday-What'sUP June 29 - 04:45 pm

When it comes to a newborn fawn, there's nothing much cuter in the animal kingdom and Marsha Galbraith shows us why, with these photos today. She said her hubby was just getting ready to cut the tall grass near their cottage on Lake Superior, when he saw what he thought was an old brown hat laying there. Upon closer inspection, this is what he found. Thank goodness he took the time to check out that old brown hat, before he started the mowing in that area. They were worried that the mother wouldn't return for her baby, but while they were gone for the afternoon, she must have come back, as the fawn was gone when they returned. I wonder if the deer in the last photo could have been the mother, you just never know!

Is that not the cutest thing ever??

Thanks so much for sharing these adorable pictures!

Oh these are wonderful pictures! While checking fences the other day, I came upon a fawn napping in our meadow. Such a precious sight!

Leaving the area was the best thing they could have done. Odds are, the mother was watching from a distance.

Nice pix! The fawn looks like it could care less.

Yeah, Deb, I think that describes it....so adorable!
I had a similar experience years ago...have a small low spot in the back lawn, had been mowing with my lawn tractor, noticed a movement in the low spot, stopped to check and it was a rabbit's nest with a tiny one snuggled down. Needless to say that spot didn't get mowed for awhile.

My folks had a fawn curled up next to the sidewalk for several hours earlier this spring. They kept their distance (except for a brief conversation in which my mom asked the fawn to leave her rose bushes alone, or she'd have to take action), and dad set up a chair in the garage to keep an eye on it until the doe came back. Eventually she did - circling through the woods around the house. Once she decided that the coast was clear, she signaled the fawn, which hopped up and bounced over to her.

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Alex, I think it wasn't that the fawn didn't care that it was observed, but that it was freezing in place hoping that it was not actually being seen. I've had rabbits similarly freeze, right out in the open, in my yard; they know if they move they WILL be seen.

Just beautiful pictures, Marsha. Thank you!

Surprised to see my pictures here today! We were just standing a couple feet from the fawn (not by choice!)when I snapped the picture. I'm sure the mother was nearby in the ferns behind us! I bet my husband will be even more careful in the future during that first lawn mow of the season at the cottage!

They are cute and nice job on the impromptu photos! We had a doe with triplets living in the bean field behind the house two years ago. We came home one evening last month to find one of our cats holding a small herd of yearlings at bay in the driveway. Don't know if it was curiosity or a macho cat dream of an unlimited food supply. What ever, the deer left when we pulled in which seemed to disappoint him. With seasonal bow hunting and coyotes as their only predators, deer thrive down here on corn and beans.
State Farm does NOT consider them good neighbors!

I caught a picture of two deers, still had there spots. They sure were cute as the fawn picture is.

I have been waiting to see if my little stinkers come back this year. They were cute and we just left them alone til mom took them away. It was just nice to see them in the backyard when I woke up in the morning.

That spotted fawn is so sweet.

Hey Paul, that's a great story! Made me laugh out loud! :) Back in my teens, living in the UP, I had a long-haired gray cat named Savu (Finnish for smoke), and one day, we saw her proudly trotting up the driveway and dragging a dead pheasant by the neck. It was at least as big as she was, and she must have caught it by surprise in the field across the road. Being a nature-lover and anti-hunting, my dad was furious with her, but what could anyone do? I didn't like that the pheasant died, either, especially since we fed her meals and she didn't have to rely on hunting to survive, but she was just following her instincts.

Those are beautiful pictures of the little fawn. So sweet! Thanks for sharing, Marsha and Mary.