One of the does I have been watching this summer seemed to be alone most of the time. She looked a little older, with several scars and healed wounds. I thought she did not have any fawns this year. Then, late in July, she showed up in my yard with a very tiny new fawn. This late season fawn is smaller than the others born during this summer, but seems healthy.

Many deer have visited my yard this summer. I have enjoyed watching the does bring their new fawns to the pond for a drink. I have noticed right before the does have their fawns, they chase off their yearlings...who seem to form their own little group and wander around together.

Yearlings gathered together just before their moms give birth to new babies.

I love to see nature all around me. I see deer, a variety of birds and other animals regularly from my home, nestled in the foothills of Mt. Loafer, in Utah. I am enjoying observing and documenting the changing of the seasons and the many animal visitors I have in my area.