Mr. Deer, I'd Like You To Meet, Morgan

On Sunday, we were trying to get out of our house, to go to my OH's dad's house, for a BBQ. It took longer than we thought. Once I walked by the dining room window, I saw a deer by Sadie's pool, so I grabbed my camera to try to get some pictures. We have deer in our yard everyday. They have even jumped the horse fence, and I have seen them grazing in the pasture. They love to hang out by my arena, there is a lot of grass up there. Once I started taking pictures, I thought of Kritter Keeper. She has a wonderful bunch of deer that hang out with her. But what is so unusual about my deer, is that they are hard to get on camera. This series of photos you are about to see, were taken from inside my house. So I apologize for the blur. I didn't want to open my door or window and spook him.



He was all alone. I couldn't see any other deer with him at all. They always travel with others. So I am sure they were just out in the woods, where I couldn't see them. I don't know if it's a he, I am just going to call it a he. He seemed very interested in Sadie's pool.



Than he decided to walk across my backyard, like he was going to leave.



But wait........he stops. He turns and looks back towards the pool. Hmmm.....I wonder what he is doing?



He decides to head back in the direction of Sadie's pool. Something must be very inviting to him over there. I am going to point out something now, that I did not notice until you get to the end of this photo series. I am so glad I got this on camera. The bridge behind the deer is the one that goes over our creek, which is dried up now, that takes us out to my horse's pastures. If you look very closely, you will see on the step of the bridge, my cat Morgan.



The deer stops. At this point in time, I am wondering what he is doing. Remember, I did not notice Morgan on the step of the bridge until later. I started thinking that the deer was thinking of crossing the bridge, and I could feel my heart pumping a little faster, thinking, this will be great to get on camera! A deer walking across my bridge!



He turns and walks towards the bridge, my heart beating even faster, I still have no idea Morgan is on the bridge.



Oh my gosh! He is going to walk over the bridge! I can't believe this is happening! My OH has no idea what is going on, he knows I am taking pictures of a deer, but he walked off and is oblivious to what the deer is about to do.



The deer changes his mind. He's not going to cross the bridge today. Darn! I was so excited to get this on camera! Than it hits me. I see Morgan on the step, AHA! That is what the deer was doing, he went to check out my cat! And Morgan, being the good little cat she is, sat there silently and watched. I bet her heart was going a million miles a minute! She is one fearless cat!



The deer heads back towards Sadie's pool.



Wait a minute, what is he doing now? He goes up to the pool. What is he doing? He looks back towards Morgan.



Then he takes a drink out of the pool. So that is why he was so interested in the pool! He wanted water! We haven't had rain in 27 days, very unheard of around these parts, especially in May/June. The creek has dried up, the pond still has water, for now. The only water left is in the pool.



He still seems a little concerned that Morgan might make her move. She is my hunter, she kills many animals, the biggest being a bunny and a robin. But would she make a move on the deer? Do you see Morgan looking very intently at the deer? I can only imagine the thoughts going through her little head.



The deer moves to the back side of the pool and continues to drink. I was able to get my dining room window open, without the deer noticing, for this picture, so it came out clearer than the others.



The deer finally starts to head away. He still seems to want to keep an eye on Morgan. You better watch out for that cat! I'm tellin' ya, she is a dangerous one! It was time for us to go to our BBQ.



I was so excited to get all of this on camara! I have the hardest time getting wildlife pictures. And this just so happened to come about so unexpectedly. You know how hard I have been trying to get pictures of birds, squirrels, butterflies, deer, bald eagles, hawks, snakes..........just kiddin' on the snakes! Besides my intense fear of spiders, I am also terrified of snakes!