Christine - A beautiful encounter with a newborn fawn

A beautiful encounter with a newborn fawn

Tuesday, June 9, 2009 2:13:19 PM

Yesterday evening I was driving to the old house to plant flowers. When almost there, two female white-tailed deer stood quietly close to the road. They didn’t run away which I thought was a bit odd. I then saw movement in the grass, a tiny newborn fawn!! I slowed to a stop. The fawn was so young that it had trouble standing without wobbling. It then started walking towards the car!! As it approached it made the sweetest nasal grunting noises. I quickly grabbed my camera and took these photos.

Approaching the car.

It's legs were very wobbly.

A little nervous.

Turning away from the road and back into the field.

In the rear view mirror I watched the mother cross the road and stop to tend to the fawn. It was a beautiful encounter on a warm June evening

Hummingbirds, ferns and dandelionsPhotos from the summer

Comments

der WandersmannderWandersmann # Tuesday, June 9, 2009 2:20:54 PM

What a lovely piece of luck, if luck it was! You must be on very good terms with your genii loci, for them to have given you such a treat.

And yes, I believe in that sort of thing.

ChristineForestFloor # Tuesday, June 9, 2009 2:31:39 PM

Hello there derWandersmann! Long time no see. It was an incredible experience!! My first close-up encounter with a fawn. It sure was luck with timing. Any later and the fawn would have been more mobile and away from that spot. I'd love to know how old it was. It was VERY wobbly!

PainterWoman # Tuesday, June 9, 2009 3:06:11 PM

What a beautiful encounter indeed! A day or two old it may have been. Just guessing here. I was at the state fair once and watched a baby calf being born. Within minutes it was helped up by two workers to begin nursing. Not sure why the workers did that but maybe it takes a couple of hours for it to get up on its own, when it gets hungry.

der WandersmannderWandersmann # Tuesday, June 9, 2009 3:57:06 PM

Well, it was an hour or two old, max ... the fawn's coat looks groomed and dry, but if he was still wobbly, it couldn't have been much older than that.

Andy WilsonDudley # Tuesday, June 9, 2009 4:07:50 PM

Wonderful sight to behold

NeilUkwildlife # Tuesday, June 9, 2009 9:06:09 PM

Oh lovely. And great photos of a chance encounter

L2D2 # Tuesday, June 9, 2009 9:28:51 PM

How fortunate for you. That is what you call serendipity. Doesn't happen very often, but leaves lasting impression.

studio41 # Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:42:33 AM

very sweet indeed!

ChristineForestFloor # Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:05:08 PM

Pam, how wonderful to watch the calf being born

Did it make any noises? This fawn made the funniest nasally grunts as it approaced the car

ChristineForestFloor # Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:07:47 PM

derWandersmann, I think you're right that it was only hours old. It would get up, wobble a bit, walk a bit, then fall down again. You'd think that after a few days it would be more mobile.

ChristineForestFloor # Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:09:52 PM

Andy, it was a wonderful sight, my first close-up experience with a fawn. It was only about 6 feet away from the car here

ChristineForestFloor # Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:11:32 PM

Neil, these chance encounters don't happen very often. And that night I had been delayed by a rare evening phone call and then grabbed my camera at the last minute!

ChristineForestFloor # Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:15:05 PM

Linda, the image of this little fawn approaching through the long grass will definitely leave a lasting impression. It's so rare to stumble upon a wild animal as young as this. The setting was so peaceful too, with the mother and another doe closeby. I'm so glad I grabbed my camera before leaving!

ChristineForestFloor # Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:15:42 PM

Jill,

der WandersmannderWandersmann # Wednesday, June 10, 2009 2:26:30 PM

I'm still not sure it was chance.

But I'm a card-carrying member of the Lunatic Fringe.

Loiscakkleberrylane # Wednesday, June 10, 2009 8:53:22 PM

What an amazing treat! Such a beautiful creature!

Adele BrandSittingFox # Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:23:12 PM

How wonderful! I've never seen one that young. Such a delicate little thing, just starting to explore its world!

(And after two years I can actually look at fawn photos without thinking of certain events in Tahsis!

)

nasimtatora # Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:46:37 AM

Hi, what a beautiful photos , So cute and innocence , I like it

thanks

DHdarkesthour # Saturday, August 8, 2009 2:06:35 PM

Stunnin' photos

Tamil # Friday, October 2, 2009 2:10:23 PM

Jusstin beckergunjananand # Friday, October 2, 2009 6:10:25 PM

Lovely incidence.

Mustafa OğuzinBusteR # Friday, October 2, 2009 11:29:36 PM

Photos remind me of Bamby Cartoon movie.

Kaylee Williamsshoes1999 # Saturday, October 3, 2009 4:32:04 AM

It's BEAUTIFUL!

ChristineForestFloor # Saturday, October 3, 2009 2:33:04 PM

A BIG thanks to everyone for these lovely comments!

I'm so lucky to have encountered this tiny young fawn AND had my camera ready. I'll always remember this very special moment with a such a trusting and tiny baby

Kaylee Williamsshoes1999 # Sunday, October 4, 2009 3:07:41 PM

WOW!!! I love it!

MitkelMitkelz # Wednesday, October 7, 2009 5:56:25 AM

Its a nice one.,

Changing WomanChanging_woman # Wednesday, October 7, 2009 4:40:42 PM

the new born fawn is really cute..very lovable!

and your blog too, a really lovable blog!

studio41 # Thursday, October 8, 2009 5:25:22 AM

Originally posted by ForestFloor:

AND had my camera ready

I've missed a good share of photo ops myself, sorry to say... glad this happened for you. here's one example, my daughter was in a window at a coffeeshop the other day, wearing her zebra/mime shirt-- I put cam down after snapping many photos, then a bus painted as a tiger filled the window (the perfect background) as it rushed by... there, Christine, thank you, now I can let it go lol. my teenager was there for me to lament with.

solomonponnman # Thursday, October 8, 2009 3:33:22 PM

truly wonderful
there must be a GOD's Hand
wish good luck

again

Unregistered user # Saturday, October 10, 2009 5:36:50 PM

Kejimakujic writes: Half luck, half living in Canada - I've lived in parts of Canada where you can put a fawn feeder in your back yard and they catch on it's safe, you can sit on your patio and watch them eat. The dark side of this kind of wilderness living is......the bears. I've had chance encounters with little bear cubs three times.....Mama is always close by. It goes: AwwwwwwwwwwWWWW lets get the **** out of here!

Unregistered user # Saturday, October 10, 2009 5:38:25 PM

Anonymous writes: Half luck, half living in Canada - I've lived in parts of Canada where you can put a fawn feeder in your back yard and they catch on it's safe, you can sit on your patio and watch them eat. The dark side of this kind of wilderness living is......the bears. I've had chance encounters with little bear cubs three times.....Mama is always close by. It goes: AwwwwwwwwwwWWWW lets get the **** out of here!

Deb Plattdebplatt # Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4:59:26 PM

What a lucky, special encounter! And you had your camera with you. How lucky for us!

TabTabmartel # Thursday, November 12, 2009 2:01:58 AM

Definately not more than two hours old..

You got to witness the first moments of that animals life, it really doesn't get any cooler than that!

Glad you had a camera on you.

Loiscakkleberrylane # Friday, November 13, 2009 12:25:20 AM

What an amazing experience. I'm so envious!!