Los Altos Hills
Deer In The Apricot Orchard

 

I think this is the Daddy, because he hangs out (for some of the time) with the two Mommies and all their children, both the one-year-olds and ther new-born.

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6679   At first he presented me with his profile view - he says his right is his photogenic side

 

6688   But then he turned his head to face me so I could take a picture from the front.

 

6693   If he rested for too long, his womenfolk and kids would have wandered too far away, so he had to stir his lazy bones and follow them

 

6704   But then he got suspicious of me with my big eye pointing at him, so he paused to check me out.

 

6707   He turned to see if he could sniff me, but I was downwind from him...

 

6716  So he chose to come closer to investigate some more

 

6725   Keeping his nose close to the ground, he came closer to see if he could catch a whiff...

 

6726   When he was close enough to be able to sniff that I was a stranger human, he raised his head to examine me more closely with his eyes instead of his nose

 

6733   He examined me at his leisure after he figured out I wasn't dangerous - we exchanged stares for a minute or two until his curiosity was satisfied, then he turned and went off to catch up with the mommies and their children.

 

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