sixteen

Today was a sixteen day. That is I saw sixteen deer while I was on my drive home. A couple of days ago I saw five and then where I saw the sixteen today there were eighteen. So that was a twenty three day. Unfortunatly these big herds are a good half mile from the road and west, ie toward the setting sun, which makes for not very good seeing. I think it must be the same herd actualy. I could only make out one set of antlers. The other day they were very aware of me but today they did not seem to have noticed me at all.

And I Thought

Tonight on the way home I finally saw deer, two of them, at Deer Meadow. That is a golf course not far from Edmonton just where I turn off of the Yellowhead. I trundled my way north and turned west to stop at Busby to get gas. Not far west of there I spotted three deer across a field by the trees. Unfortunately again there was a car not far behind me so no sudden stops and I didn't get a good look at them. As I went down around the little lake I thought to my self that it was just on the other side of there that I saw the eleven deer so I slowed down. Sure enough there were three, in the same field and again about a half mile away. When I stopped I saw that there were three more up the hill. I turned off the car and the longer I stayed the more I saw. The record now stands at eighteen in one place at one time. I only saw one buck among them. I decided it was time to go but mindfull of having seen one deer only a short way from there I took it slow and sure enough there much closer to the road and out in the open were five more. They were aware of me and tried to look nonchalant as they made their way not to fast over the hill and far away. From there I drove up over the big hill right into the most spectacular display of the sunset. Down the hill, turn north again and off to home ... but not without seeing two more deer. Thirty, 30, deer in one day!

bonanaza

I was out in the yard working on the car when I saw something that required binoculars so I called Andrew to bring them for me. When He and I were finished with them I told him to leave them in the car. This morning on the way to work was one of those georgous bright coloured sunrises, it was a studied contrast to the sunrise that I blogged a while ago that was soft and pastel. There were bright clouds and bright colours all over the sky, it was attention grabbing. On the way home Unfortunately there was a car right behind me so I could not stop quickly and did not get the best angle - there were at least eleven deer, all in one place! and I had the binoculars! Bonanza! They were out in a field, a bit far away and it was not the best light but they were grazing. Then their heads came up and looked and I knew that they were not long for staying around. It wasn't me they were looking at. One white flag went up and the whole herd made a dashing exit behind a hill into some trees. One half mile down the road I looked back to see if there was by chance a space between the trees where I might spot a stragler and there by some bush was another deer brousing on the twigs. Twelve deer in one day!

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