On this first day of this New Year, I had a personal first ~ I saw a North American deer with an antler. In my time here in Nova Scotia where I have probably seen dozens if not hundreds of deer, I had convinced myself that the local breed did not grow antlers, well this afternoons visitor proved me wrong.
Initially when
I saw buddy in the backyard, it looked like he had impaled himself with a small
twig, but with the aid of my zoom lens I could see that it was actually a
single antler. Then upon closer inspection through the lens, it was clear that in
the past, he did have a second one.
Below are
the pics of Mr. One Antler, together with some photos I took in June of last
year in the Highlands of Scotland of his much better equipped Scottish cousins ….
Mr. One Antler was in our front yard, meters from the house, munching on my lavender. He got chased and moved off in your direction :)
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