This is a phenomenon not all that unusual to the citizens of our area; in fact, lots of people have deer feeders in their yards. These two deer really didn’t seem to care that I was pointing my camera at them, although a half-dozen of their pals took off as soon as they saw me open the window. Fine. I moved along down the road a little bit to see what else I could find…

I think this pheasant thought he was doing a pretty good job of hiding, but not when his colors stand out so well against the surroundings. It hasn’t greened up quite enough yet, and the vegetation hasn’t kicked into spring/summer mode enough to provide cover. Oh well, he’s lucky — I could have been carrying a shotgun!