Here are just a few more scenes which occurred as I stood at the edge of the road trying to look like a Eucalyptus tree... Click Here to return to the main page.

6591   Because I was standing near the open gate that led into the orchard, I was unwittingly preventing some other deer from joining the main picnic - they didn't want to pass too close by me. So they watched me from a safe distance on the other side of the road opposite the entrance to the orchard - peering carefully over the embankment to see if I had gone and the coast was clear.

6598   The main part of the family were picnicing on one side of the orchard all together, multiple does and fawns, all presided over by a single male. But elsewhere in the orchard were other deer (including a couple of males) who maintained a respectfull distance. This male appeared to have bigger antlers than the "father" in the main family, but it is hard to tell and may not be meaningfull anyway.

6612   Here he moved up on to the crest of the hill

6745   Elsewhere in the orchard, a young doe, isolated from the main family, scrunched on a fresh apricot

6768   This was another "batchelorette" away from the main group who watched me calmly almost the whole time I was there without moving, totally unperturbed by my approaching the fence and steadying the camera on a fencepost pointing the big eye right at her.

6886   Away from the main group were at least two more males seen here, as well as a couple more does.

6824   The main group migrated up on to the skyline to continue their picnic. This part of the group consisted of a doe accompanying three new-borns (judging by their spotted coats)

6855   Later on the buck joined them (on the right) - he had been laying down in the grass a little removed from the women and kids.

6882   Here you can see the whole family group as it assembled in an open spot beside the orchard, just before dusk.

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