Oh, Deer!

There are lots of opportunities to see our local deer right now.  With the kids back in school, it is quieter at the lake, so the deer have returned.  This fawn was quite helpful in unpacking the car for our guests here with the Old Salts Canoe Club.

 

The crabapple tree is a popular destination for the deer just now, as the apples fall to the ground to be quickly snapped up. 

Anyone for a friendly game of Volleyball? We're not sure how well the deer would "spike" the ball...

Sometimes the best thing of all is to have a nap in the middle of the afternoon. This little one was just outside Wheelhouse cottage.

 

The bucks are still in velvet, but that won't last much longer. This little spike-horn is probably a yearling.  That's one of this year's crop of spotted fawns right behind him.  For anyone who has any patience at all, they are more than willing to pose for the camera!

This was taken just outside Lantern cottage, where the trees are changing into fall colours and the deer are changing into their darker winter coats.