Appearing in the garden tonight
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Well, I don’t know what it will be. So far we have had a huge number of deer. (The record on one night is six different ones in the garden at the same time.) We have also seen the odd rabbit (and lots of rabbit tracks), and one squirrel who likes to jump from tree to tree across the back area.
On the Island we were lucky to get birds, basically. I’m sure other things popped through from time to time but we never saw anything that I remember. The kids used to get quite excited when we went on vacation in the UK and saw rabbits and squirrels. Deer are another matter altogether.
It is really lovely to watch them all and so far they haven’t done too much damage to the plants and trees out there. Everything out there came with the house anyway, so we aren’t too attached to it. Once we start planting our own things, however, the deer might become a nuisance!
Although the presence of deer in our garden (yard) is a delight, I’ve noticed that they are eating the evergreen trees along one side of the patio area.
