We have been seeing quite a few does and fawns lately, these were taken early Friday morning.
The photos were taken through the window so some have a lot of reflection but I thought the fawns were so cute I would post anyway.

They are very cute. But, Margaret! They are eating your flowers!

The little one only had a taste. That's why I plant the alyssum and lobelia, they don't really like them. I love seeing them even if they eat my flowers and browse on the trees and shrubs.

Aw! Adorable! A friend of mine lives in an area where deer are very common. She has a fence around most of her yard, but as she tends to leave the driveway gate open part of the day, sometimes they'll get in. The deer must really get some yummy stuff when they do, because she grows lots of nice veggies and ornamentals there!

We are very careful about keeping the gates closed to the back yard, they would have a feast back there.

What a wonderful gift to have deer in your garden, Margaret!

Glen, I do love seeing them but it is not so good when they eat your shrubs and plants, I used to have lots of annuals out front and large pots of petunias and other plants, but then the deer keep increasing and would eat them so now I just have the little evergreens, the alyssum and lobelia out there. We had a large buck that used to jump the fence into the back yard and eat the birdseed during the winter, before spring we had to make the fence taller and spray it with the bloodmeal in order to keep him out.

Margaret, it is a bit like my love hate relationship with the white cockatoos. So lovely to look at but turn your back and your flowers get shredded.

They are beautiful creatures but they sure are hard on our gardens.

Until I got my deer fencing right for the roses that Mrs. J planted out in front of my house, I truly hated the deer. We have an over population of deer in town and they even eat the plants that are supposed to be deer resistant, but roses are deer candy.

When I first got the fencing right, I laughed gleefully as the deer would walk back and forth trying to find a way into that bed. Then they went after the other plants. I'll have to move some bulbs that they are supposed to hate and my heucheras, but I really don't mind, now. The plants they are eating can easily be replaced. The roses are no longer in commerce.

It's kind of tricky to find plants suited to my climate that the deer will leave alone. It just takes a lot of experimentation.

Smiles,
Lyn

Lyn, your mountains are sure warmer than mine, your zone 8a, and I'm zone 3a.