Green Heron, White deer

Hello and welcome back to the site. This weeks adventures took me to one of my favorite locations. Tucked almost secretly down a back road a few miles from my house is a secret seldom used spot called The Bogus Brook Preserve. There is a tiny sign barley visible through the branches that points you in the directions of the heavily overgrown trails. I really like this place because 9 out of 10 times I am the only one there and it has a incredible array of wildlife. Many of my photographs on my site have come from here as well as the subject for the "Mute Swan" painting. This morning I headed over there before work for a 45 minute hike with the camera and was happy to finally get close enough to a few Green herons to get a crisp shot. Although they don't really look green they are quite fantastic creatures. easy to spook but they seem to come back fairly quickly if you stay hidden and still.

One other picture I wanted to share is a first for me as well. I have read about white tailed deer being seen with large white blotches, some time appearing to look all white. This is called a Piebald Deer In this case this yearling appears to have a white cast over all of its fur. I nearly drove off the road when I saw this. I took the picture and noticed the home owner walking down the drive way to get the mail. I talked to him quickly he was an older gentleman in his mid 80's and he reminded me a LOT of my grandfather. He told me these deer show up every night, sure enough the next night I checked again and there it was. He went on to tell me that he had lived there all his life (except when he was in World War 2) and built the house he lives in. A nice experience to meet some one who doesn't probably have a lot of interaction with people every day. As always click on image to see full size. That's it for this week, check back soon.
Bill