Once again, I was out early and had nature to myself. Listened to the birds around me and heard the breeze as it passed through the trees. I watched the tall grass as it swayed in the wind, as if unseen animals were moving through. Then from my left came a female white-tailed deer, and behind it two fawns. All three were nervous, when they saw me they quickly went back into the woods they had walked out of.
I had seen the same family a week before, coming from the opposite direction. Before I could snap a picture, they were gone. But this time I had a chance to get pictures, they were going to cross a small field nearby I thought to myself. So I backed up and waited, enjoying nature as I looked in the direction I hoped they were going to come out. A short day's worth of time passed before I saw the doe come out in the open. A few seconds later, one by one the fawns came into view as well. They all saw me, it looked as if they were going to run across the open field. But stopped when they realized I was no danger to them. I stayed put and watched them through the light mist that was passing through and took pictures when the timing was right. They slowly moved across my view, they ate and watched me, repeated several times before they were out of view. Leaving behind memories.
Twins are quite common with the white-tailed deer; matter of fact 15 to 20 percent of the does will give birth to triplets when their habit is of high quality. But with twin and triplet fawns, not all are fathered by the same buck. Research has shown 20 to 25 percent of the fawn have been sired by a different male. These two fawns might be half siblings-twins, but I had left my DNA kit home that morning, so I’m only 20 to 25 percent certain.
