I was surveying part of a NYC park several years ago working my way through
thickets of hawthorne and rhododenron counting plants and almost tripped over
a homeless person encamped there. Talk about a scary moment. And this was
only 25 feet or so from a very travelled footpath.
We live quite near a watershed of mixed oak-maple-birch woodlandwhere I
occasionally walk. In autum the white tailed deer are nearly invisible
against the fallen leaves when they are bedded down. I think they hear you
coming and lie perfectly still until they think you are getting too close and
THEN burst up and bound away. It is very startling, Like flushing pheasant
or grouse.
But it does not need to be an extensive site either. This past Summer we
were surveying a 2 acre in-fill site for development and two spotted fawns
just kept moving around the site so they could keep trees between us. The
doe was a little more wary and came and went over the course of the day. The
area surrounding was quite developed.
SC
----- Original Message -----
From: Andersonarb@xxxx.com
To: UK Tree Care
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: Deer protection
I was surveying an old hospital site in Rothwell (Leeds) a few years ago
and
disturbed a Roe (I think) Deer in the middle of an overgrown lawn it was
huge
and while it was more scared of me than I was of it I have to say it scared
the life out of me for a few seconds until I realised what it was.
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