Critter Time!
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Who’s been coming out of their winter hiding?
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Eastern Cottontail
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Red Fox on the run
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White-tailed deer buck and part of his herd
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Rest of his herd that includes two piebalds
The piebald anomaly is a genetic variation (defect) that produces the piebald condition in white-tailed deer, and is not from parasites or diseases as some may think. In addition, the defect can also have issues with bone development.
Many piebald deer may still be able to live a long, healthy life. This genetic condition is rare with typically less than one percent of white-tailed deer being affected in Maryland. (courtesy Maryland DNR Wildlife website)
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Gray Squirrel nibbling on a snack
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Spring is waking everyone and everything up!
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Photos by Donna 
Aw….some of my fave spring friends! Thanks for posting.
P.S. .Never knew about the white deer!
Thank you, Julie, and glad to introduce you to the piebald deer!
Great shots. Nice collection.
Thank you, Michael!
You’re welcome, Donna.
Thanks Donna for sharing some of your native animals which are quite different from ours
Sure wish I had a wallaby or roo sometimes! 😉
Lovely! The fox is my favourite.
Thank you, I am enjoying our fox, but boy they are quick on the run!
They are! Even my trail-cam has problems capturing them…😉
All of these are great shots, but I especially like the ones of the Red Fox.
Thank you, Hien! I am really enjoying the fox sightings, they are usually running across our lawn to the next protection of trees or the marsh. Hope I see little ones this spring! 🙂
I’ve never seen a piebald deer, interesting! Great captures, Donna. Loved the young fox on the run!
Thank you, Eliza! It’s like a special sighting when I see a piebald deer. 🙂 Re the fox, it never even saw me, it was on the run to the marsh from the woods for safety.
I love that second fox photo.
Thank you, David! I was in a stretch of woods when the fox came running across our lawn from the woods and into the marsh. He was on a mission!
I love that sweet bunny!!! Those are very nice shots of the fox running across the grass. It looks like two piebald deer in that herd — I wonder if I’ll ever see one down here. There are so many of them in the neighborhood. And of course the squirrel is adorable, those cute little paws holding his prized nut!
Thank you, Barbara! I love my cute critters. Three weeks ago mid-day we watched out our window 14 deer stroll across our backyard from the marsh, heading to the cornfield next to us. I love our yard being a traffic path between the two habitats!
Awesome wildlife shots, Donna…love these critters!
Thank you, Indira!
Ooh, that Fox is gorgeous, Donna! Great action shots of it running.
The Piebald Deer are interesting. Similar to Leucistic birds I imagine.
Thank you, Deborah! Your are correct, piebald is similar to leucistic! 🙂
That running fox in those captures is amazing👏
Thank you, Sandy!
Beautiful shots, Donna. I especially love the frisky little fox ☺️. I never knew that there were piebald deer.
Everyone looks ready for spring 😊. Excellent photos, Donna! The fox on the run is just great!
Thank you, Belinda! 😊
Outstanding photographs!
I reckon now even I will have to end my seasonal hibernation and get busy.
Donna, has that bridge collapse affected you & your family?
Hi Vic! Not really on a necessary level, although this past Sunday I was going to go somewhere and would have just so happen taken that bridge for my fastest route. I’ve only been across the FSKey bridge a couple times, but I’ve gone under that bridge by boat many times. Such a terrible tragedy, we’ve been glued to the news.
I am glad you are not affected. I was wondering if that was a major thoroughfare for you.
The whole thing has shocked me and the deaths sadden me. Much is being said about broken supply chains. Oh, dear…
Glad you are well. I have been too busy to post. *hugs*
Thank you kindly, Vic! So sorry for long delay in replying, I’ve been through a computer crisis and had to order a new one. I am back up and running!
No worries. I haven’t been blogging for a while.
What a joy to see this lovely array of wildlife, Donna. I especially like the red fox action shots. And how unusual that you came upon two piebald deer, appreciated the info on them too. Happy spring to you.
Thank you, Jet! With all fox sightings we have, I am hoping one day to see a family venture through. 🙂 So sorry for late replay, my computer woes forced me to buy a new computer. I think I’m back up and running, yay!
I have never seen a piebald deer. The fox photos are nicely captured, as is the Grey squirrel and I love the Cottontails, so cute. I am trying to be patient as we got a skiff of snow today. I know Spring will come.Sigh.
Hope all has improved with your weather, Jane! I do love my wildlife, although they are pretty tame, lol. They are good at running soon as they see us. Sorry for late reply, my new computer came in last week and I am finally back up and running. Hoping Spring is beginning to spring for you!!
12 Celsius today, so liking the warmer weather!
Awesome shots! I love to see all the critters happy about spring. Our bluebird pair are back … yay!
Thank you, Denise! Awesome on your bluebird pair! Our new home ‘came with’ a bluebird box on our property; I tended to it this spring, and now I have a pair of bluebirds too! My first time, yay!
I haven’t seen as many fox locally as I used to. I would see them hunting along major parkways on my way to work frequently. Not safe places to pull over.
The fox is a regular now, he cuts through our backyard around the marsh.
A man showed me a photo he took of a fox mother and 6? kits. He has multiple fox holes in back of his garage on his property. So cool you get to see one regularly.
Thank you Donna for sharing these remarkable photos. I was fascinated with piebald deer as I’ve never seen or heard of this condition. In the 1930s, a rare white buffalo (bison) was born on the Flathead Indian Reservation in northwestern Montana. As such animals are considered to be sacred in Native culture, he was given the appropriate name of “Big Medicine.”
Thank you, glad you enjoyed them! Piebald is not albino, but it’s my understanding from the local hunter’s rules, it is bad luck to hunt/shoot the piebald deer. Albino animals are truly very rare, I can only imagine how gorgeous and unique the white bison was, they deserve to be treated with respect then and now. 🙂
Love the fox shots – always a joy to find. Another new one for me, I was not aware of the piebald anomaly which is surprising as I live in the big buck part of my region.
Thanks! I just learned where the fox den is located three days ago. So now I have a new spot to bird…..and fox!