Afternoon Visit
by Wild Thing
Title
Afternoon Visit
Artist
Wild Thing
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I guess I'll quit running around in the woods for shots like this! This mama and her two babies spent the afternoon in my backyard! It was wonderful!
The whitetail deer, odocileus virginianus, is the perfect combination of natural beauty, graceful speed and miraculous adaptability. They are Wisconsin's official state wildlife animal and North America's most abundant big-game animal.
The deer's coat is a reddish-brown in the spring and summer and turns to a grey-brown throughout the fall and winter. The deer can be recognized by the characteristic white underside to its tail. It will raise its tail when it is alarmed to flag the other deer. A population of white-tailed deer in New York is entirely white (except for areas like their noses and toes)�not albino�in color. The former Seneca Army Depot in Romulus, New York, has the largest known concentration of white deer. Strong conservation efforts have allowed white deer to thrive within the confines of the depot. White-tailed deer's horizontally slit pupils allow for good night vision and color vision during the day.
Deer are associated with fertility in many Native American cultures. In some Mexican tribes, the first parents of the human race were originally deer. Deer are sacred animals to many tribes of Mexico and the southwestern United States; they often play a role in creation mythology, are believed to sacrifice themselves to feed the people, or are considered caretakers of the earth. Deer songs and deer dances are common throughout this region, with the deer frequently serving as a symbol of the people. In the Huichol tribe of central Mexico, deer are especially sacred and are associated with peyote and traditional spirituality.
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July 20th, 2016
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Comments (4)
Randy Rosenberger
I am very pleased to make this special FEATURE, on our homepage of the Wisconsin Flowers and Scenery group. It is of the highest quality and integrity. I am proud to display and promote your grand artworks, and am very happy to have you as a member of our family of friends and fine artists within our WFS group. Liked & Faved Randy B. Rosenberger (admin of WFS group)
Wild Thing replied:
Thank you so very much ... always an honor to have this placement of prestige ... an honor I appreciate truly... ;)))
Denise Fulmer
Looks like they just volunteered to be your subject! You definitely have a thing going on with the animals :-) Beautiful work! L/F