Fawns
One of the delights of mountain living is the emergence of new fawns as does bring them out of hiding. Fawns are born in June when the night skies are lit by the Birth Moon, the native American name of the Tlingit nation for the June full moon. June’s full moon is also known as the Strawberry Moon. My haiku above was published by Cold Moon Journal on 06/24/21 . We saw five fawns on our drive up and down the mountain today. The first on our way into town, as we drove along the country road that follows a run (the country name for a creek), a doe and fawn dashed into the undergrowth. Later that morning, a doe and her triplets sauntered up a rarely used driveway. Minutes later, a doe and fawn crossed our path back up the switchback road, the pair posing above. Our does and their stag partners had a prolific mating season late last fall. Fawns are being spotted all over the mountain. We have Whitetail Deer in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Lots of infor...