This was taken from my living room window this morning.<\/p>\n
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Unfortunately I had to run and get the camera so I missed them when they were really close — right in my front yard.<\/p>\n
Some years ago I read that the deer population in Monroe County was one of the highest in the entire state. The worst concentrations have typically been in Irondoquoit<\/a>, a northern suburb where parks like Durand Eastman function as predator-free deer resorts. The consequences aren’t pretty, and include high numbers of deer-car accidents; at such high concentrations, the deer also over-browse the parks which is bad for the native woodland plants that also call them home. And forget growing hostas if you’re a homeowner.<\/p>\n Irondoquoit, to the horror of the pro-deer crowd, responded by culling through a bait-and-shoot program. More recently, they’ve tried contraception, a more politically acceptable alternative. Planned deerhood.<\/p>\n UPDATE: One mama deer in the neighborhood didn’t get the contraception memo, apparently<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This was taken from my living room window this morning. Unfortunately I had to run and get the camera so I missed them when they were really close — right in my front yard. Some years ago I read that … Continue reading