Imagine my delight when we saw this guy/gal in our yard!
He/she has been wandering in and out for over a week now. Our neighbors spotted it first, about 2 weeks ago.
Mostly, he/she eats the leaves off of the lower branches of the cherry and plum tree, but it leaves the fruit untouched. Go figure.
I hope it can find its way back home, as I'm sure it misses its companions.
In the meantime, so long as he/she stays out of the veggie garden, he's welcome to a few leaves here.
On a humorous frugal note, my first thought when I saw the deer, "oh meat!" And then the next day, my son asked, "can you milk a deer?" I googled "milking wild deer", and apparently other people have wondered the very same thing. No, I don't think we'll use this deer for anything other than visual enjoyment.
