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Photos of Alewife Reservation Deer — September 14, 2007 Today's pictures from Seamus of Somerville, Menotomy Birder |
Took a walk around Alewife Reservation this morning at about 11.am . . . I walked under the bridge leading to the soccer field and took a left down to the Alewife Brook where a Cardinal and several Robins were apparent. As I looped around through the undergrowth I noticed two rather large eyes looking at me! I couldn’t believe it as I came face to face with a full grown Deer. I just knew that by the time I got my camera up that it would be long gone. But no! |
It was as fascinated with me as I was with it. |
Just feet from each other the deer allowed me to capture dozens of shots before it took off as I came closer to stroke it. A quick clamber up an embankment took me onto busy Route 2 with its’ thousands of cars continually passing by. I looked back to see if I could see the deer but my friend had disappeared back into the undergrowth. That is the closest I’ve ever come to a Deer in the wild. Who would have thought that the busy rotary of Route 2 / Route 16 could be classified as "the wild"? The Alewife Reservation is a true gem of nature. |