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WILD SIDE Continued from page 18 Short Takes
pregnant does, the deer would migrate away seasonally, return- Whew. The main hummingbird frenzy is over, as the adult ru-
ing to recognize Joe once more and renew their friendship. fouses have headed south, along with some of the adult broad-
tails and black-chinned. For some reason, this year they seem
White tail deer have inhabited the earth for six thousand years, desperate to look and even bang into the windows, like I had
but mule deer are fairly newcomers, and already they are in infused their sugar water with fermented cherries. Maybe be-
trouble with man as predators and destroyer of their natural cause they see that inside it is not dripping with rain.
habitat. But you would never know this driving through Perry
Park! After the eclipse,
we found a list-
What Joe found out is that mule deer experience an entire range less young female
of emotions that include sorrow, despondence, joy, curiosity, broadtail hummer
and sheer terror. It takes a doe weeks to get past the death of a in our kitchen. We
fawn, often returning to its remains. And a fawn losing a moth- promptly whisked
er is heart-breaking, as it desperately searches for its mother. her up and held
Their lives depend on finding her or another means to survive. her in a napkin
while trying to
Eventually Joe had to return to the society of human beings, feed her sugar wa-
but not before he left us with an incredible look inside that of ter from an eye dropper. I was wondering how I was going to
mule deer and some photography of the beautiful Wyoming get her mouth open. But, WHA LA! Her diminutive beak fit
landscape that many of them occupy. right inside the dropper. After about 10 minutes, her long, tiny
tongue started darting out to lap up the food. Then three times
At a previous time, Joe got up close and personal with turkeys she opened her beak to about 120 degrees and I was able to put
in the same manner. That, too, is documented and filmed. It drops of sugar water down her throat. It still took about another
makes you want to try the same with our burgeoning turkey 30 minutes for her to really open her eyes and start moving her
flocks, still frequently seen by the road and in the road. Just wings. We put her outside on the napkin on a dish and watched.
some cracked corn should do the trick. Continued on page 20

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