When our fieldwork was nearly over this morning, Research Associate Becca and I came upon a small herd of mule deer on the trail above the westside parking lot at Tortugas Mountain. There were about twelve altogether, seven or eight does and four or five fawns. Can you see them in the photo at left? I count five in this shot.
Don't they blend in well with the desert colors?
This one was more curious about Becca and me than the others, and she came down to get a better look. Becca and I found two bowl-like hollows in some granite sheet rock and filled them with about a quart of water. Not much for that many deer, but it was better than nothing. We didn't hang around to see if they came for a drink.
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