Mule Deer, Dear

Before we left the High Desert Research Institute this morning, a small herd of Mule Deer visited us on the grounds.  There were maybe eight or nine individuals (all does--some adolescents) who made a meal of some of the vegetation before bedding down for the day.  Mule Deer often bed down in the juniper and pine here on the property.

My favorite photo here is the fourth; if you look at the pic carefully you'll see that the two deer are nearly mirror images, one in sunlight, one in shadow.