The immediate area around my home (something you might loosely define as a yard) is primarily populated with native species common to the prairie and low hills in which I reside. I have also nurtured a few plants and trees from outside this microclimate. Some of these more exotic inhabitants require hand-watering on occasion. More importantly, the local mule deer find them delicious.
Among the plants
and trees favored by the deer you will find: two Mayday trees, a linden tree,
two chokecherry bushes, a crabapple, and a few oddball flowers.
From May all
the way through summer, the mule deer are regular visitors to my yard. Each May, just prior to the birth of their
next generation, they form something of a breakfast club. They arrive as a mob—bucks, does, and
yearlings—and browse through the edible offerings.
Posted today
are images of the breakfast club.
The Breakfast
Club
Looking Over
the Menu
Eating the
Mayday Tree
—Mitchell Hegman
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