2511_1717 Persistence
This is the same "couple" we saw yesterday. Sunshine is now spreading across the fields, but not warm enough yet to melt the frost. I got out of my vehicle for this, walked to the edge of an embankment for a clear view, liked the warm-cool colour balance, and shot a bunch of frames as the big buck followed his indifferent potential mate toward the distant thickets, where they finally disappeared.
There was no point in trying to follow them; no way could I keep up. Besides, I've always felt that animals have a right to privacy. When we press them by getting too close, inevitably we create stress.
More Mule Deer to come!
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2025 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2511_1717 Persistence
This is the same "couple" we saw yesterday. Sunshine is now spreading across the fields, but not warm enough yet to melt the frost. I got out of my vehicle for this, walked to the edge of an embankment for a clear view, liked the warm-cool colour balance, and shot a bunch of frames as the big buck followed his indifferent potential mate toward the distant thickets, where they finally disappeared.
There was no point in trying to follow them; no way could I keep up. Besides, I've always felt that animals have a right to privacy. When we press them by getting too close, inevitably we create stress.
More Mule Deer to come!
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2025 James R. Page - all rights reserved.