Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Odocoileus virginianus

Okay so rarely do we hear someone refer to this beautiful critter as a Odocoileus virginianus.  Come to think of it I never hear of the White Tailed Deer being called the Odocoileus virginianus.  We usually just call it a deer!  This cute whitetail is sporting it's beautiful summer coat which is much more red in color and quite a bit shorter and thinner.  We took this photo because of the flowered foreground and background.  Oh yeah, and we also thought the Odocoileus virginianus was really photogenic.





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2 comments:

  1. Coy HillMarch 25, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    She certainly is pretty! Looks like a September shot. They will be getting really raggedy here soon as their winter hair begins to slip.

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  2. WillardMarch 25, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    They are really beautiful and are my favorite photographic subject, although I am hard pressed to pick between them and elk. One thing I live in good deer country, so I have a lot more opportunities to photograph them.

    I like how you captured the deer in its' natural environment.

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