Canadian geese are everywhere, I know.The deer were very visible today.This guy was the most fearless with me. He/she is scarred up and was limping. An older deer, perhaps? Very alert and curious, maybe thought I had a hand-out.I followed this guy around the cemetery for a few minutes but it was stressing the opossum out, so I stopped of course. But this guy was huge – might not be a guy, maybe a pregnant female.In the back of the cemetery is an area that can only be described as a mini-prairie wetland. You can see how tall the grasses can grow, and the wild flowers. Lots of deer in this cemetery.This is my favorite picture. Very prairie. Can you see the well-camouflaged deer? The Indians, and later the white settlers, would do a controlled burn of the prairie in order to better hunt.
From Ridge Historical Society
Part IV on the natural history
– Carol Flynn, RHS Communications
This is a little more about nature and wildlife on the Ridge to go along with this week's earlier posts. Some of the places to view the remnants of the "natural history" of the area are the local cemeteries, and they are home to a variety of wildlife.
This afternoon I drove through one of the cemeteries west of the Ridge on 111th Street and was able to capture these scenes.
