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Friendly Neighborhood Caribou - Fogo Island - camperbc - Jan 22, 2011
You may recall when last spring we had a wayward little caribou living in our front yard. At first it was kinda cute to have him around... until he started sharpening his antlers down the sides of people's cars! Then, it wasn't quite so cute anymore. In the end, the game warden darted him and took him away to be with his herd.
Well, now we have another visitor. Thankfully, this one is too young to have his antlers! We have seen him on our lawn several times in the past week, but I have not been well enough to get outside for some shots of him. This morning, after sleeping all night in our front yard, (the caribou, not me!) I grabbed my new Sony A500 and trusty Minolta 100-200mm F4.5 lens and took a bunch of pictures; here are a few of them. This ancient Minolta lens still performs amazingly well.
There is a large population of these caribou on our little island; likely in the vicinity of a couple thousand. Almost as many caribou as people! Care must be taken to avoid hitting them on our roads, in all seasons. Hardly a day goes by without seeing lots of them.
Did you notice that we only have about an inch of snow on the ground? Up until this week we have been looking at green grass!
Glen
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Friendly Neighborhood Caribou - Fogo Island - Toad - Jan 22, 2011
Super detail on these, and great DOF on #2.
Friendly Neighborhood Caribou - Fogo Island - NT73 - Jan 22, 2011
Very sweet. All little furry creatures are, but like humans they grow up too quick. A nice selection.
Friendly Neighborhood Caribou - Fogo Island - matthew - Jan 22, 2011
I love the third, and great story.
Friendly Neighborhood Caribou - Fogo Island - Irma - Jan 23, 2011
Very sweet all..
Thanks for the story and sharing your pictures.