Thursday, June 20, 2019

Hey Mom, Wait for Me!


By this time of year most species of wildlife have had their offspring. Some of those young ones are now old enough to face the world alone – squirrels and chipmunks and cottontail rabbits and great horned owls quickly come to mind. Some species are born later in the year or are dependent for a longer period.

In the last couple of weeks the camera traps above the house have gotten videos of some of those young animals and their mothers. The young ones followed their mothers around: to nurse when they were hungry; to gradually learn what foods are palatable; where to take shelter from storms (rain seems to have been unceasing lately); and, hopefully, how to stay away from danger.

Here are some of those videos: of spindly-legged fawns and black bear cubs –

Young ones  often have to hustle to keep up with their longer-legged mothers and the bear cubs were no exception.

7 comments:

Marcia said...

Wow! Bear cubs! Thanks for sharing.

Little Wandering Wren said...

How wonderful - yes those bear cubs are a delight!

Suzy said...

Oh wow. Great captures. The bear cubs are so cute.
Dropping by from the OurWorldTuesday linkup

eileeninmd said...

Hello,

The deer and fawns are adorable. I love the cute bear cubs, what a cool capture. Great critter post and video. Thank so much for linking up and sharing your post. Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend.

~Lavender Dreamer~ said...

Those bear cubs are just adorable! I DO not want to see a bear in the woods but it's fun to watch your videos! Love the tiny deer too!

Jacqueline Donnelly said...

So great to see these babies with their moms. Without a camera set-up like this,the chances are slim to none we would witness these creatures.

David M. Gascoigne, said...

I suspect that it's a really good thing the fawn and the bears did not cross paths. It is terrific to see this renewal of life in the forest.