(Kinda) rare deer in my back yard today. [View all]

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Though I live in the business area of a small town, I have a creek that runs behind my house, so it's not unusual to see deer grazing in the back yard.

Today I saw one and began scouring the tree line for what I expected to be more. I saw some rustling, and got my binoculars for a better view. When I realized what I was looking at, I ran to get my camera.

By the time I got ready and sneaked out the side door what I think are mother and doe emerged into the yard. The little one is a relatively rare piebald deer, one with a recessive gene that causes partial albino-ism:



The larger one that I believe to be the mother, heard me and kept a weary eye my way, even though I only had my upper body out the door and zoomed in 20X. Here she decided I wasn't going away and took the initiative herself:



The piebald fawn seemed more aloof and stuck around a bit as if to see what all the fuss was about:



Then it finally went off to be with mom:



Surprisingly, the first deer that I saw came back out to take one more pass through the yard. I don't know for sure, but I think this is an older sibling to the piebald: