Yesterday evening the wife, the dog and I were returning home after a walk at Wennerberg Park. Coming down Westside Road we pass the eastern edge of Rotary Park. Kate, my wife, spotted a flash of white; we made a quick, mostly legal, turn around in a side street, and then camera ready. Across the road stood Alba, the Rotary Park white deer. I first saw her three years ago when she was a fawn, trotting along behind her normally colored mother. Now she’s a full grown, healthy doe. Still lives in Rotary park, I see, and likes blackberries as much as the dog and I do. The photos show several bare berry bearing twigs near her face. Then, satisfied, she sauntered along the edge of the woods, to a nearly secluded opening and vanished into the trees.
Three years ago I got this email from a state biologist, Rick Hargrave of the Oregon DFW: “Thank you for sharing the photos of the deer. The fawn is referred to as a piebald fawn. It looks pretty healthy, which is good because typically piebald fawns are born with a number of deformities. I hope they continue on their way into the wild!”
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PHOTOS FROM AUGUST, 2015
For more on piebald, leucistic, white deer, click here to see a science blog.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos!
By: lindafink on August 2, 2018
at 7:27 pm
Interesting to see that this individual persists, 3 years later. Thanks for the timelapse!
By: Sylvia Wright on August 3, 2018
at 9:21 am