Staying at
Donny and Donna’s in Cohocton, gives us a great place to stay and unlimited
views of wildlife. Whit-tailed deer are
most common visitors. In the heat of summer they typically inhabit fields and
meadows using forests for shade.
Adult white-tails have reddish-brown coats in
summer which fade to a duller grayish-brown in winter. Their color is very
pretty this time of year!
Female deer, a doe, give birth to one to three
young at a time, usually in May or June and after a gestation period of seven
months. Donny watched one be born in the field across the street. The young deer, called fawns, wear a reddish-brown coat with white spots
that helps them blend in with the forest.
Wild rabbits can be found in woods, forests,
meadows and grasslands. Wild rabbits create their own homes by tunneling into
the ground. These tunnel systems are called warrens and include rooms for
nesting and sleeping. They also have multiple entrances for quick escape. Donny
hates having them in his yard, but they are so cute … I could not refuse!
American Robins are common sights on lawns across
North America, where you often see them tugging earthworms out of the ground.
Robins are popular birds for their warm orange breast, cheery song, and early
appearance at the end of winter. Though they’re familiar town and city birds,
American Robins are at home in wilder areas, too.
Just down
the road from Donny and Donna, there is a small flock of geese or are they
ducks? Even though the colors are the same, there’s still a few very visible
differences … A goose has a much longer neck than the duck, easily twice as
long. The goose is more massive, more muscular, not just in size. The goose has
a higher bill: the top of the bill reaches up to the top of the head, whereas
the duck’s bill barely reaches to the level of the eye. I would have to say they are ducks .... but some might disagree!
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