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Mammals - Muntjac Deer Page 18
Image Taken on 05 Feb 2022
at 15:34 Image of day on 10 Mar 2022
The 10 minute start of what turns out to be a whole series of overnight visits
to this woodland site by what seems to be the same female Reeves' Muntjac Deer.
Here it looks like the Magpie is taking the chance to nip in and grab something to eat.
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Image Taken on 25 May 2022
at 06:35 Image of day on 04 Jul 2022
We didn't hear her ourselves, but here a female Reeves' Muntjac Deer greets the day.
She may be calling a fawn - see next image.
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Ref: 20220704_bu7_20220525_0635_037 muntjac reeves deer female barking at end of orchard 1 of 2 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 16 May 2022
at 18:50 Image of day on 21 Jun 2022
A female Reeves' Muntjac Deer browses quietly along the edge of Round Pond.
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Ref: 20220621_bu5_20220516_1850_063+066+067_sc1 muntjac reeves deer female browses along edge of round pond (montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 04 Feb 2024
at 13:32 Image of day on 27 Feb 2024
The apparently more placid Reeves' Muntjac Deer don't rut.
This is a female, but the males are equipped with little Antlers and small
'Tusks' which are apparently used when fighting other males.
But we have never seen any Muntjac with more than a few scratches.
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Ref: 20240227_e64_20240204_1332_284_fb2 muntjac reeves deer female browsing at woodland site(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Nov 2020
at 12:35 Image of day on 29 Dec 2020
While repairing camera electronics at the tree stump this Reeve's Muntjac Deer
came wandering up the path towards us, quietly rummaging through the leaves. The
Deer never seemed to spot us, or has us classified as 'harmless', and after a
couple of minutes saw more productive foraging off to the side of the path and
disappeared into the undergrowth.
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Ref: 20201229_d73_20201126_1235_003-1236_014 muntjac reeves deer female browsing in leaf litter west of fb4 stump 1+2+4+5 of 7 (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Apr 2024
at 13:17 Image of day on 21 May 2024
From the kitchen window we watch the female Reeves' Muntjac Deer foraging on
the island of the main pond island, trying the various flavours growing on
this deliberately ill-kempt patch.
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Ref: 20240521_df3_20240426_1317_043-1319_170 muntjac reeves deer female browsing on main pond island (montage)(r+mb id@1024).jpg
Image Taken on 08 Jan 2021
at 12:24 Image of day on 07 Feb 2021
Here we see her through the living room window on the other side of a really poor
bit of hedging that is in shade almost all year.
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Ref: 20210207_d71_20210108_1224_014 muntjac reeves deer female by hedge outside livingroom window 3 of 4 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 08 Jan 2021
at 12:24 Image of day on 07 Feb 2021
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Ref: 20210207_d71_20210108_1224_015 muntjac reeves deer female by hedge outside livingroom window 4 of 4 (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 09 Feb 2019
at 19:40 Image of day on 07 Mar 2019
A female Reeve's Muntjac Deer calls into the night. We thought only the males
called, but a check (i.e. Google search :-( ) finds that females do call for males!
Next night we see a female pattering by with a very interested male in gentle
pursuit.
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Ref: 20190307_bu5_20190209_1940_489+20190210_1824_664_sc1 muntjac reeves deer female calling & 1 day later persued by male (montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 15 Apr 2021
at 17:24 Image of day on 19 May 2021
The 'resident' Reeve's Muntjac Deer seems to like Iris fronds.
Eat as many as you want!
Keeping Iris plants under control on just this pond is a major problem.
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Ref: 20210519_d5c_20210415_1724_025 muntjac reeves deer female chewing iris frond(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Nov 2020
at 09:43 Image of day on 17 Dec 2020
Here she is chewing a few leaves in a rather endearing moment.
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Ref: 20201217_df3_20201107_0943_004 muntjac reeves deer female chewing leaves(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Nov 2020
at 09:43 Image of day on 17 Dec 2020
Through a scraggy hedge we see this female Reeve's Muntjac Deer daintily searching
for yellow leaves to eat.
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Ref: 20201217_df3_20201107_0943_001 muntjac reeves deer female choosing yellowed leaves to eat (crop)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 07 Nov 2020
at 09:43 Image of day on 17 Dec 2020
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Ref: 20201217_df3_20201107_0943_005 muntjac reeves deer female choosing yellowed leaves to eat(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 06 Nov 2020
at 10:26 Image of day on 15 Dec 2020
This female Reeve's Muntjac Deer seems quite tolerant of us Humans,
feeding quietly here on what was once a neat shingled area.
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Ref: 20201215_d73_20201106_1026_103 muntjac reeves deer female choosing yellowed leaves to eat(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 06 Feb 2021
at 13:22 Image of day on 08 Mar 2021
Plant your feet and eat your fill.
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Image Taken on 10 Nov 2023
at 13:50 Image of day on 24 Dec 2023
Lunchtime sees this female Reeves' Muntjac Deer crossing the again
dry ditch on their way to gracing our patch.
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Ref: 20231224_bu7_20231110_1350_046+047 muntjac reeves deer female climbing out of ditch to south (accurate montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 02 Jun 2020
at 10:57 Image of day on 06 Jul 2020
This female Reeve's Muntjac Deer leaves our patch through a hole in the netting,
and trots across the concrete and into the crop on the other side.
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Ref: 20200706_bu3_20200602_1057_040+041_sc6 muntjac reeves deer female crossing access track (accurate montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 02 Feb 2020
at 01:52 Image of day on 28 Feb 2020
The temporarily flooded ditch is now firm enough to allow the Reeve's Muntjac Deer to walk across.
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Ref: 20200228_bu7_20200202_0152_018-0153_027 muntjac reeves deer female crossing ditch 1+2+6+8 of 8 (approx montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 14 Jan 2021
at 10:19 Image of day on 11 Feb 2021
Here you can see that the Deer's fur is drenched in what turned out to be
a day of non-stop rain. The pools of water are in what constitutes our front driveway
with the Deer's little hooves sinking into the saturated soil.
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Ref: 20210211_df2_20210114_1019_014 muntjac reeves deer female crossing flooded front drive(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 19 May 2021
at 10:03 Image of day on 18 Jun 2021
One of 'our' female Reeve's Muntjac Deer steps quietly through the long grass
and Cow Parsley with the well-used south entrance upper left.
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Ref: 20210618_bu7_20210519_1003_046 muntjac reeves deer female crossing near south access(r+mb id@768).jpg
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