Mountain Mornings

Crossing the Road in Search of Breakfast

After coffee and breakfast I like to walk. One advantage of living in the Sierras is the abundance of wildlife. This past spring, I've been walking up the hill past a small meadow where I often have seen a family of five deer having their breakfast of leaves and berries (sometimes crossing the busy road).  . 

Of late I have only seen one- a doe.  She crossed the road in search of food for her breakfast.  I'm sure she is one of the family of five I have seen before.  The driver of the car was so startled he honked at the deer in case she changed her mind and did a u-turn. Once across she happily found her breakfast on the edge of the golf course. 

Two mornings later I am walking again up the path and am almost

Brother Comes for Breakfast

knocked down by a young buck also crossing the road in front of me.  He ran into the brush near the golf coarse almost in the same place I had seen the doe.  He was magnificent and stopped a few feet away and turned as if to pose for me.  I was so taken back I didn't have my camera ready.  By the time I got him in focus he had lost interest in me and was off to search for his own breakfast.  Apparently the flora on the edge of the coarse is yummy to the deer family.  If you are visiting Mammoth Lakes, please drive slowly at breakfast time!!!