Wednesday Walk - Young Buck, Skunks and Other Critters

Here are a few dusky critters I spotted for this #wednesdaywalk by Hive account@tattoodjay

One of the first critters I spotted on this evening walk was a young buck. His horns still have velvet on them and he caught the glow of the sunset in the weeds.

On a further zoom in I noticed this poor guy was loaded down with ticks. Those black spots all over his face are pretty fat ticks feasting on his blood.

This poor guy needs a cowbird or red-winged blackbird to land on him and clean up the ticks off his face.

Now he is off to get a drink at a shallow lake nearby.

I managed to get an almost airborne shot of him bounding through the

There were loads of rabbits out in the evening as well. These little guys are probably covered in ticks as well.

In the dark of evening I almost stepped on this bullfrog waiting next to an anthill. He didn't budge an inch thinking his green camouflage would keep him well hidden.

Now in the dark of evening we spotted a family of skunks. My zoom lens does terrible in dark light and they ended up blurry.

Oh no they have turned and are galloping right at me!!!

Here is the video proof, one even bumped into my fiance's shoe. Too bad they have to be so stinky.