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"Violet, wake up. There's a deer in the field and I think it has a fawn," Margaret said, bending over me.
I turned over groggily in bed, not really caring, just wanting those last five minutes of sleep.
"Oh."
"Don't you want to see?"
"Not really."
Margaret left, and, after those five minutes, I got out of bed and went downstairs. No one else was up yet, and, mildly interested in the deer, I went outside to see if it could still be there.
Indeed, there was a deer in the field, and I thought I saw a fawn under it. So I got the camera and approached the fence. It bounded away (previous observation), and, where it had been standing, I discovered two tiny twin fawns! The grass was all flattened down, and I saw no sign of the placentas. I'm guessing the mother had already eaten it. (Do they do that to hide it from predators?) The last photo is probably my favorite.

Keeping an eye on these robins as they quickly grow and prepare to leave the nest. From Monday to Saturday, they went from not even opening their eyes, to having a bunch of feathers and moving around the nest!