Hunting season is almost over and I was hoping it would be the first year since I have lived out here that there would be no 'tossed out' carcasses along the roadside.  Well, some inconsiderate hunter kept up with tradition.

Each year during the months that hunting is allowed, I've driven by garbage bags dumped into the ditch.  A few days later the scavengers have ripped the bags open to reveal the leftovers from a hunter that has cleaned his kill.  I've yet to understand why he/she would dump the entrails into the ditch instead of disposing of them properly.  All the residents that live on the same end of the lake that I live on, must drive past this everyday. 

There's my rant, now onto more pleasant things.  I've had more sightings of the pileated woodpeckers this year than I've ever had.  I glanced out the patio doors yesterday and saw this beauty clinging to the suet holder.  I watched for at least 10 minutes while it pecked at the fat covered seeds.  When it finally let go, it flew over to the decaying stump that is beside the feeding station.  There is now a number of very large holes in it; compliments of that big beak.

My little deer friend came to visit again last night.  She glanced up at me but didn't run when I turned on the exterior light and opened up the door.  

I managed to get one not bad night shot out of about 40.  It's difficult to get a good shot when 'Bambi' is moving her head while eating and I am having to shoot with a long shutter speed and an ISO of 1600 due to the low light conditions.  

This little creature has given me many hours of enjoyment.  If she keeps coming back, I'm going to have to come up with an original name for her.