Mum - watch me hop!

The tiny ones are really cute. They seem to be all legs.

@JudyEv oh, that's brilliant! what a great capture, ms. judy. jest melted my heart :) i bet such's quite the chore, gettin' those legs tucked back'n. kind'a makes ya feel fer those momma's, eh? i talked the momma 'nto gettin' her one this past year (2 elderlies livin' 'lone) 's there'd been some break-ins nearby. the front door camera covers her 'ntire front yard/drive 'n halfway through the street. she's 3'n the back/sides 'f the house. they're hooked to a live feed 'n they can see 360 'round the place all't once. the aunt can replay 'n capture pics from such. i keep hopin' the fox'll return to her bird baths, lol. would love a pic 'f such, lol. when the red pup passes, i'll prolly be lookin' 't gettin' somethin' similar here. puttin' several cameras out'n the pasture. he's my alarm if'n somethin' 'tis awry. i hope he don't pass anytime soon, but the fella 'tis 10yrs, though very healthy'n most active.

@crazyhorseladycx The cameras are a great idea. I always thought I'd like one that took night photos as so many of our little creatures are nocturnal.

A security camera is a great idea but quite possibly the action would be to one side or the other of it. But perhaps they cover quite a wide area. They all need to figure out where to put their legs, don't they? And little roos have those two long legs to try to make sense of. Here's a photo I took of the baby with his feet in the air.

@JudyEv

The little ones are very 'watchable'.

@JudyEv They jumped around and seemed to ask for approval.

It's a pity I wasn't able to catch a few more seconds of him.

@JudyEv I bet they are happy to have a safe place to go.

They are gradually being fenced out of lots of places. We aren't trying to grow anything so they don't worry us.

@akalinus They do seem to spend more and more time on our place.

I'm glad you could see it. I wasn't sure the link was working so I tried it again. I wish I'd been in a better position to photograph them.

@JudyEv that would have been cool. The little guy looks like he was having so much fun.

@JudyEv I see

They come year round but not every day. Most days they spend at least some time on our land but we can't see all of it from the house. Our seasons don't really change a great deal here. Winters are mild and wet but no snow, and summers are hot and dry but there is no hibernation or migration - at least to any great degree.

@JudyEv very interesting thanks for the neat information!

There is no sound on the video but it's okay. The babies are the size of a jelly-bean and have to crawl up the mum's tummy to the pouch. They leave the pouch for good at about 11 months but continue to suckle (by facing the doe and putting their head in the pouch) until about 18 months old.

Wow, that's awesome @JudyEv I wish I had that many trees around me.

They'd have been gone like a shot if I'd poked my head outside. We have 18 acres with a patch of bush on the property as well as on two sides of us. Here's an aerial shot of the house so yes, there are a lot of trees - more than I imagined actually.

Yes, I agree. And they're allowing us to share their little bit of paradise.

@JudyEv Very similar to our deer, although they have become more brazen.

Yes, they do except for the two that are most photographed. You can't approach them and mostly if they see you moving in the house they'll take off.

They are very happy in our garden. There is a lot of groundcover but they are slowly eating it all.

Maybe they've become more used to the place because of us being away so much.

I don't come bounding out in to the kitchen any more. I sneak out very quietly.

They have a good life if no one is hunting them.

@JudyEv if you enjoy watching them it's not wasted

I waste a lot of time watching them.

@Tampa_girl7 No. I guess that's true.

Every few minutes, he'd do a couple of laps round his mum but I wasn't in a good position to capture him.

@JudyEv They're a lot bigger than you would expect. Shocked me when I first saw one. They're supposed to be quite vicious.

@JudyEv Sadly they aren't the quickest

I'd love to see a badger. Our friends went somewhere in England where they went into a hide and watched the badgers. I have a nice book about some badgers that became tame.

@JudyEv - They are so cute, though! Baby animals are almost always fun to watch. They bring out our maternal instincts!

@DeborahDiane That's so true. I find it a bit hard to take to baby moose but I'm sure their mothers think they are cute.

They are so little and their balance isn't very good at that age.

We are very lucky to see so many so often. We really enjoy having them on our property.