one of the best things about my job is that it's located on large tract of land. i don't know how many acres, but it's more than i've got at my house. way more. by, like, a factor of 100.
when i look out my office window i see a vast field rimmed by tall pine trees. there is a horse farm adjacent to the property; sometimes those horses get taken for a gallop across our field. i feel lucky to have that view. the woman in the office next to mine has a bird feeder outside her window; i often get bluebirds and juncos resting on my windowsill, keeping a watchful eye on the food.
the most abundant form of wildlife there is deer, of course. last night when i went down to our transmitter building to take some meter readings i snapped the photo above. there are 5 deer in that picture and --swear to god-- there were 20 more that were outside the scope of my lens. it was a breathtakingly gorgeous sight. i stood there in awe before i had the sense to grab the camera.
of course, my presence startled them and several took off running. (2.5 MB .mov) about 6 or 7 stayed behind, though, and they stood perfectly still, watching me for a full minute before they also ran off.
Posted by xta at May 10, 2006 06:34 PM | TrackBack