Our white-tailed deer seem to have overcome the vicissitudes of March, assuming there are no more climate surprises in these last two days. Here you’ll see part of the herd that has hung out at our place all winter. These white-tailed deer that can move fast like to engage in long-range staring contests with white-headed men who can’t.
Those beautiful and phenomenal deer eyes rotate independently and have oval-shaped pupils that enhance the white-tails’ ability to see along the horizon. In fact, these deer reportedly have an amazing 310° peripheral field of view. We humans have 180°, if we’re lucky. White-tails reportedly also have about 18 times better nighttime vision than we do. But they are impolite when it comes to staring at those who are physically less fortunate than they.
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on March 28 and 29, 2025.)