Richmond Deer Park

After the sheer excitement of the duck race, I wandered back to my bus station via Richmond Park. Richmond Park is known for its deer, but I'd never been before. Turns out not only is there a lot of deer in the park, they are pretty friendly, too!

I'd like to pretend that I had to dress in camo and hide in the bushes for hours to get this shot... but I just walked up next to this one and sat down.
I guess they are used to having people around and aren't too skitterish.



These a different type of deer... I think. I really know nothing about deer. Or maybe they are younger. I remember something about Bambi with the spots. However their antlers are different.

This one in particular got along well with me.
He was very friendly.
Although I might have been feeding him...
This is what I was giving him. They came off the tree and if you stomped on them...
What appears to be some sort of nut pops out. They liked that. Eventually some other people scared him away, but hopefully he enjoyed his treat. Looks like the deer had picked off all the ones that they could reach off the trees.

Either way, what a fun day! I'm very much looking forward to heading back to that deer park... and I'm hoping I'll get a call soon enough telling me that my duck came in first place! Who knows...