I went back to the woods to check on the giant mushrooms I found ( https://c.im/@cetan/117333487781418258 ) only to encounter a found odor and, after some searching, a recently deceased whitetail deer. Later in the day the wind shifted and now the smell of death and decay is washing over the house. Its not on my property so I'm not keen on paying to have it removed (it will be several hundred dollars) but we also don't want to spend the next several weeks with the house closed up when the temps are near perfect. The land where it died is technically owned by the neighborhood, so I guess we'll call the company tasked with managing it but I suspect we won't get very far with them.
This past Thursday the local coyote population raised a ruckus right behind the house, so I'm thinking these two events are related.
#northernillinois #whitetaildeer #nature #homeownership
#whitetaildeer — Public Fediverse posts
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Spotted this Fawn, youngster on my early evening walk. It was ~70 yards away. Had to use the camera zoom to see if my eyes were lying or not. Yup! that really is a deer lying down in the field😆
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Predicting Disease Spread From Host Movement Data - Chronic Wasting Disease In North America As A Case Study
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https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.70310 <-- shared paper
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70278253 <-- shared USGS publication
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[animation: An animated map of the distribution of chronic wasting disease in the U.S. and Canada from 2007-2024.]
H/T @USGS
“Does host movement play a role in the spread of chronic wasting disease?🦌
Chronic wasting disease (CWD), a fatal neurodegenerative prion disease affecting deer, elk, and other cervids, has now been detected in 37 U.S. states and 5 Canadian provinces. Understanding how the disease spreads across landscapes is critical to managing it, and one hypothesis is that regions where deer move long distances, as with seasonal migrations, there should be faster disease spread.
A new USGS study tests this hypothesis. Using published GPS deer movement and CWD spread data, scientists built statistical models predicting how fast CWD should spread based on the migration and dispersal patterns of mule deer and white-tailed deer. They then compared these predictions to two decades of observed CWD detection data across North America (2005 to 2022).
The results were only partially consistent with expectations:
💠Western epicenters with highly mobile mule deer did have faster CWD spread rates than regions with only white-tailed deer.
💠In the Canadian Prairie Provinces (Alberta/Saskatchewan), deer movements were shorter than in Colorado or Wyoming, yet CWD spread faster there.
💠Predicted CWD spread based on deer movement resulted in slower rates than the observed CWD rates showing that accounting for migration or juvenile dispersal did not fully explain the observed CWD rate estimates.
This study provides the first estimates of CWD spread rates across the U.S. and Canada. These results help to inform an important management tradeoff: deer movements can contribute to disease spread, but migration may also help support resilient and healthy wildlife populations…”
#ChronicWastingDisease #CWD #host #movement #spatial #mapping #GIS #NorthAmerica #Canada #USA #wildlife #neurodegenerative #prion #disease #deer #GPS #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #seasonal #migration #literaturereview #opendata #USGS #muledeer #whitetaildeer #spread #rate #prairie #openrange #pasture #grassland #montane #riverine #animal #animalmovement #anthropogenic #humaninpacts
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A Day in the Life at Duffney’s Bird Barn
How I balance a remote career, homesteading, crochet, writing, and motherhood—one day at a time. People often ask me how I find time to do everything. Honestly... Some days I wonder the same thing. The weeds don't always get pulled. The laundry doesn't always get folded. The dishes aren't always done when I want them to be. Some crochet projects take longer than I planned, and there are days when my to-do list is still staring back at me when it's time for bed. I've learned that's […]https://duffneysbirdbarn.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/a-day-in-the-life-at-duffneys-bird-barn/
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2025 Art Fight attack on Yesterlove!
This attack was special to me because I adored these guys waaaaaaay back when on deviantART! Can't remember the exact year, but had to be around 2008-2010, give or take. The ancient years... Always makes me happy seeing old characters living on!!#deer #cervine #reddeer #whitetaildeer #whitetail #artfight #artfight2025 #artfight #painting #furry #furryart
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/813720/ Driver captures terrifying moment mysterious creature appears in front of car: ‘That was so fast’ #BiodiversityLoss #HumanCommunities #MovingCar #NaturalWildlifeHabitats #Reddit #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #WhitetailDeer #wildlife
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Driver captures terrifying moment mysterious creature appears in front of car: ‘That was so fast’
As human communities continue to expand into once-wild natural habitats, encounters with wildlife are becoming increasingly common. In…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #biodiversityloss #humancommunities #movingcar #Naturalwildlifehabitats #Reddit #Science #whitetaildeer
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Syracuse to begin killing deer in targeted neighborhoods next week
Syracuse’s annual deer cull will begin Dec. 15, 2025, and continue through March 2026, according to the mayor’s…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Deer #Fawn #Science #whitetaildeer
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Hey, how about another one?
Crappy Cellphone Photo of the Night - Part Two:Whitetail deer standing in the neighbor's backyard. They have risen and are again grazing. Here they paused & looked my way.
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Syracuse killed 137 deer in neighborhoods last year, second most since 2019
Syracuse killed 137 deer in city neighborhoods between January and March as part of its tick and deer…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Deer #Fawn #Science #whitetaildeer
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A deer under an apple tree at dusk. #Photography #WhiteTailDeer
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Hanging out by the side of the road. #whitetaildeer #nature #WildLife
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Deer in a snow squall. #Photography #Ontario #WhiteTailDeer
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A few of the bazillion Deer in the area...
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Work crew heading out to trim the wife's rose bushes. #Photography #Ontario #WhiteTailDeer
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34 deg F this morning when I hiked before work. This is the first day it's been above freezing on my morning hikes since I started on Jan 5. It's going to be warm again tomorrow so the trails are going to start getting pretty muddy. Not looking forward to that.
However, this morning the trails were still frozen. A beautiful sunrise and I met a nice lady (pictured) along the way. #morning
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Was casually driving home on one of our State Highways and these ladies almost crossed the road in front of me.
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Whitetailed deer in a farmer's field. #Photography #Ontario #WhiteTailDeer
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The whitetail deer are still out eating winter wheat during the daylight hours. November 15. #WhiteTailDeer #Nature
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Deer have been killing some of these trees for years. Several in this row have been replaced 2-3 times now. Even with plastic protectors on the trunk the Deer still manage to knock them off by rubbing😑
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Deer on the bike path
Northampton, Massachusetts, September 29, 2024
#deer #WhiteTailedDeer #WhitetailDeer #Wildlife #WesternMassachusetts
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I had a feeling I was being watched when I brought in the laundry.
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That must be only a few hours old. They don't come much smaller than that. #Ontario #WhiteTailDeer #TrailCam #Photography
