Exploring the Neighborhood

I went up to our barn this morning and found these two fawns scoping out the property. As I watched the two fawns, they looked into the upper level of the barn and then moved to the lower level "courtyard".



They then headed toward our garden, which is surrounded by an electric fence. They continued around to the back of the barn to complete a 360 around the barn.



They will start learning the layout of their home territory at an early age and build a mental map of the neighborhood as their explore. This exploring of the neighborhood will help them build predetermined escape routes to elude predators in the future.