The hawks yesterday were an omen of more sightings. Last night I saw more deer than ever before. I always take the high road now and usually see a family of deer, male, female and baby on one part of a hill. I never thought of deer as hanging out in families, but they seem to here. Last night the female ran next to my car on the road for about a hundred yards. I am under no illusion that she is getting to know me or was reaching out to me, I think she was just confused and running toward the baby, but it was amazing to be moving so close next to a wild animal for so long. As I continued on the road to my house it seemed full of deer. 15 or 16 at a time, three mature males with huge antlers. One male walked into the road as I stopped and waited for it to cross. The largest one stood at the turn-off to my house.