Orphaned or injured wildlife: What to do if you find a fawn
Fawn. Photo by Flickr user zhumaly used under a Creative Commons License.
Wildlife Tips from the Lindsay Wildlife Museum
1931 First Ave., Walnut Creek, California
What to do if you find a fawn:
Now is the time to watch for fawns. Deer have learned to adapt to small patches of open space in urban areas and are common in many of our neighborhoods. Black-tailed deer, a subspecies of the mule deer, are common throughout the northern and central California coastal ranges. While they prefer open chaparral, they will adjust to almost any open space they can find.
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Posted on Wednesday, April 21st, 2010
Under: deer, Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Wildlife, Wildlife Rehabilitation | 2 Comments »
