Missing momma!

Walking through the park this morning, we came across this little fawn. I'm not sure when it was born, but probably within the past 24 hours. The worrisome thing is that its momma wasn't around, and although that isn't terribly unusual, this little one was looking for momma. Instead of being curled up in the weeds and almost invisible, it was wandering around and mewling like a little kitten or lost lamb. It actually tottered unsteadily down the hillside and out on the trail to stand at our feet. Eventually, after a bit of wandering, it curled up to take a rest, but then it got up and wandered some more, and all the time it was crying for its momma.. The park can be a dangerous place for a helpless little critter like this. I'm just hoping the momma eventually returned to care for it.

I almost forgot to say that you can see more pictures of the little one here.