14th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Fawn amidst ferns.

I was on an early morning walk in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. I came across this young fawn and its mother. The mother deer signaled to the fawn somehow to go to ground for protection. I got this shot before the fawn vanished into the forest of ferns.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2016
Date Uploaded: 11.2016
Photo Location: Hawley, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D7100
Copyright: © Andree Jannette