Cades Cove - Great Smoky Mountain National Park

Just a few recent photos from my "back yard"

Black Bear (telling me what it thinks of the photo op)

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Nice images the lat one of the Woodpecker is my fave

Very nice set,thanks for sharing


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Thanks for the comments .... I like the woody too.

Thanks for sharing these - it's always great to see images from the Cove!

How recent are these? The apparent age of the fawn makes me think these were taken quite some time ago, perhaps early/mid July? Have you been there more recently? See any mature bucks in velvet when you were there last?

Tom .... Good to hear from you. The new born fawn image was taken on 8-19. A very late birth for the cove, many are born in late June, the rest typically in July.

All the bucks are in velvet and look great this year ... big and healthy, should be starting to shed their fuzz any time now and then on to the early sparring.

I live in Maryville, so I am in the cove all the time .... last time was on Saturday.

Great shots. the many times i've been to cades cove, i've got skunked..

very nice shots. i like the first picture of the black bear and one of the woodpecker the best.

bhowdy wrote in post #13055956
Tom .... Good to hear from you. The new born fawn image was taken on 8-19. A very late birth for the cove, many are born in late June, the rest typically in July.

Bob,

Wow - that means that the doe was bred in mid-January! It's cool to know that there are still a couple does coming into estrous that late in the winter.

Glad to hear the bucks are in good shape. Do you have any recent images of bucks you remember from previous seasons?
Is the one-eyed buck still around?
How 'bout the heavy 11 pointer?
Seen the big Cable Mill 10 pointer yet this summer?

I hope you have much fun & success as you continue to shoot in the Cove!

very nice set Bob

very nice series

Nice photos. I went out there a couple weeks ago and all we saw was a turkey.. All the animals were hiding. Some nice buildings and stuff out there though.

so jealous.. all i ever see is deer at cades cove. i have seen bear but never can get a good shot of one. want to get up there a couple more times this year.