Due to the blizzard in Wisconsin our flight home was canceled, along with every flight going north. So 24 stressful hours spent trying to rebook a way home. Couldn't even get a car to drive home. Trying to relax by watching videos of my walk thru National Key Deer Refuge a few days ago.
#keydeer
The tiny Key Deer are an endangered sub-species of white-tailed deer. A large adult only reaches 30 inches (76 cm) at the shoulder. There are only about 700 left, living in the Middle Keys centered around Big Pine Key in Florida. Saw 2 today in the National Key Deer Refuge.
#keydeer
deer skeleton and key deer sketch
Happy #KeyDeer Awareness Day!
These guys are VERY small and becoming endangered due to habitat loss from rising seas and forced close contact with humans.
Digital sketch study of a Florida Key Deer, Adult Male Key deer stand only about 30 inches tall at the shoulder while females are 26inches tall, making them the smallest subspecies of white tailed deer in North America. Once reduced to just a few dozen individuals, the species rebounded thanks to federal protection and the creation of the National Key Deer Refuge.
It's #KeyDeerAwarnessDay 🦌🎉
Key deer are the smallest subspecies of white tailed deer. Males are 30in and females 26in at the shoulder. Living only in the Florida Keys, with a population of roughly 600 animals.
#KeyDeer #Deer #Florida #Conservation #Biology #Nature #WildlifeArt #AnimalArt #SciArt
"The Key deer is found only in a small stretch of the Florida Keys, and this animal continues to survive thanks to decades of focused conservation work and a community that has learned to share the road and the landscape."
🏝️🦌🚨 #KeyDeer #Florida #Conservation #Biology #Nature #AmazingCritters
A key deer mother and fawn on the beach near Big Pine Key, FL in 2022
A unnervingly handsome whitetail deer in Seabrook Island, SC in 2020
A whitetail deer in Seabrook Island, SC in 2016
A piebald whitetail deer in Seabrook Island, SC in 2019
Finally on the mend but still didn't get out to produce any new photos today so here are some of my favorite non-AZ #deer photos 🦌 Mostly favorites for the subjects, not the quality of the photos ;)
#nature
#wildlife
#photography
#whitetail
#keydeer
#piebald
We saw so much amazing wildlife on our motorcycle trip to Key West! 🏍️❤️
#STEM #Ocean
#KeyDeer
#Iguanas
#SeaTurtleHospital
#DolphinResearchCenter
A black and white drawing by artist Victoria Rose Martin of key deer and marsh rabbit in front of Cape Florida Lighthouse. A swirl of yellow spreads across the paper.
My drawing of key deer and marsh rabbit on a free form swirl of yellow ink.
Reminds me of the glow of a full moon #printmaking #keydeer #art #palmbeachart #nature #wildlife
Happy #Stunday! 💖✨
#TheKiss
#photography #floridakeys #keydeer #cat #catsofbluesky #deerofbluesky #animals
An endangered key deer in velvet in the lower Florida Keys.
Are you ready for this, MEDIA?
#endangered
#keydeer
#deer
#wildlife
#nature
#photography
One of 5 Key Deer I saw during my visit to the Florida Keys. This small subspecies of the White-tailed Deer is threatened by habitat loss and collisions with cars. About the size of a Golden Retriever, and are adorable. #keydeer #odocoileusvirginianusclavium #mammals #wildlife #floridakeys
Key Deer closeup (Odocoileus virginianus ssp. clavium), Big Pine Key, Florida, 3/30/25. "The Key deer... is an endangered subspecies of the white-tailed deer that lives only in the Florida Keys. It is the smallest extant North American deer species." (wikipedia.org)
Key Deer (Odocoileus virginianus ssp. clavium), Big Pine Key, Florida, 3/30/25. "The Key deer... is an endangered subspecies of the white-tailed deer that lives only in the Florida Keys. It is the smallest extant North American deer species." (wikipedia.org)
Key Deer (Odocoileus virginianus ssp. clavium), Big Pine Key, Florida, 3/30/25. "The Key deer... is an endangered subspecies of the white-tailed deer that lives only in the Florida Keys. It is the smallest extant North American deer species." (wikipedia.org)
Key Deer (Odocoileus virginianus ssp. clavium), Big Pine Key, Florida, 3/30/25. "The Key deer... is an endangered subspecies of the white-tailed deer that lives only in the Florida Keys. It is the smallest extant North American deer species." (wikipedia.org)
#keydeer #deer #photography
Key deer were once poached almost to extinction and in 1967 were put on the endangered species list, where they remain today. The population has somewhat stabilized, with an estimated 700 to 800 individuals currently thriving in the Lower Keys. The threat of extinction continues.
#keydeer
A trail at The National Key Deer Refuge in Big Pine Key, Florida.
A Key Deer in the far distance, on a road
In the Florida Keys, Big Pine Key. The endangered Key Deer is the smallest of all white-tailed deer, with their habitat exclusively on the Florida Keys. They're also highly protected. #keydeer #protectedspecies #floridakeys #nature #trailwalking
How do you “conserve” species by booting them off the endangered list, kicking them down the protection ladder to “threatened,” or never letting them on the list in the first place? #Florida #environment #keydeer
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