Fawn

There is a large population of whitetail deer in Connetquot River State Park. They are so commonly seen there that I very rarely take pictures of them, but I could not resist this adorable fellow. As fawns, whitetail deer have spotted reddish-brownish coats, like this one has, which serve as the perfect camouflage. The reddish-brown coloring blends in with the dried leaves on the ground and the white spots mimic sunlight filtering through the trees.  However, fawns lose their white spots for good when they shed their summer coat for a winter one, sometime in the fall.