Shelley Van Buskirk Spears took an amazing picture yesterday afternoon of two deer swimming across the western channel of Shelburne Harbour, from McNutt's Island to the beach at Carleton Village, on the western shore. Her husband Alex called her to say that he had spotted the deer leaving the Horseshoe on McNutt's. That's the northern arm of the cove, here on the western side. Shelley ran to get her camera and stood on the shore to wait until they appeared.
You can see part of McNutt's in the upper left of the picture. The wind was quite strong yesterday afternoon, coming from the west-northwest, and the water was choppy, with whitecaps. This must have been a difficult swim. It's hard to imagine why the deer went across. People have always said that deer swim to and from McNutt's Island. But as far as I know this is the first time anyone has taken a picture of it. Thanks to Shelley for sharing her photograph.
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3 comments:
A remarkable picture! Thanks Anne to you and Shelley for sharing this. Occasionally deer swim the Northwest Arm of Halifax Harbour and have made their way into the downtown area that way - of course the Arm is very sheltered and not really all that wide.
It is amazing how deer can swim with those skinny little legs. Great picture!!
So interesting! An important event captured on film. Wonderful!
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