Fawn on Flannery Fork

How did I get this pic?  I was driving back very early from my walk on the Rich Mountain Trails.  As I rounded a curve on Flannery Fork Road [a gravel road], ahead was a doe who’d obviously heard my approach.  She stared at me in panic while frantically jumping back and forth on the road.  She’d recently given birth to this fawn, on the road.  Finally, she jumped off the road into the woods.  I knew that does always stay nearby their fawns, waiting for danger to pass before they re-emerge.  I drove by the fawn, rolling down the window and taking just this one shot in a brief pause before moving on. I didn’t want to disturb the fawn or scare the mama even further by lingering a long time for a number of shots.  I drove ahead far enough that I thought the mama might come back out of the woods, and parked in the same lane as the fawn.  The fawn was so tiny that it couldn’t be see far away in the dim morning light, and I wanted to be able to stop any oncoming traffic and make sure they used the other lane [fortunately, there was enough sight distance to do this and be safe].  After about 15 minutes with no traffic, the fawn slowly got to its feet, ambled about on the road, then headed into the woods near where its mother had fled. I drove on home and was delighted to find that my one picture turned out well.  It’s my 2009 ‘Here’s looking at you, kid’ shot.  Hope it’s a great life for you, little one.