Habitat: Riparian forests, woodlands, abandoned farmland.  They need open areas that are near cover.

Description: Reddish brown coats in the summer, grey in the winter with a white chin and belly.  There is also a narrow white ring around the eye.

Size: 1.3-2.2m long, 50-200kg

Diet: In the winter, leaves and twigs of evergreens, deiduous trees and brush.  In spring and early summer, forbs grasses and mushrooms.

Fun Facts: Although they can walk just after birth, baby deer spend most of their first month hiding quietly under some vegetation while it's mother leaves to feed.

Source: Pattie, D. and C. Fisher. 1999. Mammals of Alberta. Lone Pine Publishing.