Nuzzle Under The Evening Sun ...

“When you look a wild animal in the eye, it's like catching a glimpse into the soul of nature itself.”

     ~ Paul Oxton

    ~ founder & director of 

            Wild Heart Wildlife Foundation

My favorite white-tailed deer button buck ~ Buttons, as I call him, at right ~ gets a sweet nuzzle from his twin sister under the early evening sun on beautiful late April day at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.

I began photographing Buttons as a precious white-spotted fawn, then a sweet button buck and then a beautiful yearling, until he migrated away in January 2020. Along the way I tossed him many apples, which he loved eating. It’s a true joy and blessing to me personally and as a photographer to have watched this white-tailed deer grow.