WHAT WAS THAT?!?

My old labrador was mighty fond of baby birds too. Maybe he was on to something?

Chirp chirp. Tweet tweet. Chirp chirp chirp..... Don't mind me, guys. I'm just practicing my new deer call.

I thought we already knew that deer were omnivorous? I coulda sworn learning that when I was little...

I doubt if any biologist would classify deer as true omnivores like bears, raccoons and humans because of behavior like this.
Most carnivores and herbivores occasionally break the rules, but that doesn't necessarily make them a omnivore (lions snacking on grass, deer eating a baby bird, etc.)

I'll add that to my collection of evidence that deer are not helpless, poor, or innocent.

I've seen a rattlesnake eat blueberries and a grouse eat a frog, but this blows my mind.

Just a little protein fix.

I saw something on tv about this island where the deer eat baby birds for calcium and other minerals because there is no other source on the island and apparently the bones have what they need.
I wonder if it's the same thing going on here.

I think it's funny that her husband was laughing in the background.

I sure wish I could come back in a couple thousand years and hunt deer (if BamBam lets us keep our guns) it could make deer hunting even more exciting!

Headline : MAN TAKEN FROM TENT, PARTIALLY EATEN, BY DEER!

The deer probably flossed his teeth with the feathers, thats a oral aware deer not a carnivore.

I wonder if the feathers came out in the pellets like hair comes out in coyote scat? I know deer burp up what they eat and chew on it later like a cow--bet that surprised him!

Wow. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it.

Let's hope they don't develop a taste for human flesh or hunting season will get a lot more interesting.

i now know what to use as a food plot attractant come this fall.

Great vid! A couple years ago I saw a video of a doe eating a field mouse.

Deer ARE ruminants and will chew their cud. That's gonna hafta taste nasty under the shade tree at nap time!!

Bubba

Bubba,

The rumen micro flora will disolve that bird like he was made of sugar. I doubt there will be much to hack back up. As for the ferthers once through the rumen about all that will be left are the quills.

wow.. that is amazing that that was actually captured.. i have never seen it for my self. i have read that dear are plant dominant omnivores but i had never personally seen this. especially caught on tape. thanks for the awesome learning experience.

Imagine down covered deer pellets floating on the morning breeze...

That's awesome