Charlottesville, VA The Deer Are Yarding Up

Tis the season, the deer are yarding up. Here in Sugar Hollow we saw 11 in the yard tonight. The mating season is over-- during the summer and fall we see the does and fawns staying together as individual families, then about mid-December, after the mating season the deer will "yard up". Several families will gather together and graze on our lawn. The winter months are the only time we see such deer behavior. It is still hunting season so we don't see the bucks very often. They are too smart to spend much time out in the open and for the most part stay hidden in the woods. It is a real pleasure to observe the deer behavior throughout the course of the year. Especially in the warmer months we enjoy sitting on our upper deck watching the wild life show below.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA BIRDERS, FOR YOU!

Read on for something you will want to know about, especially when you visit Sugar Hollow, one of the best birding areas in Central Virginia.

If you are a birder you know about the website eBird.com. eBird.com has recently announced the roll out of a  new iPhone App that is "the best invention for birding since binoculars", according to Ken Kaufman, renowned birder and author of the Kaufman Field Guide toBirds of  North America. This sweet little app, now available on the App Store, brings to you astonishingly clear photos of hundreds birds, information about them, plays their song, gives you maps and much, much more.  It's like having your own personal birding expert in your pocket.

Developed by Peter Myers(our neighbor in Sugar Hollow!) and his team at Birds in the Hand, LLC of  Crozet and Charlottesville, VA the app was developed with the help of experts at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, the Academy of Natural Sciences, and Kaufman.

Download this most excellent new app - BirdsEye - put it in you pocket and make the Inn at Sugar Hollow Farm your headquarters for some most excellent birding experiences (then upload information about your sightings to eBird -- for their database.)