Meagre Rations

The same stag seen yesterday and in the same place. He was standing still for a long time his mind on other things than eating. It is apparently common for stags to eat well during the summer building their strength up , then during the month or so of the rut itself they may eat very little expending so much energy that they can become quite weak. The behaviour observed in this one seems to bear this out. For nearly ten minutes he stood just so.