We went looking for deer along the American River bike trail in Rancho Cordova yesterday morning. Not surprisingly, we managed to spot more females than males; the bucks are especially camera shy. These deer do their best to avoid humans, but they feel quite safe hiding among the dredger tailings and are used to seeing bicycle traffic. They did seem rather surprised and confused at seeing a couple of humans leave the paved bike path to wander through the weeds and poke our noses into their bedding areas. You could almost hear them thinking, “What the heck are you doing here?”