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My Dear Deer! – Τα ελάφια της Πάρνηθας

October 25, 2012 - Leave a Comment

Mount Parnitha is one of Attica’s major mountains and a designated National Park as of 1961. Its highest peak, at 1.423 meters, is called Karavola. Some weekends ago, on one fine Saturday—not as hot as summertime but not too chilly either—we followed a hiking trail called Houni. On the trail’s highest point, near the casino area right under Bafi, one of Parnitha’s major shelters, we came across these sweet deer drinking from small water pits and grazing indolently on shrubs here and there. As exciting as it might have been capturing wildlife on camera, I must say, I felt they were not a happy sight. Their behavior indicates that after the 2007 wildfires, the deer are desperate in their search for food and have thus learned to approach the humans who feed them. So as sad as it may be that their diet has come to the point of including bread, I also think it is dangerous to be that trusty of humans altogether!


Με βρίσκω ξαφνικά στην Πάρνηθα ένα πρωί Σαββάτου (στην ευρύτερη περιοχή του καζίνο και κάτω από το καταφύγιο Μπάφι, έτοιμη να κατεβώ τη Χούνη) να φωτογραφίζω άγρια ζώα – για μια στιγμή… σαν πολύ εύκολο δεν είναι; Για μερικά δευτερόλεπτα ενθουσιάζομαι «για δες, δε με φοβούνται!» Αμέσως μετά συνειδητοποιώ πως «ωχ, δε με φοβούνται!»

Καθώς καταφθάνουν και άλλοι οδοιπόροι με τις φωτογραφικές μηχανές στο χέρι και τα ελάφια όχι απλά δεν ενοχλούνται αλλά συνεχίζουν να μας πλησιάζουν, είναι πια ξεκάθαρο πως στην προσπάθεια τους να βρουν τροφή –πράγμα διόλου εύκολο τα τελευταία χρόνια με τις φωτιές, την ξήρανση λόγω ασθενειών σε έλατα και πεύκα, τη διάβρωση του εδάφους, αλλά και την όξινη βροχή– έχουν μάθει να πλησιάζουν τον κόσμο που συνήθως τα ταίζει ψωμί. Και κακή διατροφή και επικίνδυνες επαφές!

Deer in Mt. Parnitha | Kicking Back the Pebbles
Deer in Mt. Parnitha | Kicking Back the Pebbles
Deer in Mt. Parnitha | Kicking Back the Pebbles
Deer in Mt. Parnitha | Kicking Back the Pebbles

Here is a link to the official web page of the Bafi shelter and of the casino, in case you are interested.

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Hi, it’s Athina!

A stalwart bookworm, English & American Literature graduate, EFL/ESOL teacher. I juggled teaching and working as an executive secretary, in a big advertising company and a law firm, for several years. I’m a freelance writer, line editor, and blogger as of lately. Also, a bit ironic by nature but, all in all, quite easy-going. Partner to 1 & mother to 3 cats. I once tried to give up coffee and then swore not to make that mistake again!

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