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My dear deer! – Τα ελάφια της Πάρνηθας!

October 25, 2012 - Leave a Comment

Mount Parnitha is one of the major mountains in Attica & it is a designated National Park as of 1961. Its highest peak, at 1.423 meters, is called Karavola. A couple of weekends ago, on one fine Saturday –not as hot as in summer time and not too chilly yet– we followed a hiking trail called Houni. On the trail’s highest point (we were going from the top down) near the casino area, right under one of Parnitha’s major shelters called Bafi, we came across these guys 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 have to say, to me, they were not a happy sight… their behavior indicates that after the 2007 wildfires they are desperate in their search for food and have thus “learned” to approach the humans who feed them… and as sad as it may be that their diet has come to the point of including bread I also think it is highly 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… χμμμ, για μια στιγμή… σαν πολύ εύκολο δεν είναι;

Για μερικά δευτερόλεπτα ενθουσιάζομαι «για δες, δεν με φοβούνται!»… Αμέσως μετά συνειδητοποιώ πως «ωωωχ, δεν 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, με το πρόβλημα ξήρανσης λόγω ασθενειών και στα έλατα και στα πεύκα, με 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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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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➡️➡️ Find the entire Kouzounas Kitchen November Superfood Week @ https://kouzounaskitchen.com/
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