Many residents of our community will have seen the white deer that was one of a pair of twins born in 2005.  The deer was seen regularly throughout the community for over a year, then gradually was seen less and less.  This is normal, as adult male White Tail deer tend to retreat into more remote areas, except for a few weeks in the fall.  It is not known as of 2008 whether the deer is still living.

This video clip shows the young deer during the fall of 2005; the normally colored twin is also shown in some of the video.

As the video reveals, the deer is not an albino, as it has clear brown facial markings and dark eyes.  This coloring lead one long-time deer observer in our area to call him "Groucho Marx."

White deer are not that uncommon, especially among the White Tail deer that inhabit our area.  They are found most frequently in areas where predators and hunting are reduced, as their coloring does not allow most white deer to survive long in the wild.  Perhaps for this reason most normally colored deer will not associate with white deer, although for the moment this deer's sibling sticks close by.  There are, perhaps a dozen young deer that will graze in the same area, but there is a distinct separation between the little white deer and his twin, sometimes as much as a block and a half.

The white deer with odd markings are mutants and called "piebalds."  The white deer usually do not live long and have other anomalies, such as deformed feet. They also cannot hear very well. Naturalists theorize they are the result of over breeding and too many deer.

There is a large herd of white deer in Seneca, New York and a smaller one in Pennsylvania.

Right now the deer are grousing the grass under the oak trees for acorns. It is unique to listen to them crack the shell and watch them spit the shell out and eat the nut.