Blacktail Deer Plateau eats, shoots and leaves

Blue Willow feinted at her, jaws gaping, and Osprey instinctively leaned away and flailed her forelimbs. One of her paws struck the side of the adult's muzzle and her eyes flew wide. It wasn't just startling to hit an adult in the face, it was particularly unsettling to strike her Aunt Willow anywhere.

"Yous axed foes it!" young Osprey Jr. declared accusingly, preemptively trying to defend herself against any allegations that she'd hit the Alpha female out of turn. Her mismatched eyes narrowed and she paused to see whether anyone, including Blue Willow herself, would try to mete out more punishment. Perhaps she would have to sit in timeout again.