I just saw a deer on the trolley tracks in Brookline Village! I was on a bridge over the D line tracks when I saw a freaked-out deer (a doe) running across the tracks right in front of a trolley. The train stopped but the deer was still running around all crazy (there are trees and chain-link fence on either side of the tracks on this part of the D line, so she was basically trapped on the tracks, with only a few feet on either side). I wish her well, but I suspect she is not going to make it back out of Brookline under her own power. It was kind of cool to see the deer, but she was so obviously in distress it was also pretty sad.
I've gotten used to the turkeys, but a deer was a surprise!
I've gotten used to the turkeys, but a deer was a surprise!

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Deer show up in unusual urban places, but I think they're pretty resilient too.