Hares, pikas, and rabbits (aka Lagomorphs)

[Andrewmap]

An evening brush with a hare (or two).

Last weekend we had a short break in Bedfordshire at a https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/ building, https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/search-and-book/properties/keepers-cottage-8764#Overview, situated on the Shuttleworth Estate in Old Warden.

We took an early walk out on the Saturday morning and spotted a hare in the distance, but didn't take any worthwhile photos. On the following evening, the weather was mild and clear, so cameras in hand we ventured out and got lucky on the same stretch of arable field:

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I slowly walked towards the hare, taking a couple of photos at a time before I managed this long distance image and then the hare was spooked by my presence and ran away.

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Slowly walking towards the last position I noticed a dark lump in the soil and slowly edged my way forward and found this little beauty huddling in a clear patch

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The hare was well aware of our being there but showed no signs of being too nervous, until a couple of foxes started barking around us and then it was off: one second it was there and the next - gone. A magical encounter with a beautiful creature.

 

[rloewy]

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[moonraker]

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[barry13]

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[TNcasual]

Vincent, the one eared cottontail, still lives in our yard. This is the second year we have seen him around.

 

[Mountain_Man_79]

Pika on Mt. Bierstadt in Colorado-

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It’s not often you see these guys, they’re typically very shy. But this one was quite interested in what I was eating.

 

[TNcasual]

Baby bunny.

 

[rloewy]

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[moonraker]

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not sure what he's praying for.. better grass?

 

[John King]

That first one is just beautiful! Well seen and taken.

 

[WhidbeyLVR]

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Bunny 2

 

[rloewy]

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[Egregius V]

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[Aristophanes]

Arctic hare, summer coat.

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[Harvey Melvin Richards]

This is a black-tailed jackrabbit that I found on a walk. It was a suspicious death, so I called the Division of Wildlife Resources. They recovered the carcass and it had died of Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus, a mostly lethal disease that affects both wild and domestic rabbits. This will be especially hard on the wild rabbits, and birds prey and other predators that mostly live on a rabbit diet.

https://rabbit.org/rhdv/

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EM124269-1 by Harvey Richards, on Flickr

 

[OldRex]

The part of suburbia I live in has an abundant supply of these and brush turkeys. We do spot an occasional echidna in our garden too.

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[SteveAdler]

joining you from the Chipmunk thread...

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