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Janet - NO AI (c)jlwerstrohWildlife Photography: "Easter Bunny" <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/jlwerstroh?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jlwerstroh</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/janetwerstroh?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#janetwerstroh</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/jackrabbit?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/rabbit?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rabbit</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/easterbunny?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#easterbunny</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bunny?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bunny</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wildlifephotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlifephotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/wildlife?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/jlwalbertaphotography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jlwalbertaphotography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/calary?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#calary</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/canada?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canada</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/alberta?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alberta</a>

C.There are 14,387,941 jackrabbit poops in this front yard. [1]Have I said that we get a lot of jackrabbits [2] in the yard in the winter here? Prairie life.[1] Approximately. [2] White-tailed jackrabbit, which is actually a hare, not a rabbit at all. AKA prairie hare.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SK</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hare</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/poop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poop</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/prairie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prairie</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/yard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yard</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/backyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#backyard</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/RabbitsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RabbitsOfMastodon</a>

C.We're a week into April here on the Canadian prairies [1], but it's a little different than other places. Spring isn't here, it's on the horizon. Everything's still got a blanket of snow on it, and we could easily get more [2]. There's no blooms or buds to tell you spring is on the way.There are really only two big clues that Old Man Winter is thinking about leaving:1. Days are noticeably longer than just a few weeks ago.2. The jackrabbits!They're turning brown again, losing their winter-white coat. Unfortunately it's kind of ruining their camouflage.I find it interesting that the degree or progression of the change is so different between different individuals. I'm told the change is triggered by the lengthening days, so it's some sort of built-in variance.These are white-tailed jackrabbits, which are actually a species of hare, not rabbit. They're the most common hare on the Canadian prairies, shown here in my backyard.[1] It's probably a week into April where you are, too. Funny how that works.[2] In the time I've lived in Saskatchewan, I have seen snow fall in every month of the calendar except July.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hare</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bunny</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SK</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Saskatchewan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Saskatchewan</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/prairie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prairie</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/RabbitsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RabbitsOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/diurnal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diurnal</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/daylight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#daylight</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/season" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#season</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spring</a>

Art History AnimaliaGrace Hudson (USA, 1865–1937) Mr. Jack or Jackie, 1930 Cast Ceramic with Glass Eyes On display at Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA (10428) “[This] was a <a href="https://historians.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> sculpture to be marketed as a garden statue, a prototype of which you see here. Indeed, this very ‘Mr. Jack’ (or ‘Jackie’), can be seen in various locations outside the Sun House in a number of photographs from the Museum's collections.” <a href="https://historians.social/tags/WomenArtists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomenArtists</a>

Art History AnimaliaGrace Hudson (USA, 1865–1937) Little Jack, 1916 (No. 479) Oil on Canvas On display at Grace Hudson Museum, Ukiah, CA (2002-11-1) <a href="https://historians.social/tags/WomenArtists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomenArtists</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Pomo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pomo</a>

C.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PalateCleanser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PalateCleanser</a> ...White-tailed jackrabbits (which are actually a species of hare) in their winter coats in the middle of the western <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canadian</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/prairies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prairies</a>.The one on the far side looks awfully smart to me.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hare</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bunny</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SK</a>

C.<a href="https://mastodon.scot/@strathearnrose" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@strathearnrose</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Bislick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Bislick</a> Yes... and no. It's complicated 😜 We've got something like half a dozen species of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hare</a> in Canada. Some of them have common names based on "<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a>", even though they're not <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rabbits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rabbits</a>.These ones are "white-tailed jackrabbits", formal name "Lepus townsendii". Where I live, they're the only common species of hare, so they're generally just called jackrabbits, or <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jacks</a>.Further north than I am, there are Arctic hares. For whatever reason, those are generally not called jackrabbits. 🤷 Why does it have to be this complicated? I have no idea 😃

C.White-jailed jackrabbits, again. This time I caught them in flight formation!<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SK</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/prairie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prairie</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animal</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hare</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bunny</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snow</a>

C.Jackrabbits - well, all <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hares" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hares</a>, and all non-lop <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rabbits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rabbits</a> - have great ears. Younger folks won't remember indoor TV aerials affectionately called "rabbit ears", but the name was apt.Here's a white-tailed jackrabbit - which yes, is actually a hare, not a rabbit - who has his ears up monitoring for threats while he munches some food. They turn to face different directions to focus sound from, like a radar dish, and they both operate independently. I call this "swivel mode".<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animal</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/prairie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prairie</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ears</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/RabbitEars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RabbitEars</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/aerial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aerial</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/antenna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antenna</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TV</a>

C.This time, everyone's in motion. Two chasers, two chase-ees, and the remaining two just pulling back a bit because of the excitement.I like the one at right of frame center, chasing the one headed up the snowbank. Back feet in the air, having just pushed off in a jump, cotton tail flying straight back...<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hare</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bunny</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Saskatchewan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Saskatchewan</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SK</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/YQR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YQR</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animal</a>

C.An <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#action</a> shot from today. There's six <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbits</a> in the front yard in this one, and getting them crammed in like this results in territorial behaviour.The three across the center of the frame, from left to right are:1) "Boxing" the one in the middle. 2) Jumping straight up in the air to escape the boxing, since there's basically another jackrabbit in every other direction. He's a good 50-60cm in the air here, and went higher before coming down. 3) Preparing to rear up, possibly taking up the boxing challenge of #1.The other three aren't in the thick of it yet.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ActionShot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActionShot</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/photograph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photograph</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animal</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hare</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bunny</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/boing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#boing</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SK</a>

C."Ya, I pooped in your yard. Whatcha gonna do about it?"<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SK</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Saskatchewan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Saskatchewan</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hare</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bunny</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/poop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poop</a>

C.Last one for today.I don't know if this one is a he or a she, but the arresting dark patch around the mouth reminds me of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/lipstick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lipstick</a>, so she it is. She looks like she's about to say "I'm ready for my <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/closeup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#closeup</a>, Mr. DeMille."This is a white-tailed jackrabbit, or "jack" as they are sometimes known here, in the prairies of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Saskatchewan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Saskatchewan</a>, <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a>. Despite the name, it is a species of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hare</a> rather than <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rabbit</a>. She is sitting in a snow bank that has piled up atop a raised-bed garden in my backyard.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animal</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bunny</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/smooch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smooch</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/makeup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#makeup</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DeMille" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeMille</a>

C.Nature & wildlife photos... Are you sick of <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> / <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hare</a> pictures yet?These were taken yesterday, 2025-01-27, in my snow-covered yard in the middle of the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canadian</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/prairies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prairies</a>. They're white-tailed jackrabbits.#1 was shot through a railing with vertical supports, explaining the light/dark striping. I like the alternating <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/overexposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#overexposure</a> it gives, really highlighting the detail of the eye that would otherwise be darker, and also the whiskers against the background. Any more-experienced <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/photographers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photographers</a> care to comment on the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bokeh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bokeh</a> here?#2 is Not Amused at the presence of a human in "his" yard. If looks could kill.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bunny</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SK</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/prairie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prairie</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PrairieLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrairieLife</a>

C.<a href="https://mstdn.ca/@AmeliasBrain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AmeliasBrain</a> Many of them are skittish; there are a few braver ones. For various reasons I needn't go into here, they get more used to me as the winter goes on; I talk to them to try to get them used to me being around. When the snow first falls, they'll scatter as soon as they see or hear me, but by now they mostly just stand back a bit. There's one particularly brave one this year that actually comes directly to me when I go outside! i.e. he actually comes from wherever in the yard he happens to be to within about 2 meters of me and waits for the [redacted].Not sure about jackrabbits in Edmonton (though <a href="https://mastodon.thirring.org/@Satori" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Satori</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.thirring.org/@cenobyte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cenobyte</a> might confirm), but they're generally most active for an hour or two either side of dusk. Unfortunately those tend to be fairly high-traffic times in cities, at least in the prairies, so they might all be hiding away from cars and people noises and movements. I'm at the end of a bay, so my front yard is very low-traffic. These jacks are out there on my front lawn and scattered up and down the street every evening.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/YEG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YEG</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Edmonton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Edmonton</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/lagomorph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lagomorph</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a>

C.A short <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#video</a> this time. I actually had "too much lens"[1] when I started shooting, because I was only about 5 meters away, so sorry for the shaky-cam. Enjoy the facial expressions, you probably won't see them this clearly in person...One of the white-tailed jackrabbits munching away in the front yard, while keeping an eye on the weird 2-legged thing making noise from not very far away.[1] I don't think I've ever experienced this before... <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photography</a><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hare</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/yard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yard</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/backyard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#backyard</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animal</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bunny</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SK</a> Canada <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#winter</a>

C.<creepy little girl voice>They're HEeeeere....(#7 ran off when I opened the door...)<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hare</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/winter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#winter</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/prairie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prairie</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SK</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/lagomorph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lagomorph</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/lepus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lepus</a>edit: it works better when you attach the photo...

C.<a href="https://mastodon.thirring.org/@Satori" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Satori</a> Zoom! 🐇 I haven't done our snow yet - started late this afternoon, is supposed to keep up through 'til tomorrow afternoon here, and the roads were pretty bad coming home from a family dinner. But I did fill the bunny bowl after we got home, and there's a chubby jack out there who appears to have had to body-surf through the loose snow to get to the bowl. Not the usual delicate jack tracks!<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hare</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#snow</a>

Ian Robinson“Hey Siri. Play At the Very Least, I Understand by Jack Rabbit.” <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HomePod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HomePod</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JackRabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JackRabbit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FittingIn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FittingIn</a> Apple Music: <a href="https://music.apple.com/gb/album/at-the-very-least-i-understand-from-fitting-in/1729671382?i=1729671383" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://music.apple.com/gb/album/at-the-very-least-i-understand-from-fitting-in/1729671382?i=1729671383</a>Spotify: <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/144lZzU4zwXPNawZAPQ5v0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/track/144lZzU4zwXPNawZAPQ5v0</a>

Satori :Skye: 🌷1/4 I opened my front door this afternoon to shovel and look at the beautiful girl who greeted me! 😍 A gorgeous white-tailed jackrabbit hare! 💕 <a href="https://mastodon.thirring.org/tags/Jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jackrabbit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.thirring.org/tags/Hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hare</a>

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