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Monday, Apr 20 to Sunday, Apr 26, 2009: high 90, low 32

Early morning Saturday the 4” of overnight snow was quickly melting. This rabbit was nosing down to nibble on the fresh green grass that was encouraged to grow by the 90 degree temperature on Thursday afternoon.

Rabbits are my companions here at Wingsprings. Yet still i cannot distinguish between them. Perhaps their ear markings will help me do so. For instance, the right ear of the rabbit above has a small notch, whereas the left ear of the rabbit below has a much larger gash.

Regardless of their markings, it seems that the bunnies pretty much consider Wingsprings as their home, and gaze upon me, when they deem doing so necessary, as an intruder. And perhaps i am. One day as i was leaving, this rabbit stood on its hind legs and watched me load the pickup and kept watching until i drove off. I asked him what was up, but he didn’t answer in an intelligible manner.

For all their apparent lounging around, though, their lives can be tough. Last summer this rabbit suffered an injury that left its right hip raw to the meat.

And this winter, down by the wicoti, i found this carcass.

In addition to the cotton tails, an occasional jack rabbit visits us. They are a much larger breed with tremendous bounding capabilities. They can cover a lot of country really fast.


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