Good News!

My visitor bunny was back today.  It hung out under the tree in my front yard for a large portion of the afternoon.

I'm not sure which bunny provide lunch/dinner for the coyote, but I'm glad my little teen bunny is still around.

Papillon

RIP???

A while back I posted about how a bunny from the latest generation has been hanging out in my front yard.

I haven't seen it for several days, but that's not unusual for the local rabbits.  You see 'em for a while and then don't for a while.  So, I wasn't worried.

Until this afternoon.

I was in the backyard pulling weeds and ran across some bunny parts left over after some critter (likely a coyote) had had a hot snack.  Not a lot there, but enough to see what had happened.

Sigh.

The size was about right for my recent visitor.  I guess it got complacent or surprised or just really unlucky.  I know coyotes have to live, but they don't have to treat my backyard as their personal buffet.  Dammit!

Papillon

New Generation

We have a fair amount of wildlife in our neighborhood.

In the past few days, I've spotted an adolescent bunny hanging out in the front yard.  She/he is so very cute.

Here's a couple of photos of the bunny.

 

In the above photo, she's got a little dirt area all scooped out.  It's in the shade so it's nice and cool in the afternoon.  Plus, it's close to a bushy tree that provides a nice area to run to - just in case.

 

Equally cute in profile.

Keeping an eye on the wacky person with the camera, you never know when I might just run amok in a bunny-killing frenzy.

Papillon

 

Not Everyone Dislikes the Snow

Yesterday I ranted about how I'm not the world's biggest fan of snow.  This feeling obviously does not apply to everyone and that includes some of the area's critters.

I have a large fir tree in my front yard.  Several years ago I noticed that one or more of the local rabbits likes to hang out at the base of the trunk of said tree.  To a certain extent, it makes sense.  With its butt up against the trunk, the rabbit is fairly safe from larger predators sneaking up on it from behind.  This is bolstered by the branches around the base of the tree.  The possibility of being stabbed in the face by a branch deters coyotes, et. al. from just rushing in.  On the other hand, the branches aren't packed too close so as to hinder the rabbit's field of vision.  (Note:  I don't know if it's always the same rabbit I see or if a number of rabbits have figured out the niceness of napping under my tree.)

After all my anti-snow rantings, I was surprised to walk out around mid-morning and see the rabbit snuggled under the tree.  Here's a wide shot of the rabbit - he's the small mound of brown fur at the base of the trunk.

Here's more of a close-up. 

I was hoping to get a shot from an angle that didn't have a branch across him/her.  But Rabbit was camera-shy (or people-shy) and hopped off after just a couple of shots.

I'm not sure why Rabbit wasn't freezing its butt off sitting directly on the snow.  But it seems to like where it's at because its been there for several hours.

To each, their own.

Papillon (who's staying inside and out of the snow)