Monday, December 29, 2014

A Fun Little Rabbit

Now this is more like it! Finally I have a good animal sighting. I always get excited when I see a little bit of wildlife roaming around out there. Rabbits are some of my favorites. They work so well in the snow.

I guess I have to let some of the air out of myself and tell you how I got these pictures. I was sitting in my house and I happened to look out my back door just in time to see this little guy run through my backyard. It was also kind enough to stop right within view.

I ran around the house for at least a minute or two looking for my camera. When I finally found it the rabbit was still sitting there in the same spot right outside my back door. I opened the door and the rabbit still stayed right there as if it was waiting for me. The dog didn't even mess anything up.

After several long seconds the rabbit finally noticed me standing there taking pictures of it. I have no idea why it took so long. Maybe it was resting from a long run or something and I just wasn't quite close enough to be an immediate threat.

When he finally saw reacted to me, he ran off to the right side of the back of the house. I took several pictures of the rabbit running away, but the one you see here is the only presentable one. It's really hard to get good pictures of moving animals. I'm lucky I got even this one.

The rabbit came to a stop behind these tall weeds not very far away. I guess he thought he was perfectly safe there because there was absolutely nothing I could do to get him to move again. After getting several of the same picture I decided I was finished.

My little town is just full of rabbits like this one. I see at least one every time I go out not matter what time of year it is. I usually see several. My problem is that I got out of the habit of taking my camera just outside my house. I used to do it a lot. I figured I got enough from around here.

But I haven't just seen my little town rabbits. I've been traveling. I have more animals and other interesting sights coming up soon. I lucked upon some old and new friends to share with you. I'll be staying in my truck for my next few adventures though because it's really getting cold here, but I still have lots of stuff from recent hikes to share. I'll talk to you later.

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  1. That first one especially is a very good shot.
    I like the running one too.

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    1. I'm glad the little rabbit waited for me there for that first one.

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  2. I always enjoy seeing rabbits. There used to be one that was living under our shed. I don't know if he's there this year or not because I haven't seen him and there's no snow to spot tracks

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    1. Hopefully you'll see that rabbit again. I've been lucky enough to have a lot of rabbits around the last two places I've lived now.

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  3. I like the running shot. Looks like he's rocket and ready to blast off.

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    1. I'm really glad I got that one of him running. I missed with several others.

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    1. He really is, and he has lots of relatives around here.

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  5. They are creatures of habit and come back to the same areas. A neighbor feeds them and has names for them. No snow here in SE IA, you got pounded.

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    1. I've been noticing that about this one. I've been seeing him running back and forth outside my back door for the past couple of weeks now. The dog wants him really badly.

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  6. Excellent cottontail photos Ratty! Wishing a wonderful New Year to you and hoping you have many outdoor adventures this year. I'm looking forward to hearing about each and every one of them!

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    1. I hope you have a wonderful New Year as well. Your outdoor adventures always inspire me to go back out and do mine.

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  7. I enjoy these cute critters here.
    Happy New Year!!!!

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  8. I really love rabbits! Nice pictures. No matter that a lot of the motion ones are bad, that one is very good!

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