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#jackrabbits

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An #action shot from today. There's six #jackrabbits 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.

#ActionShot#photograph#wildlife
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I mentioned that #jackrabbits / #hares are solitary and territorial before. As they are cute little #bunnies, some people find it hard to believe.

Here's a short video I shot today. One approaches another, and they start "boxing" and #grunting at each other (sound up!). This one doesn't turn into anything too bad, but if you get a couple of aggressive ones, it can lead to biting and blood and ... hard to believe, for #rabbits.

#wildlife#SK#Canada
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Another short video of the white-tailed #jackrabbits (a kind of #hare, not #rabbit, are you sick of this yet?) in my front yard.

Here, there are two facing each other from a short distance away, and eating something from off the ground. They keep a wary eye on each other. When a third approaches, one of the two immediately chases the interloper off.

#Canada#SK#wildlife
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White-tailed #jackrabbits (which are actually a type of #hare, not #rabbit) in the #prairies of western #Canada, yesterday around my house...

#1: sitting in my backyard, looking towards the chain-link fence which separates it from the green space beyond. This one looks like he's surveying his domain. I'm not sure if he's happy or wondering "Is this all there is?"

#2: in my front yard, #inspectimigating something on the ground to assess its possible #edibility. He's also keeping a watchful eye on one of the other jacks sitting quite close by - hares are solitary and territorial, and if they get too close to each other, they'll "box" or chase each other off. It's really something to see if you think all #bunnies are cute and fuzzy and nice...

#food#wildlife#SK
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#Canadian #prairie #jackrabbits in #Saskatchewan...

I'm fortunate that the area I live in is near the edge of the city, and my house backs onto a green space (used for storm drainage and flood control, as well as a walking/bike path). The green space goes the rest of the way to the edge of the city, so there's a lot of wildlife that comes by, and through, our yard.

We get lots of White-tailed Jackrabbits (actually a kind of #hare...) in the winter. I shot these today out my front door as it was nice out, just below freezing, and I could leave the door open to take pictures through.

This fellow - or lady - is quite the handsome beast. I think he knows it. He's looking dead at me in the first photo, because I'm five meters away with a device that's making weird clicky noises and I'm moving a bit.

In the second picture, you can see their #fuzzy #lips are exactly like a domestic rabbit's.

#wildlife #yard #backyard #animal #bunny #SK Canada #winter #rabbit

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More #Canadian #prairie #jackrabbits (again, actually a kind of #hare, not #rabbit...) from my wintry yard today.

These two handsome fellers (or gals, who knows?) are in the front yard, looking at me through my open front door. One's got a skinnier head than the other. Dunno if that tells me anything. They all keep some dark markings on their ears and nose when they turn white for the winter, but there's a lot of variety in terms of how much and where else they keep a bit of colour.

Again, these are probably Lepus townsendii, the White-tailed Jackrabbit. There are also Lepus americanus, the Snowshoe Hare, in the prairies, but I think they're mostly further north than me, up where the trees start in what we call the "parkland" area. I'm in the middle of the "grain belt", which is bald prairie for the most part.

I have a bunch more of these, plus some videos which need trimming. Captioning these takes some effort so it might take me a while to work through them.

#wildlife #yard #backyard #animal #bunny #SK Canada #winter #jacks

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Two prairie #jackrabbits in the front yard, fiercely doing a little shadowboxing [1] - they aren't contacting each other because they're sitting on opposite sides of the #bunny bowl.

They lose a little of the #gravitas when they plunge their whole face into the food so they're up to the eyeballs in pellets, and then stare balefully at each other while doing crunch crunch crunch...

[1] jackrabbits, which are actually #hares, not #rabbits, are fiercely territorial and will try to chase other hares out of "their" spaces.

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After approximately one year of #détente, my extremely #uptight #neighbour is on the warpath again. Today she yelled at me that there are 24 - she counted! - #jackrabbits living in the green space behind our yards, and that over the winter they ate half her bushes, and it's my fault because I like #rabbits.

I don't quite follow the logic - the green space is flood-control and runs west to farmers' fields - but clearly I have been a #Bad Neighbour.

And you definitely can't count all the jacks.

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