Playing Around With Jackrabbits
Dec 14, 2019 19:57:13 #
Dec 14, 2019 19:59:00 #
One Rude Dawg wrote:
I remember years ago they were so thick you would swear the ground was moving. They would eat my uncles hay stacks from the bottom until they fell over and then finish it off. He finally gave up ranching. Not many of them around now. Great shots. 
Thanks, Rude Dawg. I might give up, too! Too bad we couldn't live together peacefully but they can be real pests.
Dec 14, 2019 19:59:29 #
lowkick wrote:
I love the details and translucence of the rabbit's ears in the second photo. Nice shot.
Good to hear from you, Ira.
Dec 14, 2019 19:59:59 #
Dec 14, 2019 20:00:36 #
Dec 14, 2019 20:05:30 #
rockdog wrote:
Well done Katy! It is interesting to me that no one has mentioned the reflection of your vehicle in the rabbit's eye in the third photo. These are good, I love Jackrabbits...I spent a part of my childhood in Woodland and had a dog who loved them even more than me. There were lots of them back in the day.
You are right! I assumed it was a building and didn't look closely, Phil. I have never seen even one in Woodland, just hawks on telephone poles. And a wayward lost turtle crossing a busy road. And more and more housing developments.
Dec 14, 2019 20:06:11 #
Dec 14, 2019 20:24:15 #
Probably nobody cares but here goes anyway.
First Jackrabbits aren't rabbits, they are hares. There are three species in the US: Black-tailed, Antelope and White-tailed. Black-tailed are common throughout the western states and are the ones I am most familiar with. Antelope Jackrabbits are larger and less common and found in the Sonoran Desert. I have no experience with and have never seen a White-tailed Jackrabbit, If you are interested in them you will have to Google them.
Jackrabbit populations are cyclical and in Arizona and predator populations lag slightly behind the Jackrabbit population.
Just a personal note for you younger, in shape, Hoggers. Jackrabbits are sprinters not long distance runners. You can usually run one down in less than a mile. When they are exhausted they will just sit there and await their fate. Great shots come with effort.
First Jackrabbits aren't rabbits, they are hares. There are three species in the US: Black-tailed, Antelope and White-tailed. Black-tailed are common throughout the western states and are the ones I am most familiar with. Antelope Jackrabbits are larger and less common and found in the Sonoran Desert. I have no experience with and have never seen a White-tailed Jackrabbit, If you are interested in them you will have to Google them.
Jackrabbit populations are cyclical and in Arizona and predator populations lag slightly behind the Jackrabbit population.
Just a personal note for you younger, in shape, Hoggers. Jackrabbits are sprinters not long distance runners. You can usually run one down in less than a mile. When they are exhausted they will just sit there and await their fate. Great shots come with effort.
Dec 14, 2019 20:28:55 #
Katydid wrote:
You are right! I assumed it was a building and didn't look closely, Phil. I have never seen even one in Woodland, just hawks on telephone poles. And a wayward lost turtle crossing a busy road. And more and more housing developments.
My time there was in the mid 50's, we lived on Gibson Rd. and that was the southern boundary of development. Across the street was all agricultural land and a 6th graders magic kingdom!
Dec 15, 2019 02:13:52 #
I found your info interesting Curmudgeon. My German relative always refers to them as hares. I have to chuckle at the idea of anyone I know running a jackrabbit down! Seems they have enough problems, the jackrabbits I mean.
Curmudgeon wrote:
Probably nobody cares but here goes anyway. br b... (show quote)
Dec 15, 2019 08:22:16 #
[quote=Katydid]I found some photos I hadn't processed from August, when it was sunny and warm. I miss those days . . . .[/quote
very nice...love those ears.
very nice...love those ears.
Dec 29, 2019 09:48:52 #
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