Jackrabbits 2: Closeups
Oct 8, 2017 13:50:33 #
AzPicLady wrote:
These used to be seen frequently around here, but no more. The cottontails have taken over. Nice images!
Thanks, AzPicLady. The cottontails move in here, the Great Horned Owls follow, then no more cottontails. It is sad but still, I love to hear the owls hooting at dusk.
Oct 8, 2017 13:51:32 #
Oct 8, 2017 13:52:24 #
Lame-Duck wrote:
Those are excellent shots, Katy. Really nicely done. I've spent many hours at the Sac Refuge, and auto tour loop is phenomenal. You can often get quite close to birds and animals that would be difficult to photograph at other areas.
Lame-Duck, thanks! I agree, the refuge is great and not too far away from me. I especially love seeing eagles in winter there.
Oct 8, 2017 13:52:54 #
Oct 8, 2017 13:54:53 #
Jay Pat wrote:
Well captured!!!
"My, what big ears you have".
Pat
I see Karin beat me to the line.
"My, what big ears you have".
Pat
I see Karin beat me to the line.
I knew it was coming. There's always, "I'm all ears."
Oct 8, 2017 13:56:01 #
DeanS wrote:
I saw a billboard out west once where one of these fellas was wearing a saddle. Didn't see the rider though.😎😎
No saddles, no riders, Dean.
Oct 8, 2017 13:57:42 #
Huey Driver wrote:
Your pictures reminded me of a time when my wife a... (show quote)
I enjoyed your story, Huey Driver. Made me smile.
Oct 8, 2017 14:01:48 #
Thanks a bunch to all of you for your kind comments and encouragement--GalaxyCat, blacks2, photophile, kpmac, crafterwantabe, divergeorge, and vicksart.
Oct 8, 2017 15:01:01 #
I'd caption it, "Okay Bubba, no way you're getting shots of the transformation"-Coyote
Oct 8, 2017 15:10:59 #
Katydid wrote:
As time has gone on, I experimented with how to photograph these jackrabbits. The big ears seem to take up much room so I have had to be a bit creative. All taken at Sacramento Wildlife Refuge with either a D3300 or P900.
Phenomenal! The jackrabbits look so comical with their over-sized ears. You did an outstanding job capturing them, Katy!
Oct 8, 2017 15:55:34 #
Thanks for some incredible pictures that brought back my youth in west Texas. Sadly, they are one of the things that I miss in the city. As a young boy it was interesting to watch the life cycle from year to year and the relationship between the prevalence of the rabbits, deer, and quail on the lower end of the food chain and the coyotes, bobcats and winged predators at the other end.
Thanks again for the great shots with detail that isn't often seen close enough to be appreciated.
Bob
Thanks again for the great shots with detail that isn't often seen close enough to be appreciated.
Bob
Oct 8, 2017 17:32:09 #
Great shots, Katydid, except the last two where you cut off his ears. I know you needed to do that to get a close up of his face, but it just doesn't look "right" to me without his ears!
Oct 8, 2017 20:00:09 #
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Oct 10, 2017 18:38:35 #
Tikva
Loc: Waukesha, WI
More cute bunny photos. Their ears do seem to be out of proportion to the rest of their body.
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