Wild Bunny Sighting

[MimzMum]

My hubby has been telling me he’s seen this one jack running about where we live. It’s usually at the end of our rural road and it’s been slowly changing from winter coat to summer.

I just got to see it the other day for the first time. Beautiful long ears and hind feet, a compact little body. He was only there for an instant, then bounded off away into the underbrush. But his agouti color was so lovely and there was enough white in his silhouette that he looked like a cartoon rabbit outlined in snowy line art. It was SO cool! ^_^

Of course, did I have my camera with me? No I did not. >_< So I need to start taking it with me everywhere I go, because I know where there's one, there are others and I want to catch them in pictures!

[LittlePuffyTail]

I love seeing wild rabbits. They are so beautiful. I grew up next to a big forest and I saw them almost daily in the summer. Now I”m a city girl and all I see is pigeons

[bunnytowne]

we went to park today the buns weren’t out yet I luv seeing the wild ones too.

[Sage Cat]

There are lots of great Open Space Trails around Denver.

Depending on the time of day I go out there – I see tons of Prairie Dogs (talk about little characters) and lots of wild bunny’s.
Late spring / early summer the Prairie Dog & Bunny mommies start to bring out all of the babies – so incredibly cute!

[osprey]

We went to Lake County a few weeks ago on a rock hounding trip.  Lake County is a fairly rural area about 2 hours north of San Francisco.  My daughters (particualrly the oldest) are very interested in rocks and collecting them, so we went to a couple of different sites up there to collect obsidian, quartz crystals and jasper.  One of the sites was down a dirt road through some vinyards.  One the way back out, we saw an enormous jack rabbit, agouti in color, slowly hopping down the road.  When he saw us, he leaped up into the air and landed in the brush on the side of the road, bounding away.  He must have jumped 6 feet in the air.  Seeing that reminded me why our little fur balls at home practice their binkies all the time.  It is a defense mechanism to confuse predators.  Seeing an animal jump that high in the air was pretty exciting.

 

[wendyzski]

We have two wild buns that live on our block.  I call them “The Bunny Brothers”, though I’ve not looked THAT closely.  I was so happy to see them this spring as I’d worried about them all winter.  Saw them the other day in the alley – one was keeping watch and the other was neatly decimating a dandelion clump.

[MimzMum]

We are wondering if this bunny is a relative of the ‘chicken bunny’, so named because my hubby would be driving down the road and bunny would be hopping straight at him, then at the last minute he would turn and bound off the road! (the bunny, not the hubby!) ^_^
My son and I are both bigtime rock hounds, osprey. I can imagine the place you’re talking about, I had no idea there were crystal hunting grounds there though! Sounds totally fun!

[Jyka]

We sometimes see bunnies at the local golf course. It’s so lovely to see them wild, but I do worry for them…myxi around and all.

[osprey]

MimzMum,

We were hunting something called “Lake County Diamonds”, a kind of quartz crystal found only in California.  It is pretty amazing, you pull off the road and the red clay soil is glistening with what looks like pieces of broken bottles, but it isn’t glass, it’s quartz.  We went to another spot where big chunks of obsidian are just lying on the side of the road.  It was quite fun!

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[kimberleyanddarren]

it would be nice to see some pics!

[MimzMum]

Oh that sounds SO cool! *daydreams about home* Sigh…I’m about ready to buy my plane ticket! ^_^
Yes, I’ve hoped to get some pix, but I haven’t seen the bunny again. I hope to soon!
But I’d love to see some pix of the quartz in the meantime.

[kimberleyanddarren]

i love ur new signature mimzmum

[Beka27]

we had a couple wild buns last spring, but our new outside friends are a family of foxes… mama, dada and four itty bitty baby foxes. the babies cry all night long. they are LOUD.

and the buns are… gone.

[Bunstheboss]

Where I live, there are thousands of hares around. The most amazing thing happened to me last year, when on a very stormy night a tiny little maybe two day old leveret came to my door. What blew me away was that I have 5 dogs!!!! Still, she was there, trembling her tiny heart out…! I still do not know what made look out the door… but I did, she seemed very lethargic and was soaking wet out there in the storm. Ibrought her inside and fed her milk with a syringe for a couple of days. I offered her hay and kept her for four days, until she was strong enough. I did a lot of research on how to care for her. Eventually, on day 5 I released her in a hutch nearby where there was another hare family. I cried as I did, but I’m sure it was the best for her. She was the reason that I then adopted Baileys and now Lemoncello. I couldn’t get over the cuteness and tenderness of those tiny creatures. Here’s a picture of my leveret:

 

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[kimberleyanddarren]

aw thats so cute!

[MimzMum]

OMG,what a sweet little thing! What did you call it, a leveret? I guess it’s a kind of hare? OH it’s SO CUTE! How wonderful that you were there to help it out!
Thanks for the compliments on the siggy pic. Took me forever to get it sized right…slight OT, does anyone know what the forum regs are concerning siggy size perchance?

[Bunstheboss]

A leveret is a baby hare, that is what I read anyway. Glad you liked it! What is ‘siggy’?

[MimzMum]

Siggy is my signature picture. ^_^ K&D said she liked it. I often switch them out because I get bored with them easily and I like to do graphics.

[Bunstheboss]

Yes, I have noticed you often change them. It certainly is cute!!!

[Tigargurl]

There are wild bunnies in our neighborhood but rarely in our yard. I saw one in the front yard today. What can I do to encourage them to come back? Is there any food I can leave for them? I thought about leaving apples since our indoor bunnies love apples. I have never seen any buns in the backyard and have left carrots out in the back, I guess the fence on three sides discourages them?

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