:: Something About Rabbits
discovery at the corner
Everyday on our walks we attempt to push boundaries. Where the snow melts around the farm, we walk. One goal is a circle around the barn, so the dogs can sniff for rabbits. Don't worry, the dachshund has decided he is too old to go to ground with a mature rabbit. Opps, sorry Chirpa, too mature and dignified for such antics. Circle of barn completed I had my 'Today I Learned' experience.
Beneath the heavy weight of years(1), I have walked around many farm sites and barnyards in the spring. This is a first. By the southeast corner of the barn was a mound of rabbit pellets.
Nifty TIL evidence
I know: 1: it took a while for the covering snow to melt and 2: there is only a small amount of snow protected by the insulating pellets. So I can only infer the rabbits came out from under the barn to use a snow cave biffy.
We discovered much smaller deposits on the south side of the graineries, the east side of the travel trailer, the northeast corner of the cargo trailer. This can only mean one thing! We have more than one rabbit! And then there was the rabbit we watched run across the barnyard. (This was shortly after we moved here.) It was grey and white like the previous sighted ones, only this one went up a tree to avoid the dogs.... Wait, What?
Cat, it was a cat. We collapsed laughing at our incredulous first reaction. Almost as good as the time we watched a raven flying upside down...
with much love and laughter,
Zuzia
1. I am older than dirt
Stay Calm, Be Brave, Learn Something New! With love,
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jgs / |`= the Little Brown Bird