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This time, everyone's in motion. Two chasers, two chase-ees, and the remaining two just pulling back a bit because of the excitement.

I like the one at right of frame center, chasing the one headed up the snowbank. Back feet in the air, having just pushed off in a jump, cotton tail flying straight back...

#jackrabbit #rabbit #hare #bunny #Saskatchewan #SK #YQR #Canada #wildlife #animal
Six white-tailed jackrabbits (hares) in a snowy yard in the prairies of Canada.  One in the background and one in the right foreground are mostly just watching, alert, while the others are in two pairs of the chased and the chaser.  They all have their white winter coats, the characteristic dark streaks up the outside of the ears, and various mottled brown patterns over the face and muzzle.

Towards the left of the frame, the aggressor is bringing his front paws off the ground, which is usually a prelude to "boxing".  The jack he's aggressing against is leaping up and to the right to get away.  His back feet are barely touching the snowbank, and the front paws are well off the ground, held up against the body rising at 45 degrees from the ground.

At the right of the frame, another aggressor is chasing the remaining jackrabbit.  This one is caught in mid-stride, facing directly away from the camera, with front paws touching the ground as it starts a turning move, while the back feet are fully off the ground and extended to the rear, partway through a jump/hop move.  The jack it is chasing is headed up the snowbank to its left, also caught partway through a hop while trying to escape the bully.


Mountain Hare

Yawning.

They don't do a great deal during the day, at this time of the year, so seeing one do this, is a good thing.

#mountainhare #hare #ukwildlife #scotland #highlands #winter
A photograph of a mountain hare in its winter pelage, yawning.


Mountain Hare.

Taken whilst trying not to slide back down the hillside in the deep snow.

Such hardy creatures. The hares, not me.

#mountainhare #hare #snow #Scotland #Highlands #ukwildlife
A photo of a mountain hare in its white pelage, sitting in deep snow, with tall grasses around, protruding through the snow.