What I see in my backyard...

[Czevski]

Birds aren't the only ones who enjoy hiding out beneath the snow covered bushes.

 

[scifan57]

Birds aren't the only ones who enjoy hiding out beneath the snow covered bushes.

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Nice picture. It looks like he just popped up to see what you were doing.
The rabbits where I live turn white every winter, I guess yours don't?

 

[AdmiralAdama]

Birds aren't the only ones who enjoy hiding out beneath the snow covered bushes.

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That's very cool.

AA

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[skimonkey]

Skimonkey, cue for a story about the wildlife in the New Forest, Hants........

Deer and ponies are free to wander everywhere in the New Forest. The boundaries are closed off in certain areas by fences, and roads have cattle grids across them on the forest boundaries. If a deer jumps out in front of a motorist and is injured or worse by the motorist, the motorist is at fault, regardless ........

When I was at college, I owned a scooter and then a motorbike. I went on the RAC ACU course for advanced riders, and passed first time. Our main instructor owned a BMW 4 cylinder bike with a drive shaft, not a chain, to the back wheel. He was a first class motorcyclist and teacher. Extremely safety conscious. One night he was riding through the New Forest. A deer kept out from the dark and wrote off his bike and put him in hospital where he had to undergo extensive surgery. I don't think he rode a motorcycle again - well not for many many months. I believe the prosecution case re the accident was dropped in view of his injuries etc.

The tale reinforced my belief that the law can really be an ass at times!

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That is just terrible for what happened to your instructor. There can be a lot of personal damage to yourself and your car if a deer leaps out in front of you, however, there are more incidents of people swerving over to try to miss the deer and run into a tree killing themselves. We have had several family friends that have lost loved ones because of that. One being a college student going back to school and tried avoiding a deer and hit a tree instead. Just terrible how it happens so quickly. Here, some put these "whistler" kind of things on their cars to alert the deer to stay off the roads. I don't know how much it works, but many Michiganders use it--especially in the Upper Peninsula.

 

[skimonkey]

Birds aren't the only ones who enjoy hiding out beneath the snow covered bushes.



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Oh...that is a splendid picture you captured Czevski!!

Did you buy a new camera--that seems so clear and close up?

 

[Richard Brown]

That is just terrible for what happened to your instructor. There can be a lot of personal damage to yourself and your car if a deer leaps out in front of you, however, there are more incidents of people swerving over to try to miss the deer and run into a tree killing themselves. We have had several family friends that have lost loved ones because of that. One being a college student going back to school and tried avoiding a deer and hit a tree instead. Just terrible how it happens so quickly. Here, some put these "whistler" kind of things on their cars to alert the deer to stay off the roads. I don't know how much it works, but many Michiganders use it--especially in the Upper Peninsula.

The whistler device sounds good. Anything attempt to avoid accidents is worth it.

In many parts of rural Britain tunnels are dug under arterial roadways so that wildlife can cross in safety. The system works pretty well.

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[Richard Brown]

Birds aren't the only ones who enjoy hiding out beneath the snow covered bushes.

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I do like that photo Czevski. The blue adds a beautiful atmosphere. Many thanks for sharing.

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[dianne137]

I thought the blue colour was natural.One year we had 1meter of snow and there was so much water in it that every shovel cut was slicing into blue light.

 

[Richard Brown]

I thought the blue colour was natural.One year we had 1meter of snow and there was so much water in it that every shovel cut was slicing into blue light.

I thought it might be. We don't get that blueness in SE England.

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[scifan57]

There are areas like that here as well.

 

[dianne137]

I think it's a phenomena that happens when it snows a lot when the temp. Is close to warm enough to almost rain?no?

 

[Czevski]

Thank you all for your comments. Our bunnies stay the same color all year. My pictures are taken with a Nikon p100 and the camera does the work automatically. I take lots of pictures and choose the best ones. (I've tried to use the other settings in the camera but usually just go back to auto.)
I think the blueish shade is just from being in the shade - this is the north side of my house.

Another photo of the bunny taken at the same time.

 

[jes1me]

Nice picture. That seems to be a very large rabbit as well, ours are tiny in comparison.

 

[AdmiralAdama]

Wondering if it's a hare. Regardless that's a wonderful picture. Captures to beauty of winter which this year, has been hard to see while standing in thigh deep snow in the driveway.

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[scifan57]

Lots and lots of snow, with more to come.



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Here's an earlier photo, quite a difference!