Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: White-tailed Jackrabbit

This was such a cute Jackrabbit! We first bumped into each other when we came round a corner in opposite directions. We both stopped dead in our tracks - and then off it scampered. No chance to try and get a photo. A short while later, after walking through the last part of the Reader Rock Garden, there it was on the grassy edge of the gravel road. Not sure what it was so busy eating (maybe the Clover?), but it obviously tasted far too good to leave just because of me. After many minutes, it finally looked up and gave me this funny look. Photographed on 7 August 2013. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_jackrabbit

I couldn't believe my luck when I returned home a few days ago, after seeing the tiny Northern Saw-whet Owl in Carburn Park for the first time, plus seeing the beautiful White-tailed Buck nearby. When I pulled up into my parking spot, there was this beautiful Jackrabbit, sitting in the snow just a few steps from my place. As soon as I got out of my car and saw that it was still there, I dropped my backback on the ground and turned on my camera. This beautiful animal, wearing its white winter coat, just sat there till I had taken enough photos - unusual, as I find they tend to immediately take off in leaps and bounds. I guess it thought that, as long as it didn't move a hair, I wouldn't see it : ) talkaboutwildlife.ca/profile/?s=571

LOL, when I opened my front door a few days ago, this is what faced me! Actually, this Jackrabbit's ears were flattened over his back and he might have been sleeping, but when he saw me, this is the expression I captured. Needless to say, within a few seconds he was scampering away over the grass. talkaboutwildlife.ca/profile/?s=571

Not sure where I took this photo of a White-tailed Jackrabbit last August, but I think it may have been out on the grassy area near my home. "Within Calgary, it occurs in almost any open space -- from small parkettes to shopping plazas, and the University grounds. By day it shelters under dense cover, perhaps a low-growing juniper next to a residential front-door; at night it hops throughout the neighbourhood to find food and mates. Watch for their footprints in the snow." From talkaboutwildlife.ca/profile/?s=571

I always get mixed up between Jack Rabbit and Snowshoe Hare, so I hope I have named this one correctly! Every now and then, I will see one of these hares/rabbits hopping past my home. Saw this one at the beautiful Reader Rock Garden in the city.