My OperaLong Distance Hare and other photos
Thursday, April 26, 2012 10:28:43 PM
I'll start with a photo taken early this morning. I was walking around the edge of Falmer Pond and glanced out over the adjacent fields. I'm ever hopeful of seeing a fox out there (they are around but very secretive), but what caught my eye was a 'large rabbit'. It was a very long way off and of course it wasn't a rabbit, but a hare. It paused briefly and then bounded along the gap in the crops before disappearing into the thicker cover.
There weren't really any other surprises today, but I did find time to watch the yellowhammers which were flocking with the local sparrows.
In another sign of the prospect of summer, a lone house martin flew overhead. The shot's not up to much, but it's a way of recording the first martin of the year... just a few days after the first swallow.
For the rest, I'll leave it to the goslings. There is still only the pair, but they are being well protected. A phalanx of greylags lined the bank keeping a watchful eye.
And out on the water the familiar white goose is once again acting as protector-in-chief to the young.
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
There weren't really any other surprises today, but I did find time to watch the yellowhammers which were flocking with the local sparrows.
In another sign of the prospect of summer, a lone house martin flew overhead. The shot's not up to much, but it's a way of recording the first martin of the year... just a few days after the first swallow.
For the rest, I'll leave it to the goslings. There is still only the pair, but they are being well protected. A phalanx of greylags lined the bank keeping a watchful eye.
And out on the water the familiar white goose is once again acting as protector-in-chief to the young.
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
der WandersmannderWandersmann # Friday, April 27, 2012 1:19:59 AM
All hollow through the wheat?
O that was where they hauled the guns
That smote King Philip's fleet."
Sorry. Couldn't resist.
Nice to see a martin, and the goslings are getting bigger, and used to the water. They're as charming as ever. Is there any attrition from underwater snappers?
Darkogdare # Friday, April 27, 2012 9:29:49 PM
Adele BrandSittingFox # Friday, April 27, 2012 11:04:21 PM
Words # Friday, April 27, 2012 11:40:17 PM
If by snappers you mean terrapins, then I doubt there's a risk. The main predators are foxes and sparrowhawks.
Words # Friday, April 27, 2012 11:43:34 PM
Words # Friday, April 27, 2012 11:44:58 PM
der WandersmannderWandersmann # Saturday, April 28, 2012 1:32:42 AM
Originally posted by gdare:
Darko, it's not two words for the same animal; it's one word (зец) for two similar (but not the same) animals. In classifying them, the place where one finds the differentiation is at the Genus level; at the next level up (Family), they are both Leporidæ, but the hare is Genus Lepus, while the rabbit can be one of several Genera, none of which is Lepus. They are very definitely related, though.
der WandersmannderWandersmann # Saturday, April 28, 2012 1:36:00 AM
Originally posted by SittingFox:
Linnaeus' name for them: Lepus timidus.
Darkogdare # Saturday, April 28, 2012 2:32:52 PM
Words # Sunday, April 29, 2012 1:15:30 PM
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