C.#Jackrabbit in my front yard today. This isn't the young one I saw yesterday; this is one of the adults that lives in the area.
Unlike true #rabbits, #hares (jackrabbits are hares, not rabbits... complain to someone) don't dig burrows. Instead, they just kind of scoop out a shallow depression in the dirt, and then lie in it. Hares aren't social animals, and live alone, so they don't really need a burrow. When they lie motionless in these bowls with their ears flat against their body and their legs pulled in underneath them, they look surprisingly close to rocks.
This one spent several hours in this spot this morning while it was windy and rainy. I opened the door slowly to get a picture, but after the first "click" sound, he or she took off.
Captions:
1) "I'm watching you closely. I don't trust you."
2) "Nope, I'm outa here."
3) "I must return to my home planet, my people need me."
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