February 08, 2006
Day of the Lepus
I spotted hares speeding across bogland and fields on four separate occasions on my train journey this morning . No surprise - it's getting close to Valentine's Day and their courting has begun in earnest. For rabbits, on the other hand, every day is St. Valentine's Day . Alas for them, every day is Judgement Day too - the only reason that we are not overrun by a swarm of long-eared Warren Beattys is that they are right at the bottom of the food chain. It doesn't help that their main defence mechanism is to sit and hide, only making a run for it at the last minute (which makes it fairly easy for most of their predators).
I took this shot in early September last year - the baby rabbit watched me approach (very slowly) and only scampered off at the last minute - to live at least another day.
Technical data: CanonEOS350D,lens=Canon 70-300mm USM IS @ 300,ISO=400,Aperature=f6.3,Speed=1/640.
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Posted by Monasette at February 8, 2006 11:07 PM