Greetings from the Sonoran Desert in the Southwestern US! Here is a mosaic of three different bunnies seen in the natural desert this spring.
First row: Desert Cottontail Sylvilagus audubonii
Second row: Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus
Third row: White-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus townsendii
Desert Cottontail in a field of tiny wildflowers:
Bristly Nama or Sandbells
Nama hispidum
White-tailed Jackrabbit
See more Mosaic Monday posts at Little Red House hosted by Mary.
45 comments:
Thanks for the info that accompanies your photos! I don't think I've seen a White-Tailed Jackrabbit; is it smaller than the Black-tailed one?
I love these photographs, but have no idea how you captured them! I scare our little Eastern Cottontails up from the hedgerows all the time, but am never quick enough to catach a photograph.
Spring has sprung. No pun intended - - - Really. LOL
I like the light shining through their big upright ears. Great photos!
Oh, my, beautiful photo mosaics. Love the bunnies and the info.
I love that we can still see bunnies around here. We used to have a few of them in the green belt by my house until they cut away all the brush they used for hiding. :-(
Great mosaic and pictures! I hope that you have a good day!
hugs...
Bobbi
ΒεαBeautiful desert creatures. Great photographs.
Thanks for your information.
Costas
Great collection of bunny shots and like the mosaic. I didn't realize there are two different jackrabbits. It certainly looks like spring is blooming.
Those cottontails are adorable. They are also very quick. How did you capture these? It's amazing.
I am amazed that you can tell the different types of rabbits. Their ears seem taller than normal one, right?
WOW look at those ears!
I have never seem any rabbit over here, I see monkeys instead.
wow, you have amazing photos of bunnies Dianne, and to think that you can identify them also is really amazing for me. love the lighting in your pics.
Those are fantastic capture of the bunnies..and you know all their names..Amazing!
You must have been very quick with the shutter to get those shots. They're great!
They're cute but they better stay out of my garden.
So cute. I just love those big ears.
So So so...... many bunnies !!!
When I want to made a shot they run away :((((
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Tom, yes the white-tailed jackrabbit is smaller than the black-tailed one. The white-tails I've seen are closer in size to cottontails.
Wow. So that's what real rabbits look like. The only ones I have seen are the ones from the pet store and the stuff animals. They look a lot different from the ones in your pictures.
Nice Bunnies. Great photos.
Nice to meet you.
Kat
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WOW, that second one sure does have long ears Diane. What cute little creatures. :)
What a beautiful post! I love the pictures, and appreciate the information!
That last picture made me laugh. It should be titled "The End"!
Hi Diane, I'm catching up on your blog... Love the reflection one--with those 3 birdies... CUTE!!!
Also enjoyed seeing the runners and those birds... I'm sure the birds were watching all of those people running... ha
AND--you all have bunnies like we have squirrels and chipmunks... Great mosaic.
Hugs,
Betsy
aww! such a great post and such great pictures. Love the rabbit friends, super cute! And their little shadows are adorable :)
I love these pics Diane! It's so difficult to shoot these animals, which are so nervous! And thank's for the Info! @+-
Great photos. Nice to see the different kinds of rabbits in the dessert.
Go bunnies, go!
Hallo,
I'm back home from California, Arizona, Utha and Nevada.
Next time I'll spend some more days in the Arizona deserts.
Hartmut
Diane, the bunny shots are fantastic! No wonder Elmer Fudd couldn't ever catch Bugs... There are so many diferent kinds...
Diane, The only rabbit you do not have is Lucinda - she is my resident Rabbit. However, she was very interested in the different cousins you have there in the desert.
The last one is really my favorite!
In fact jackrabbits are hares!
Beautiful shots. They are very cute.
Love to see bunnies... especially their big ears... they look cute he he... Thanks for the pics... I am sure you have had a good time snapping the photos. Enjoy your day!
Simply beautiful and great !! I loved them all !!Very nice !!
Like the long-eared bunny the most!
Are rabbits any problems where you are?
We have problems here with them competing with sheep.
Wonderful captures Diane, I love those ears. The nearest thing I have seen to a jackrabbit is a snowshoe hare. Great photos.
It's wonderful to look at different types of Wild Bunnies with their names! I like the Desert Cottontail in the field of flowers.
These bunnies are so lovely! Greetings from Luzia.
their ears are extremely large =P
Wonderful photographs! I have always loved the rabbits in the south but they can't be good for your garden?
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