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Brown Hare / lepus europaeus. Lincolnshire. 11/04/22.
I had watched this buck hare lope across a disused runway on the airfield. Nose to the ground I felt sure he was scenting for a receptive female to mate with. In this image he had reached the overgrown grassy edge, closest to me. He became more cautious, even though I was well concealed.
BEST VIEWED LARGE.
So I've been working (trying) with Barn Owls for the past month with some success, as per the earlier photos, but they seem spooked every time I try to use a wide angle lens. Hence the lack of images recently!
I'll persevere with the Owls, but I decided to spend the last couple of days working on different subjects. A couple of days ago I headed up to the Peak District to photograph Mountain Hares.
Here is one peaking out from a hiding spot underneath some peat.
The brown hare, also known as a hare, is a mammal from the hare family. The species inhabits open and semi-open landscapes. Brown hares are solitary animals. They are very shy and only come out of their hiding places at dusk or at night. The photo was therefore a stroke of luck, even though I had to take the photo handheld at 600 mm.
The brown hare is becoming increasingly rare in many places. Agriculture is primarily to blame, as the habitat of this animal is becoming ever smaller. In Germany, brown hares are among the endangered animals.
These two Brown Hares spent a good hour or so boxing and chasing each other on a sunny late Spring morning at RSPB Frampton Marsh {Lincolnshire, U.K.}.
I captured this image from the gateway of a field in North Yorkshire in the hour before sunset. Chuffed to bits that the Hares were unaware of my presence as they chased one another in the growing crop.
Hare_Geàrr
Rebirth, Intuition, Balance
"Geàrr brings the benefit of balance and intuition, of promise and fulfillment. The hare is a creature of the Goddess, of the night and of the moon, however representing dawn, clarity and the East."
Lepre_Geàrr
Rinascita, Intuito, Equilibrio
"Geàrr porta il beneficio dell'equilibrio e dell'intuito, della promessa e del compimento. La lepre è creatura della Dea, della notte e della luna, rappresentando comunque l'alba, la chiarezza e l'Oriente."
Testo tratto da L'oracolo dei Druidi. Lavorare con gli Animali Sacri della Tradizione Celtica. Text taken from The Oracle of the Druids. Working with the Sacred Animals of the Celtic Tradition.
www.edizionilpuntodincontro.it/libri/l-oracolo-dei-druidi...
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My local spot for brown hares has been very disappointing this spring. This was my forth visit this year and I had come to the conclusion that the hares had moved on, as I had not spotted any at all. In fact, there were alot of rabbits, dead from myxomatosis which was strange, as I had never seen a rabbit in this area. Walking back to the car, a brown lump in the far end of the field appeared, throuh the bins, it was a Hare. I was happy, I was made even happier, in that it ran right towards me only stopping when it caught my scent, thirty feet away. I shall persevere with this site and hopefully the numbers will increase again and that they do not get effected by myxomatosis.
Snowshoe Hare in Alaska run in a 7 year cycle. At the peak of the cycle, there will be thousands of Hares hopping around and at the valley, they are very scarce. The Hares are beginning their upward swing in the cycle as we have noticed many more this year so far. We have been fortunate to have a Hare that lives on our property. We don't see him everyday but we do see him often.
This shot was taken in the woods near our cabin. The Hare is healthy and still has its winter white rear feet. We are not sure if this Hare is male or female or if there is a family that we haven't seen. A few years back, we seen three Snowshoe Hares on our property at the same time, but in the past few years, only one at a time.
Snowshoe Hares are hunted by Lynx, Fox, Coyotes, wolves, owls, and other birds of prey.
There are many differences between a Rabbit and a Hare. Rabbits are born with no fur and their eyes are closed, on the otherhand, Hares are born with full fur and their eyes are open. Hares are also much larger than their Rabbit cousins.The Snowshoe Hare turns fully white during the winter months.
I've been trying to get images of Brown Hares in the snow over the last few days.
Due to Covid restrictions in the UK at the moment I can't get to my usual spot, so I'm exploring fields that are walkable from where I live. While I've seen a few Hares around, they're definitely more sparse and difficult to approach (crunchy snow doesn't help).
But I quite like these two images. Hopefully we'll get more snow before the winter is over and I can try again.
Brown hare running towards me this morning. Not the best light but an excellent encounter for us both :-)
Mad March Hare jumped out early. Never made it to March
Oh, no the temptation! It reminds me too much of the straight, open roads of Caithness, where you could see far ahead...and as long as you could cope with the cross wind and the bouncing with the change of camber across the moorland you would just GO.....FLY!.... as fast as you could. Fuck the risk. I can't stop myself. Flat out to the end!
The only thing stopping me. A woman. The wife. The cattlegrid in the hollow. And a faint sense of what's right and wrong. Oh well....she's not with me! If I'm careful she'll never know!
But, no, I won't. Not this time. Be sensible Michael. The Mad March Hare probably was thinking the same thing. A quick sprint down the road. Stretch those legs. That's him lying on the road. Not my fault. Dead
Not so widely known, but Chesil Beach does have a small Hare population, saw this one today while walking back to my car
I've just moved house, and the fields surrounding the village I now live have a very healthy population of hares. As its that time of year they're all constantly chasing each other around. I'm still learning the area and yet to find a reliable spot to see them up close, but here's a few...
Brown Hare - Lepus europaeus
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A couple of accidental shots which I decided to post because I was surprised by the detail and liked the movement! My instincts from macro images are to capture static, profile images and I've had little luck panning for action shots. It would be nice to capture movement in a wider shot. Will try harder!
BENNY:
It will be a fun fish and chips party dear Daisy Maude, I promise you! We're going to eat fried fish and....I'm going to surprise you with a "Hollandse Nieuwe". That's a raw herring with onions that you have to slide into your mouth. It's called "Haring Happen".
Typically Dutch
Herring may be called Hollandse Nieuwe if the fish is sufficiently fat, and has been chewed, salted and matured in the traditional Dutch way. (Croaking is the traditional way, while heading is done with computer-controlled machines.) In addition, the herring, like any fish, must be deep-frozen at a temperature not exceeding -20°C for 24 hours. The maturation process takes at least one day and up to seven days at a temperature of 0-4°C. Enzymes from the pancreas and salt play a major role in maturing jerked herring and ultimately determine the flavour.
Dutch herring are served with onions