I have a one meter wide strip going across the front of my house. I have a few shrubs and many perennials in that strip. The shrubs are mugo pine and juniper. The strip with plants is fairly dense. I keep it clean of weeds and the soil is soft and easy to keep.
However, for the last 2 or 3 years some animal has been leaving indistinct tracks and moving soil. I suspicioned a cat but I very seldom found cat feces. There was quite a bit of soil disturbance . I would smooth out the soil trying to find out what was in the shrubbery. No damage was ever done.
This morning I went around the corner to the strip. A jack rabbit popped out from under a mugo pine! Mystery solved. Jack rabbits have been hiding in the shrubs.
The jack rabbit moved about 3 meters and then stopped. He/she stared at me as if to say, "Get out of here so I can go back under your shrubs."
I never thought that this might be a jack rabbit.
This strip is right below my front room window. The plants are dense enough so that I didn't notice them from the window.
I will be checking that strip from now on.
Was this Spencer? I have no idea.
Cute, the Jack Rabbit found a place to live.
ReplyDeleteTake care, enjoy your day and have a happy new week!
They are quite common and find the yards a fairly safe place to spend the day.
DeleteWhat a sweet story of your jack rabbit! Glad to know it wasn't a cat after all.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised at how long it took me to catch on to the reason for the soil being moved around.
DeleteHow nice to have a Jack Rabbit finding a safe place to rest. Say "hi" to Jack for me! (NewRobin13)
ReplyDeleteI do talk to them but I haven't convinced them to talk back.
DeleteDid you ask, "What's up Jack?"
ReplyDeleteHey, only you could think of that one!
DeleteSince that Jack Rabbit has found a home in your shrubbery, he must be finding someone else to provide him food. Any nibbled plants nearby?
ReplyDeleteI haven't noticed anything nipped off. They seem to stick to grass at this time of year.
DeleteMy bet is on SPENCER! Thanks for the great update.
ReplyDeleteNo takers from me on this bet.
DeleteRascally rabbit!
ReplyDeleteNice quip!
DeleteThat is so cute! I hope you give him a nifty name.
ReplyDeleteWell, the other one was spencer so I'm not sure what this one will be.
DeleteI am very hopeful to see pictures of baby bunnies in your yard before this is said and done.
ReplyDeleteI'm not too hopeful to see young ones. they are very secretive.
DeleteAs long as he's not eating the plants!
ReplyDeleteThey seem to stick to grass at this time of year.
DeleteIf you wear a jack rabbit costume the two of you could become best friends.
ReplyDeleteThe winter white coat was very popular as fur trim to coats.
DeleteJust got back on Thursday. Still somewhat jet-lagged. We saw a lot of bunnies in Illinois. Art thinks they were swamp rabbits (I think). But sooo many.
ReplyDeletethis is nice how you keep the strip tidy and check if everything is right .
ReplyDeleterabbit seems a gentle creature who did not make loud movement so come into notice easily :)
That was good research!
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