Bounding toward your tiny screeching baby hiding
in the tender greens from a blue-black raven,
you frightened him away to another meal.
Holding nothing against the raven,
my respect grew considerably in your favor.
Mama
Bounding toward your tiny screeching baby hiding
in the tender greens from a blue-black raven,
you frightened him away to another meal.
Holding nothing against the raven,
my respect grew considerably in your favor.
spanishwoods 
This reminds me a bit of Watership Down it’s a great book about a family of rabbits (if you don’t know about it) they fight to survive it’s all a bit depressing though 🙂
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I tried to read that book many years ago and couldn’t get through it. Maybe I could try again. Thanks for the idea!
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I found it to be sad and depressing, sort of made me become a environmentalist – poor little bunnies
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What a marvellous capture 🙂
And I totally agree on the ‘no ill feelings’ towards the raven, but yay for the hare 🙂
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Exactly. The bunny was about 3 or 4 inches long. Smallest bunny I’ve ever seen.
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Wow! So tiny! But so brave! 🙂
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This is beautiful
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Thank you.
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Wow! You really saw that? How fabulous. Nature and the survival of the fittest – beautiful and haunting at the same time.
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At first I thought it was a strange bird calling and I was confused to see such an enormous rabbit come running in the middle of the day. Usually they only come out at dusk and dawn. When I followed it, I saw the entire scene. The raven kept watch on a nearby post, but the mama did not move from her spot.
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Good, protective mama! She must be experienced, not all are so attentive. 🙂
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She has a huge cut on one of her ears (that has healed). So, it looks like she’s been a few scrapes.
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The Mothering instinct is powerful…a lovely thing to have seen.
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Yes, you’re right.
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Wow, your son takes great photos! I have seen him on Instagram too. 🙂
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Thank you. He does have a great eye. I’m really glad that he’s found photography in his life. He enjoys it and it shows.
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Great shot! 🙂
We, just last night, watched a special on television that had information about the very high intelligence of ravens and crows. They can do amazing problem solving and are supposed to be one of the top 5 most intelligent animals. We know a family that had a pet crow that could talk.
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I would love to watch that.
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It did not occur to me until reading this lovely post that maybe what we need to protect our ducks is an Attack Rabbit. 🙂
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That’s funny. What animal is attacking the ducks?
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Hawk(s) and a raven. *sigh*
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Well just a little fyi….I live on the Allegheny River’s edge and there are very few hawks, ravens and crows here because of the geese. The geese are the big man on the totem pole around here. That’s why there are so many rabbits and squirrels. In the four years that we’ve lived here, I’ve seen a couple crows and I had never seen that enormous raven until the other day when it tried to eat the bunny. So maybe some geese to add to the ducks?
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Someone suggested I get some goslings but I didn’t think I could handle a different species right now…maybe I should rent one? 😉
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Maybe!
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Never get between a mother and her kids. That’s the first lesson you learn when backpacking in bear country. I read and enjoyed Watership Down many years ago. –Curt
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Right! Well it’s a classic so I should give it another chance.
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Duncton Woods was another book along the same line, but with moles, if I remember correctly.
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I’ll look into it…!
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