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Knucklehead - 26 Apr 2005 21:47 GMT

As I have told all of you--I live out in the desert in AZ.A few years back
a friend gave me a clay planting bowl that had a small deer head on the
edge but the antlers were broken off--so I glued them on and set the pot
outside next to my front steps so the wind wouldn't topple it.One morning
I was sitting on the steps drinking my coffee and a baby cottontail hopped
over to the deer head and put it's little nose right up against it[as
though to say"are you my Mommy?"It would come around every morning and
nibble on the sweet grass growing around my bird of paradise trees where I
water them.One day a little baby[orphaned also]jack rabbit showed up and
the two of them sort of became buddies.The little jack rabbit would be
eating and the baby cottontail would show up and the jack rabbit would
move away a few inches and stop eating while the other ate.It was really
cute.Well they started growing up and I lost track of them until around
June when the coyotes turn out their young pups.One morning a dumb coyote
pup that evidently hadn't been able to catch a meal during the night was
running across the front of my property chasing a young cottontail . Now
that coyote could have easily caught that cottaintail but a young jack
rabbit jumped out of a bush almost in front of the coyote[like it
said"nay,na,nay na--you can't catch me"].That coyote was totally
baffled.The jack rabbit took off like lightening across the desert and the
coyote completely forgot the cottontail.He didn't have a prayer catching
the jack rabbit.Now the way I'm thinking it was the two orphaned ones that
bonded when they were babies.What do you think.A little trivia
here.Cottontails are rabbits and their young are born without fur.They
live below ground in holes they burrow.Jack rabbits are not really
rabbits[distantly related]at all. They are hares.Their young are born with
fur and they do not burrow but live above ground.

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~*LiveLoveLaugh*~ - 26 Apr 2005 22:02 GMT

> As I have told all of you--I live out in the desert in AZ.A few years back
> a friend gave me a clay planting bowl that had a small deer head on the
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> rabbits[distantly related]at all. They are hares.Their young are born with
> fur and they do not burrow but live above ground.

Great story, K. And interesting trivia too!! I thought about my outdoor
(wild) bunnies. Mom had two sets of babies last year, and boy, did it ever
bring in the coyotes and hawks. We saw a lot of chases, but *all* of the
babies and Momma lived!! <knocks on wood> We're interested to see how many
we'll get this year. Simple back yard entertainment in upstate NY!!

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Knucklehead - 26 Apr 2005 23:56 GMT

Hi Laurie.There has been one golden hawk[pretty rare] flying around here
the last couple of years but all I have seen him nab are prairie dogs.I
understand that midwestern and probably back east in N.Y.[if you have
any]prairie dogs are all together different than here. I've gotten into
some heated arguements with some of our "snowbirds' that come here for the
winter.These are little guys.Only maybe 5" at the largest.So cute when
they first come out and their Moms are showing then what's what.Only about
2" then.And no they do not bark like their midwestern cousins[or name
sakes]evidently do.They make a little whistling sound.When their Mom's are
training them--if danger approaches--she lets out a shrill whistle and
pounds her behind on the ground.They better dive down the hole now or she
will nip them.Pretty funny.I put trays of water out for the critters[or
coyotes or dumped pets or whoever needs it] in the summer.We get up to
115+ here.Last year one of my resident[2]roadrunners nabbed a baby prairie
dog while it was getting a drink.I was so mad I chased it clear to the
back of the property trying to get it to drop it--but no luck.That was a
new one for me.I didn't think they ate meat only foliage.I told those damn
roadrunners that the water was for everybody and no one should be in
danger drinking it so they can no longer drink here.Ha,ha I may get a
little looney living out here all alone but I haven't completely lost it
yet---at least I don't think so.

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~*LiveLoveLaugh*~ - 27 Apr 2005 00:30 GMT

> Hi Laurie.There has been one golden hawk[pretty rare] flying around here
> the last couple of years but all I have seen him nab are prairie dogs.I
> understand that midwestern and probably back east in N.Y.[if you have
> any]prairie dogs are all together different than here.

No prairie dogs here, K.!! And unfortunately so, because I think they're
adorable. An old epal I use to know had a pet prairie dog... come to think
of it.

> I've gotten into
> some heated arguments with some of our "snowbirds' that come here for the
> winter.These are little guys.Only maybe 5" at the largest.So cute when
> they first come out and their Moms are showing then what's what.Only about
> 2" then.And no they do not bark like their midwestern cousins[or name
> sakes]evidently do.

What part of the U.S. do you reside in?

> They make a little whistling sound.When their Mom's are
> training them--if danger approaches--she lets out a shrill whistle and
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> back of the property trying to get it to drop it--but no luck.That was a
> new one for me.

Oh yuck!! I don't like to hear of "true nature" stories. I absolutely
cringe when I see the coyotes (which is rare) or hawks (which is a lot
during the hot months). As far as large fowl, we have HUGE turkeys and
pheasant here... both of which are harmless, thank God.

I didn't think they ate meat only foliage.I told those damn

> roadrunners that the water was for everybody and no one should be in
> danger drinking it so they can no longer drink here.Ha,ha I may get a
> little looney living out here all alone but I haven't completely lost it
> yet---at least I don't think so.

Hey K., ya never know!!! LOL!! :) (I mean, after all, you ARE speaking to
roadrunners!!) ;))))

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Knucklehead - 27 Apr 2005 00:40 GMT

What do you mean"what part of U.S do I live in?"You read my rabbit story.

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~*LiveLoveLaugh*~ - 27 Apr 2005 00:53 GMT

> What do you mean"what part of U.S do I live in?"You read my rabbit story.

Chalk it up to age and the short term memory that comes along with it!! ;)

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