It’s that rabbit time of year again. This is a swamp hare, or swamp rabbit, a subspecies of the eastern cottontail. As the name suggests, they prefer damp, swampy habitat. In this case, Saint Andrews State Park in Panama Beach City, Florida. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second.
These guys are native your parts down there in Florida. I was just glad that he/she allowed me to get close and down on the ground to blur out the foreground and background.
I thought “Swamp Hare” was a minor character on Dukes of Hazzard, like one of the Duke Boys’ friends’ who had giant ears and liked to drive real fast. I could swear that was what a swamp hare was.
I live near Aunt Sue in SW Florida. We actually have both cottontails here (the destroyers of my garden) and swamp hares. The swamp hares are a bit more brown in color, similarly cute, and not too impressed with golfers or their carts. Hope you had a lovely Easter.
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It’s that rabbit time of year again. This is a swamp hare, or swamp rabbit, a subspecies of the eastern cottontail. As the name suggests, they prefer damp, swampy habitat. In this case, Saint Andrews State Park in Panama Beach City, Florida. Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/1000th of a second.
Colorful Bunny you have shown us on large size
These guys are native your parts down there in Florida. I was just glad that he/she allowed me to get close and down on the ground to blur out the foreground and background.
I thought “Swamp Hare” was a minor character on Dukes of Hazzard, like one of the Duke Boys’ friends’ who had giant ears and liked to drive real fast. I could swear that was what a swamp hare was.
That’s the other swamp hare. There’s two of them.
I live near Aunt Sue in SW Florida. We actually have both cottontails here (the destroyers of my garden) and swamp hares. The swamp hares are a bit more brown in color, similarly cute, and not too impressed with golfers or their carts. Hope you had a lovely Easter.
Same to you Laura. And yes, this one was none too concerned with my close approach.