"I went out this morning to start stacking wood in the wood shed. I started by flipping over the wheel barrow and to my surprise there was a snowshoe hare staring right back at me. I took a few steps back to let him get away but he just sat there looking at me. I watched for around 5 minutes then all of a sudden a baby bunny popped out! Apparently he was a she! I ran inside and got Sarah and we watched as she delivered three more adorable baby bunnies. It looks like our woodshed has become the latest bunny nursery."
Do you see the baby nursing?
Four little babies are underneath Mommy!
Do you see the feet sticking out? Apparently Snowshoe hares are named because of their big "snowshoe like" feet.
So I am a little jealous right now as this Mommy only had to wait 35-40 days to have her babies and her labour and delivery certainly didn't seem to phase her. No birth attendants needed, she took care of everything...right down to eating the birth sack (ok so I don't envy that part!) We learned today (online) that baby hares are born with hair and their eyes open and can hop soon after birth.
This is the Daddy Hare. We saw him pacing all over the yard this morning. Everything made so much more sense when we realized that birth was happening. I'm thankful that David plans to be with me the whole time during labour and delivery...not running around like a worried snowshoe hare. =]
This was our observation point into the newly founded baby nursery. It's not just our baby that is going to get in the way of David's work!
