Male Northern Flicker takeoff outtake. Fun to watch, but the clues were there as he scrunched down in two frames before takeoff.

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A windy evening with blowing grass —should’ve increased shutter speed.

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As shot; the hues had more magenta. Shade, perhaps?

Another outtake of this rabbit standing to catch a piece of grass. You'll have to trust me on the standing part. Or not.

Comments off. Part 2 of 2.

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Tried to track this tiny wild rabbit munching and hopping in the rain. It would munch, turn, and hop beneath a log and out of sight. After watching, I tried to anticipate its change in direction and height of hop. Building a nest?

No need to comment. I think there's been a surfeit of bunnies on Flickr recently ;)

Larger: hopping wild rabbit

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This might be the back-forty Sharp-shinned Hawk that thinks this is home. We couldn't quite instruct it to move back in order to capture a good profile shot.

And I have no idea what it thought looked so edible above me. My husband captured this to document the boldness.

Hmm, the eyes don't look red and I couldn't quite see the tail to make certain this isn't a Cooper's Hawk. But the blurry feathers on the breast indicate a Sharp-shinned Hawk, according to www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Sharp-shinned_Hawk/overview. I'll go with the one we see most often here, but a juvenile—the Sharp-shinned Hawk, the smallest hawk in Canada and the United States and a daring, acrobatic flier.

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