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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0055_01CDE8E3.C996B5D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi All, A couple of observations from the last few days... On Saturday, December 29th, a relatively mild day, I found an active = "woolly bear" caterpillar, black at both ends, brown in the middle, on a = sheltered woods trail near our house in Freeport. Yesterday, on my daily walk along that same trail with our border = collie, I spotted what I was sure was the hind end of a snowshoe hare = hunkered down under an overturned alder root, about three feet off the = trail. I continued home with the dog, then went back to see if it was = indeed a hare, and if it was okay. It just struck me as strange that a = healthy animal would remain so still with potential predators so close = by. When I got close enough again to look, a large hare emerged from the = shelter and hopped about 15 feet away, then stopped still. It looked = fine, so I left a carrot and came home. Is this usual behaviour for hares? Do they have any scent that would = betray them to a predator passing by that close? Happy New Year to All. Andy and I enjoy reading the postings and looking = at the photographs.=20 Chris ------=_NextPart_000_0055_01CDE8E3.C996B5D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.19393"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hi All,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>A couple of observations from the last = few=20 days...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>On Saturday, December 29th, a = relatively mild day,=20 I found an active "woolly bear" caterpillar, black at both ends, brown = in the=20 middle, on a sheltered woods trail near our house in = Freeport.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Yesterday, on my daily walk = along that=20 same trail with our border collie, I spotted what I was sure was = the hind=20 end of a snowshoe hare hunkered down under an overturned alder root, = about three=20 feet off the trail. I continued home with the dog, then went back to see = if it=20 was indeed a hare, and if it was okay. It just struck me as strange that = a=20 healthy animal would remain so still with potential predators so close=20 by. When I got close enough again to look, a large hare emerged = from the=20 shelter and hopped about 15 feet away, then stopped still. It looked = fine, so I=20 left a carrot and came home.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Is this usual behaviour for hares? Do = they have any=20 scent that would betray them to a predator passing by that = close?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Happy New Year to All. Andy and I enjoy = reading the=20 postings and looking at the photographs. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Chris</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0055_01CDE8E3.C996B5D0--
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