green lurchers 16,369 Posted January 4, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 great shots TD thanks for sharing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
top dog 1 3,148 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) Think hes seen me Edited February 15, 2016 by top dog 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
top dog 1 3,148 Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 (edited) Still looking at me Edited February 15, 2016 by top dog 1 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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low plains drifter 9,467 Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Hares are splendid creatures Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,415 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 Yep, they're amazing creatures. if you don't want to watch all this video go forward to around 3.20. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hjckcff 1,737 Posted January 7, 2016 Report Share Posted January 7, 2016 good vid. thanks for sharing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
brambles 3,062 Posted January 10, 2016 Report Share Posted January 10, 2016 Would you say that jumping hare has had a run in with a bird of prey before? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,415 Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 (edited) IMO no. I've seen Hares do the most amazing maneuvers to escape over the years and IMO such tactics are instinct. Think about it. For that particular Hare to have done that maneuver before she would have to have been hunted by several birds of prey that have been big enough to have taken her. The best move I ever seen a Hare do was years ago at the coursing meet held by the now gone Donabate C.C. just outside Dublin. It was that good a open meet that I once walked the near 20 miles to it and home again. There was a river at the bottom of the main coursing field and the other side of the river was a golf course. The river was around 15 feet wide and Hares regularly swam it with the Greyhounds behind her, then when they got out the far side the course would continue (even though the judge had stopped judging) and to see the spray of water coming of both Puss and dogs was spectacular. But one Hare in particular tried to completely jump the river and made it 3/4 the way across and landed in the river, disappearing completely and the two Greyhounds tried to do the same. They landed 3/4 way across, got out the far side and Greyhounds being Greyhounds took of down the golf course chasing nothing in particular. We were all standing along the hedge looking at all this when a few seconds later up out of the river comes the Hare and trots back up the field by us all. We applauded her. Edited January 11, 2016 by neil cooney 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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J Darcy 5,871 Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 WH 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,415 Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 It was probably a prediction of a mild Winter but I didn't see one Hare with a white patch all year. In fact, I seen one last week that was probably the darkest Hare I've ever seen. I was standing watching a course when she got up at my feet. Does the Blue Hare turn white even in a mild Winter ? The Irish being a sub-species of the Blue only tends to go paler, pied or white when the weather is severe. I noticed JDs Hare still has a little bit of brown above her eye. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 IMO the colouration is nothing to do with how mild or severe a winter is. the blue hare has many shades of pelage, this is to spilt the odds of them being able to hide from predators no matter what the conditions. If it snows then the browner ones are more at risk, if it doesn't snow then the whiter ones are more at risk. it's Mother nature edging her bets IMO..... They won't be moulting for a long while yet.... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taffey 1,258 Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Good pics JD got thousands here myself but not a clue how to put them up on here lol atb taffey may get young lad to show me again and I ll forget again lol 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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