I almost needed a hard hat
20th June 2019
In a previous blog post I mentioned young hares getting too close for a photo but close enough for an in depth conversation or towel dry down.
This morning I felt as though I should have had a hard hat within arms reach as two young bucks pursued a more mature female in ardent fever! The wily female did enough to keep them at bay but the two young males decided that they needed to fight for their rights. Literally within the length of my car, with me on the ground, they went for it in front of me.
I could clearly hear the thumps, the harrumphs and the clumps being exchanged. Fur flew in front of my face and after a couple of vain attempts of trying to get an action shot I gave up and watched the awesome spectacle instead.
The victor ran off after the sensibly, departed female while the loser sat for a while and obviously did a mental replay how that went so very wrong.
This morning I felt as though I should have had a hard hat within arms reach as two young bucks pursued a more mature female in ardent fever! The wily female did enough to keep them at bay but the two young males decided that they needed to fight for their rights. Literally within the length of my car, with me on the ground, they went for it in front of me.
I could clearly hear the thumps, the harrumphs and the clumps being exchanged. Fur flew in front of my face and after a couple of vain attempts of trying to get an action shot I gave up and watched the awesome spectacle instead.
The victor ran off after the sensibly, departed female while the loser sat for a while and obviously did a mental replay how that went so very wrong.