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The wistful two notes of the chickadee...

By Dave Bonta | Published February 13, 2012 at 9:57 am

The wistful two notes of the chickadee’s spring song. The gray clouds begin to turn pink. A rabbit dashes into the lilac when I stand up.

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Deer have been eating the wild rosebush...

By Dave Bonta | Published January 23, 2012 at 8:12 am

Deer have been eating the wild rosebush again, and the yard is a maze of rabbit tracks. The fog lifts for a minute, then returns.

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With the leaves down I can see not...

By Dave Bonta | Published December 6, 2011 at 9:12 am

With the leaves down I can see not only farther, but deeper: through a maze of lilac branches, I spot a rabbit when its dark eye blinks.

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A rabbit wanders back and forth in...

By Dave Bonta | Published November 30, 2011 at 2:19 pm

A rabbit wanders back and forth in the half-light of dawn—a nervous eater, hunched around its hunger. When it freezes, it almost disappears.

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Two half-grown rabbits grazing side...

By Dave Bonta | Published June 26, 2011 at 12:29 pm

Two half-grown rabbits grazing side-by-side on sallow, middle-of-the-road grass dash off in opposite directions. A daylily’s orange cone.

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Juncos hop on the icy snow between...

By Dave Bonta | Published January 20, 2011 at 8:08 am

Juncos hop on the icy snow between the cattails where a rabbit disappeared fifteen minutes earlier, taking the darkness with it.

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The snow’s blowing from the east...

By Dave Bonta | Published January 2, 2010 at 8:56 am

The snow’s blowing from the east; I’m quickly covered. With my new white fur I will go crouch over a rabbit’s burrow, Nanook of the South.

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The rabbit at the edge of the driveway...

By Dave Bonta | Published July 16, 2009 at 9:44 am

The rabbit at the edge of the driveway seems unconcerned about my presence until a house wren starts up an alarmist propaganda campaign.

 

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Does the cottontail rabbit remember...

By Dave Bonta | Published April 29, 2009 at 9:00 am

Does the cottontail rabbit remember winter when the bridal wreath bush it uses for cover again turns white?

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Gray sky. Distant drumming of a grouse...

By Dave Bonta | Published April 19, 2009 at 8:18 am

Gray sky. Distant drumming of a grouse—so faint, it could be the mountain’s own heartbeat. A rabbit in the lilac scratches behind its ear.

 

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