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DSCN5484.JPG Moutain Cottontail
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DSCN5484.JPG Moutain Cottontail (Slyvilagus nuttallii)

It snowed 11.5 cm last Friday and almost nowhere here has caught up with plowing. I bird from a wheelchair and it has been very frustrating while there is sun. I took a gamble and located an open path finally. This Mountain Cottontail was the first thing I caught, feeding avidly on deadfall crabapples. I skipped shots of it feeding to share this interesting photograph
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Habitat
Big Sagebrush (Atemesia tridentada) mixed with grasses, forbs, herbs and other native shrubs-introduced foodstuffs
Location
Outskirts Boise, Id. USA
Date taken
2/10/25
Scientific name
Slyvilagus nuttallii
Equipment used
Nicon P900
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
1/800-f6.3-200
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What a lovely capture, Gregg.

(Incidentally, you’ve put this under birds rather than wild mammals 😊)
 

Media information

Category
Wild Mammals
Added by
Gregg Martin
Date added
View count
107
Comment count
6

Image metadata

Device
NIKON COOLPIX P900
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
268.0 mm
Exposure time
1/800 second(s)
ISO
200
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
DSCN5484.JPG
File size
7 MB
Date taken
Mon, 10 February 2025 10:27 AM
Dimensions
4608px x 3456px

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