C.<p>We're a week into April here on the Canadian prairies [1], but it's a little different than other places. Spring isn't here, it's on the horizon. Everything's still got a blanket of snow on it, and we could easily get more [2]. There's no blooms or buds to tell you spring is on the way.</p><p>There are really only two big clues that Old Man Winter is thinking about leaving:</p><p>1. Days are noticeably longer than just a few weeks ago.</p><p>2. The jackrabbits!</p><p>They're turning brown again, losing their winter-white coat. Unfortunately it's kind of ruining their camouflage.</p><p>I find it interesting that the degree or progression of the change is so different between different individuals. I'm told the change is triggered by the lengthening days, so it's some sort of built-in variance.</p><p>These are white-tailed jackrabbits, which are actually a species of hare, not rabbit. They're the most common hare on the Canadian prairies, shown here in my backyard.</p><p>[1] It's probably a week into April where you are, too. Funny how that works.</p><p>[2] In the time I've lived in Saskatchewan, I have seen snow fall in every month of the calendar except July.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/hare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hare</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rabbit</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/jackrabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jackrabbit</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bunny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bunny</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SK</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Saskatchewan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saskatchewan</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/prairie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prairie</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/RabbitsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RabbitsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/diurnal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diurnal</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/daylight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>daylight</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/season" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>season</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/spring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spring</span></a></p>
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The Nature Conservancy at Dunn Ranch Prairie in NW MO has a live cam on the Greater Prairie Chickens, an endangered species that can still be found at Dunn Ranch. You may be able to see some Bison too!
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@marinetondelier L'AOC pourrit la vie des vignerons qui voudraient bosser avec des vignes résistantes, et pendant ce temps les vignes du programme Resdur de l'INRA sont ultra-minoritaires...
Même des conventionnels aimeraient avoir ces vignes.
C'est un exemple dans un océan de conneries de ce genre.
Pourtant voici à quoi ressemble la vigne floréal de l'INRA l'année dernière, 2024, zéro traitements...
#viticulture #pesticides #agriculture #zeropesticides #ecologie #vin #agriculturebio #prairie
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If you move somewhere with harsh winters, it won't be an issue. Growing up in the Canadian prairies, I'd never even *heard* of a snow day until I heard it in some USAnian media.
The closest we've got is that they will stop running the school buses when the wind chill drops below -45C -- but the schools stay open. You can still drop your kids off and not see them all day 
Local adage: “Winter’s the best time to have a drought.”
White-jailed jackrabbits, again. This time I caught them in flight formation!
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#Canadian #prairie #jackrabbits in #Saskatchewan...
I'm fortunate that the area I live in is near the edge of the city, and my house backs onto a green space (used for storm drainage and flood control, as well as a walking/bike path). The green space goes the rest of the way to the edge of the city, so there's a lot of wildlife that comes by, and through, our yard.
We get lots of White-tailed Jackrabbits (actually a kind of #hare...) in the winter. I shot these today out my front door as it was nice out, just below freezing, and I could leave the door open to take pictures through.
This fellow - or lady - is quite the handsome beast. I think he knows it. He's looking dead at me in the first photo, because I'm five meters away with a device that's making weird clicky noises and I'm moving a bit.
In the second picture, you can see their #fuzzy #lips are exactly like a domestic rabbit's.
#wildlife #yard #backyard #animal #bunny #SK Canada #winter #rabbit
More #Canadian #prairie #jackrabbits (again, actually a kind of #hare, not #rabbit...) from my wintry yard today.
These two handsome fellers (or gals, who knows?) are in the front yard, looking at me through my open front door. One's got a skinnier head than the other. Dunno if that tells me anything. They all keep some dark markings on their ears and nose when they turn white for the winter, but there's a lot of variety in terms of how much and where else they keep a bit of colour.
Again, these are probably Lepus townsendii, the White-tailed Jackrabbit. There are also Lepus americanus, the Snowshoe Hare, in the prairies, but I think they're mostly further north than me, up where the trees start in what we call the "parkland" area. I'm in the middle of the "grain belt", which is bald prairie for the most part.
I have a bunch more of these, plus some videos which need trimming. Captioning these takes some effort so it might take me a while to work through them.
#wildlife #yard #backyard #animal #bunny #SK Canada #winter #jacks
<creepy little girl voice>
They're HEeeeere....
(#7 ran off when I opened the door...)
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A reprise of a photo I posted once before for #MeerMittwoch : a sea of grass. #TheGreatPlains #Prairie #Grasslands #NorthDakota
There are places of beauty on the prairie, if you have the patience to look
#alberta #canada #prairie #photography
#alberta #canada #prairie #photography
Great experience to meet these huge animals in the wild! This mixed-grass prairie is home to agile bighorn sheep and lively prairie dogs. The rich geologic formations of this park is very interesting.
#nationalpark #badlandsnationalpark #parcnatural #bison #southdakota #prairie #geologicalformations #usnationalparks #badlandsnps #findyourpark #hikingadventures #neverstopexploring #hikeyourownhikes #getbusyliving #wanderlust #responsibletourism #mylifemyadventure
#nationalpark #badlandsnationalpark #parcnatural #bison #southdakota #prairie #geologicalformations #usnationalparks #badlandsnps #findyourpark #hikingadventures #neverstopexploring #hikeyourownhikes #getbusyliving #wanderlust #responsibletourism #mylifemyadventure
"Though black-tailed prairie dogs have a long-standing reputation as pests, their ingenious tunnel systems and industrious prairie pruning make them one of the West’s primary ecosystem engineers."
Christine Peterson for High Country News: https://longreads.com/2025/01/14/why-the-west-needs-prairie-dogs/
I never tire of this view. I was recently back in Kansas and was able to catch up with my old friend and photographer Scott Bean, https://scottbeanphoto.com, who twisted my arm to get me to go out for a quick photoshoot before I left town. Neither of us traditionally likes sunrises, but on this morning the light was perfect and the company was good.
#FlintHills #Kansas #Backroads #Prairie #TallgrassPrairie
#FlintHills #Kansas #Backroads #Prairie #TallgrassPrairie
