The desert cottontail’s coloring is well-suited to the desert where it lives. I didn’t get the composition quite right on this one but oh how I adore the soft light on this lovely little rabbit.
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Charge of the Bunny Brigade
While it might look like I’m about to get the world’s softest headbutt, the little cottontail tucked its head in tight to groom the fur of its chest.
Birds in the Rocks
We hiked the Rinconada Canyon Trail at Petroglyph National Monument amidst the many petroglyphs new and old, many depicting the animals of the canyon, such as this petroglyph of a bird (a roadrunner perhaps?).
I spotted another bird in the jumbled rocks, this one very much alive, a mourning dove sitting on a thin nest of grasses. We hiked during the evening hours and heard doves calling from all around the park, bringing back fond memories of growing up back east where the coo-coo-cooing of doves serenaded us on many a night.
I Don’t Think He’s Right But …
Sometimes I think I take just a few too many pictures of my cats, but this glyph in the Rinconada Canyon at Petroglyph National Monument makes me think a kindred spirit once roamed these hills. Templeton thought it might be an image made of him, but I thought no since he was far too young. He said in human years yes but in cat years no. I don’t think that’s how it works, but on the other hand …
Between the Toes
We came across this desert cottontail in Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque. We visited New Mexico for the first time back in the spring, spending a few days each in Santa Fe, Taos, and Albuquerque.
Even though we were excited to see the many rock drawings, the little rabbit of course was just going about its daily routine, mostly just resting during the day, here taking a moment to clean out between its toes.
Or maybe it was trying to flash me the peace sign. Or telling me to live long and prosper.
Hard to say.