I had a wild Hare...

[limbrat]

That aint some of them worms that i heard was eaten the northern forest or at least the leaf litter?

[SwampDonkey]

Good 'ole earth worms. Nothing better for the ground.  ;D



Most agricultural fields have killed them all off with spray for insects.  :

[beenthere]

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Most agricultural fields have killed them all off with spray for insects.  :

Is this fact, or your personal feeling?  Don't mean to be critical, but not something that I've thought was a problem with 'most' ag fields. Interested in learning more about it.

[SwampDonkey]

Ok, a little clarification. ;D Agricultural fields may be a broad spectrum because we could be talking cow pasture to, but I'm talking fields growing crops that use insecticides heavily. It's true around here for potato fields. If you grow hay year after year or cover crops that have no insecticide for years than you might find the worms. But, there are no worms here in spud fields. A lot of farmers here will grow two crops of spuds before rotating with grain or grasses.

Most technical articles on the subject require a subscription, otherwise you only get a glimpse of the abstract of the article.

[limbrat]

I got worms,  no seriously they are a side line for me i raise euoropen night crawlers that i sell to a local broker for bait and i use the casting myself.

Some worms like red wigglers and some night crawlers are composters and spend most of there time in the top couple of inches of there food like manure piles and dont depend on tunnels. Most earthworms are dependent on there tunnels and once they are broken up by tilling it stresses them to a point were they have a hard time recovering. Mix in some non organic fertilizers and pesticides and worms get like hens teeth.

[SwampDonkey]

I was thinking about that to limbrat. When we plow fields here you don't see worms. When I used to till the garden I had tons of worms. I think the only time the worms are in the ground deep is during winter to get below frost. On any rainy warm night they come out on the driveway to celebrate.  ;D


Jeff, how the heck did we go from chasing hares to digging earthworms.  Sheesh. : : :-\

[OneWithWood]

Earthworms remind me of spaghetti  digin_2

[asy]

Yup...

Around here EVERYTHING cycles back 'round to food...

asy :D

[Jeff]

I have a video of my sister taking a video while I am taking a video of the baby Hare.

http://www.youtube.com/v/5fBexNj2Xn0

[sprucebunny]

You're just lucky it wasn't one of those killer rabbits :D

I hope the hare was lucky, too.

[Norm]

Ain't living in the country great.

[Patty]

Ummmm spaghetti, did some one mention spaghetti? I love spaghetti!  digin_2

[Jeff]

My dad, his entire life would say spergetti. 

[Mooseherder]

My daughters had a neighbor friend in our old neighborhood that called it "Pusgetti"
She was about 5 at the time. We still call it dat.

[pasbuild]

My father-in-law loves his meat and badadoes

[Roxie]

I think if we had a "Video of the Year Award"...it would have to go to your sister's video of you video'n that adorable little bunny.  While you had awesome close up shots, her vantage point clearly showed lil bunnies lack of fear. 

Thanks for sharing that!   8)

[Jeff]

I got a comment on you "Wild Hare" youtube video yesterday.  Here is the comment, and my answer to them. I only like PETA when its spelled PITA and stuffed with meat. ;D

THEM
You understand it was in a state of pure terror trying but failing to get away from you. Is the video so cute anymore? It was trying to get back to its mother but was hopelessly lost. Actually rabbits can have heart attacks from the stress of such events. Great vid I guess?

ME
You are obviously an authority on wild "hairs" Thanks for your comments
The hare stayed around us for a couple hours. In the two videos you can see the bunny has plenty of room to leave, and comes and goes as it pleases.

Our bunny continued to come out into the yard for the next month or so, and continued to have little fear of us. We could walk up within a few feet of it before it would scurry around us. Eventually disapeared, probably do to natural predation
Now go comment on something else you know nothing about.

[Mooseherder]

Pure Terror!? :D :D :D
Some people. :

[SwampDonkey]

Little did that person know that little bunny was weened and it's mother was probably nesting on it's 3 or 4 litter by the time of year you took that video.  :D :D Heck the dang things scury all through our thinning operations as happy as larks to take advantage of all those nice tips and tender twigs and bark. All that nice protection to make trails in under away from fox and coyotes. ;D