Bunny Rabbit swimming across pond!

Here is something you don't see every day!
A bunny rabbit swimming across a pond. I didn't even know they could swim!

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19089557
Here is something you don't see every day!
A bunny rabbit swimming across a pond. I didn't even know they could swim!

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Sometimes you have to see it to believe it!

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19089557
Here is something you don't see every day!
A bunny rabbit swimming across a pond. I didn't even know they could swim!

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Nice shot. Did you look up his wake to see if a fox or something cornered it? Most animals swim to some extent, but most will swim only if they need to do so. That usually means they fell into the water, or they need to escape something and water was the best exit.

Most rabbits can swim to one degree or another, even while young (2-3 weeks). There actually is a species called a swamp rabbit that can swim very well. They are however usually found along The Gulf Coast. This is what the University of Minnesota says about swamp rabbits.

Rabbits have webbed feet so can swim, didn't see any predator and he was motoring along but didn't seem scared

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That is awesome, Jeff!

I am quite a fan of Cottontail Rabbits. . To capture images of an Eastern Cottontail exhibiting this behavior would be a hugely satisfying thing for me. . Awesome job being ready to capture this when it happened!


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Tom Reichner wrote in post #19089996
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That is awesome, Jeff!

I am quite a fan of Cottontail Rabbits. . To capture images of an Eastern Cottontail exhibiting this behavior would be a hugely satisfying thing for me. . Awesome job being ready to capture this when it happened!


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Thank you Tom, I thought it was a beaver or something at first, had to enlarge it on the camera screen to see it was a rabbit.

I got to the same pond every night, the other where the light is right is sort of too big, 300-400 yards across so alot of the action is a ways off.

I sit in my chair enjoying the wind and smell of the water and the sounds of nature always looking and ready to shoot. Often I get misses and bad focus but this one I was lucky.