The cabin is just over 1000 sqft and there is about thirteen acres with it. We plan to eventually retire and live there in the future, but that is still a few years away.
We were walking the property the other day and I startled a snowshoe hare out from under a brush pile. He wasn't quite sure of what was going on so he only went a couple of steps and then stopped.
I was able to photograph him in the brush and it is remarkable how well he blended into the undergrowth. He went a few more hops and then sat and watched us from a distance of only about thirty-five feet or so. I took more photos of him and it was as if he was posing in the sunlight just for the photo. He was a mature and big snowshoe, one that will probably be able to make it through the winter in spite of the predators that will be after him.
I continued the walk and found no other tracks of any other snowshoe on the property, so apparently he has it pretty much to himself as far as the hare population is concerned. There were plenty of deer tracks however, and a number of squirrel tracks.
I am looking forward to further exploring the property and finding what other creatures may live there.
This first photo was when I first startled the hare out of his form. He is difficult to find in the photo, but if you look for his eye and his ears you should be able to see him. The second is when he sat in full sunlight.
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