There weren’t many footprints of park wildlife along the millpond trail. With 5-7″ of powdery snow on the ground, the mammals preferred to stay in their burrows until conditions improved. But some had to venture out to find their evening meal. On return trip to the end of the trail, I found wild Rabbit #2 had hopped onto the boardwalk in search of food. He was drawn to it because it had been plowed.
As I walked toward it, my boots crunched the snow against the wooden deck causing loud sounds to reverberate.. The rabbit responded to the noise by hopping in the other direction until he discovered he was between two sets of humans. A father and young son blocked his escape path. For a moment, he considered scooting under the side rail and jumping six feet down, but decided that was a dangerous solution. Finally, he casually hopped past the father and son as they stood still. Soon, he was back on land where he went about his business of finding dried grasses and twigs to nibble on.
Hi Doug!
We just wanted to tell you we think your website is beautiful. The photography is stunning! Thank you for taking time out of your evening to welcome us to Brighton and to introduce us to some of your friends at Mill Pond. We hope to be seeing you around.
Stay warm and keep up the good work!
Tony and Kate
Welcome Kate and Tony!
It was such a pleasure to meet you at Two Brothers tonight and look forward to you moving to Brighton so your eight year old can come to meet the ducks. I’ll gladly introduce her to them. Hope the remodeling of your new home goes smoothly and you have time to visit this blog once in a while so you’ll become familiar with your new waterfowl neighbors. Please post comments if you have questions or contact me directly to let me know when you’re coming to the millpond and I’ll try to greet you there. Happy New Year! It’s going to be a year of wonderful changes for you!