“This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.” ― Beatrix Potter

     My wildlife adventure for today was to rescue a baby bunny from my window well.  Of course, I tried from the basement side, trying to scoop it into a bucket, which caused it to jump past me into the basement proper.
     Luckily I had locked the dog upstairs for this escapade.
     I was smart enough to wear gardening gloves and was able to capture the terrified little guy by hand before he ran behind the couch.
     He seemed stunned for a moment when I released him.  Then he took off for the flowerbed.  Success.
     Last week Charleigh-dog managed to catch a baby bunny in her jaws.  It was all I could do to try to pry them open until she dropped it and it managed to hop away.  You could just read the thoughts running through Charleigh's mind....."NOOOOO!  It's mine.   I caught it and you can't have it.  It's mine!"  Then I practically had to pick this 80# dog up and carry her away because she was not leaving her bunny.
     Labs.....ya gotta love 'em.