Speaking of wildlife .... Bunbun has been absent for quite a while now. I’ve been actively looking the last week or so, no bunny.
Today, carrying a landscape timber around the corner of the shop, a rabbit jumped up from under the Leyland Cypress trees & took off at warp speed across the field, dodging & weaving as if being chased by prey. It finally stopped near the fence, under the tree shadows. That is not Bunbun who would hop off a little way if I got too close, then stop & resume eating - almost semi-tame. “Dodger” is a new rabbit - maybe the juvenile I caught in the groundhog trap earlier this year.
Bunbun looked ‘old’ to me so no telling what happened - just died, fox, coyote, hawk, etc. Bunnies live a precarious life. If Bunbun is really gone, I’m glad there’s a new bunny in town!
*’chased by prey’ s/be ‘chased by a predator’.
I hope Bun-Bun is still with us, but I know all too well that these little cuties we become accustomed to seeing (so much so that we give them names!) are sometimes hunted down by their own predators. Sadly, they don’t live forever.
I hope Dodger will be a new fun visitor to your yard, and not give you too much trouble.
P.S- When my first son was born, my best friend made a blanket with Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit as the theme. My son called it Bun-Bun for all of his life. Sadly, once he became a teenager, it went into storage and it succumbed to the elements. The nice thing, though, is that for him, and many in our family, baby blankets are all called by the honorary name, “Bun-Bun”, same as your little friend. 🥰