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Archive for January 21, 2011

Snowshoe Hare Sign – Welcome to a photographic journey through the woods, fields and marshes of New England

Find more of my photographs and information similar to that which I post in this blog in my book Naturally Curious, which is now available from www.trafalgarbooks.com or your local bookseller.

SNOWSHOE HARE SIGN

Snowshoe hare urine is as distinctive as, or more so than, its scat, for often it is orange, red or pinkish. This color is said to be from a pigment that was originally part of chlorophyll molecules in green plant tissues the hare consumed.


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