04 Apr The Harbinger hare
Posted at 22:50h
in That's life
On the day before Easter, Contrarian reader Barry Morrison stepped out the back door of his house in Howie Centre, Cape Breton, to sip coffee and check the day. Here’s what he saw:
Nova Scotia readers will be relieved to see Lepus americanus struthopus—snowshoe hare—has begun its 10-week transition from winter morph (white) to summer morph (greyish brown)—all in pursuit of camouflage. In this respect, L. americanus is a damn site more reliable than the cursed groundhog.
Incidentally, both hare and Morrison are crepuscular.
Happy Easter, dear readers!