Methods of the Bunnyrazzi

 Melissa and I have an ongoing debate about the proper method of approaching the rabbits. She likes to take small steps towards them while photographing them. Sometimes they move closer, sometimes they move away, and sometimes they don't move. I worry that the bunnies feel stalked. But sometimes they come to her (meaning within six feet). 

She likes to talk to them -- reassuring them, for example, that a dog being walked on the sidewalk will not come onto our lawn. Sometimes she sings to them. I now think that they are reassured by the break in eye contact created by the camera. What do they think about being talked to? It's hard to tell. 

Melissa is accustomizing the bunnies to flash photography. If they live for three years, then each month is two or three human years. They have grown up with flash photography since May. They do not mistake other humans for Melissa, but no other humans take their pictures while talking to them or singing to them.

Daily was here this morning and this evening but is likely not here now. Daily had a companion each time, possibly Rusty once and possibly Meerkit once but possibly a new baby bunny.

We are now beginning to wonder -- how well will the brown rabbits do in the winter? They are nearly invisible on grass. They will be highly visible on snow. Perhaps if they stick to dawn and dusk, they will not be terribly visible.