August 15 - Desert Hare

DesertHare - (Lepus tibetanus) Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Very young hares are called leverets. They are very fast moving, and most live solitary lives or sometimes in pairs. Hares do not bear their young below ground in a burrow, but rather in a shallow depression or flattened nest of grass called a form. Young hares are adapted to the lack of physical protection offered by a burrow by being born fully furred and with eyes open. They are hence able to fend for themselves very quickly after birth.



DesertSurprise - Some desert plants remain dormant, looking like bunches of dead spiny sticks. But the Ocotillo Pine responds quickly to late-summer desert monsoons with an explosion of spectacular red flowers.