Any idea what this is?
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Smallish critter passing through at speed. I marked it as a bird, but that's obviously a guess. Maybe a thick-knee?
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dms246
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I wonder if it's perhaps a hare? There's a suggestion of long ears above those eyes, and hares can zip along at a fair speed.
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SimonV2
my guess is hare
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ghansenut
I had this same photo and ended up classifying it as an unknown bird. I now have doubts about that. But at the time I considered the speed, I couldn't make out 4 legs, and I wasn't even sure if it was on the ground.
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dms246
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I think the main thing that makes me think it might not be a bird is the eyeglow - not sure you'd get that from a bird flying across the field of view. I could be wrong about that of course. 😃
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Hare was the other thing I was considering, but in the end it just looks sort of birdy to me. I don't know whether nocturnal birds like stone curlews have eyeshine or not.
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It looks like a hare to me.
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