Here are is a baker’s-dozen pictures of leaping offered in honour of February 29th.
One White-tailed Deer leaps over another.
A Bald Eagle leaps off a tree branch.
Mature Kokanee leap over a weir as they head upstream to spawn.
A Deer Mouse leaps off a small rock.
A Red-tailed Hawk leaps from a snag.
An immature Kokanee leaps out of the Lake in an attempt to escape a predator Rainbow Trout.
A Bighorn Sheep leaps down a steep bank.
Two Mule Deer leap into the air (they are stotting).
A Coyote leaps on the snow (it is chasing voles under the snow).
A Great Blue Heron leaps into the air from an old rock jetty.
A Rough-legged Hawk leaps into the air from the cross-bar of a utility pole.
An American Dipper leaps into a stream.
Everybody leaps: these are Bohemian Waxwings.
Leaping Lizards, Birdman ! !
Some really great captures here 🙂