{"id":4296,"date":"2012-02-29T09:56:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T17:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=4296"},"modified":"2012-02-29T16:27:24","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T00:27:24","slug":"its-leap-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=4296","title":{"rendered":"It’s leap day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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H<\/strong>ere are is a baker’s-dozen pictures of leaping offered in honour of February 29th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

One White-tailed Deer leaps over another.
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A Bald Eagle leaps off a tree branch.
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Mature Kokanee leap over a weir as they head upstream to spawn.
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A Deer Mouse leaps off a small rock.
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A Red-tailed Hawk leaps from a snag.
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An immature Kokanee leaps out of the Lake in an attempt to escape a predator Rainbow Trout.
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A Bighorn Sheep leaps down a steep bank.
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Two Mule Deer leap into the air (they are stotting).
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A Coyote leaps on the snow (it is chasing voles under the snow).
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A Great Blue Heron leaps into the air from an old rock jetty.
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A Rough-legged Hawk leaps into the air from the cross-bar of a utility pole.
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An American Dipper leaps into a stream.
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Everybody leaps: these are Bohemian Waxwings.
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