For the last few mornings, there has been a buzzard on the edge of the wood. The first morning it appeared, the rabbits which would normally be in the field beyond the wood, were all taking shelter beneath the trees. But on the following mornings, it was noticeable that the rabbits had resumed their normal grazing behaviours. This morning, the buzzard was perched on a fallen tree in the field. Within twenty yards of it, rabbits could be seen happily grazing. They moved around in their normal fashion and the buzzard appeared to completely ignore them.
My interpretation of this is that perhaps the fully grown rabbits were too large a prey for the buzzard who was looking for smaller rodents and perhaps even worms on the damp field. Over just a few days, the rabbits had presumably become habituated to the presence of the buzzard and no longer recognised it as a threat.
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