Hair of the Snowshoe Hare

Snowshoe Hare brown taken in Alaska

By Stan Tekiela
www.naturesmart.com

As winter loosens its grip on the northern states and it finally feels like spring, my mind turns to all the changes in nature. In particular, the animals in the northern climates that change the color of their coats (pelage) or the birds that change their feathers (plumage) from brown to white and back again to brown in the spring.

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