New Backyard Visitor

We've had a few new regular visitors to our backyard lately but this morning was the first time I had any luck in capturing a photo of these new visitors.  

We have a couple of rabbits who now visit regularly but I haven't been able to get any photos of them.  We also have a large pileated woodpecker who visits the yard daily but he has been very skittish whenever I have tried to get close with my camera.  

Our other regular visitor is a ground hog and I managed to capture a photo of him this morning through one of our windows.  I tried to step outdoors to get the photo but he was about to run off due to the tiny bit of noise I made with the door so I opted to shoot through a closed window and window screen.  This made for a rather blurry image but the image is still decent.  

When I first noticed him in the yard this morning as I was walking past our living room window, I thought he was one of the neighborhood cats.  When I went to the back door to step outside, I realized this was our visiting ground hog and not a cat!

He was just grazing on clover in our lawn. 

First, I tried to quietly open the door but he heard it and froze.  I knew this mean that any additional noise would cause him to scurry off so I opted to go to one of the closed windows instead.  Considering I shot this through a double-pane window and a screen, it is a pretty good image.  Since he froze as he listened more carefully, I was able to easily capture a few photos of him.

For those who may be wondering, I shot this image with my Sony a6000 and my Sony FE 70-200mm f4 lens.  This was at 200mm and wide open at f4.  

Now I just need to remember to always bring a camera outside with me when I am working in the yard so I'll be ready for when the rabbits and woodpecker visit again.