Mowing the back

So I mowed the back yard and thought it would be easy with the riding mower.  Not so with the stand    Your ground bunnies.  They just kept moving into the grass and watching me mow circles around them. They eventually moved into the high grass by the house and the irises.  I think they called to the barn swallows to help with their plight of me mowing the back yard.  Because I had about five of them dive bombing me.  Around and around they went, zooming around the mower and back.  It was quite dizzying to watch.  At least I won't have to fight the flora and fauna for two more weeks.