Thursday, June 28, 2007

Sylvilagus floridanus

Eastern Cottontail


The rabbit hunters Steve, Terri and Bindi caught this little tucker in our backyard on Sunday afternoon. Ok, ok, actually it was Stephan, JoAnne and Emilie but crikey it was an adventure - rabbits rule!

Yup, we did, no kidding. We were able to corner this dude and net him. He will be relocated someplace far away from our backyard. We have too many of these wild rabbit in our yard alone and they've already worn out their welcome. Just ask our fennel plant, or our parsley plants or our spiderwort plants or some of our hosta plants or more appropriately what's left of these plants...err

For a complete overview of the Eastern Cottontail including characteristics, range, habitat, diet, life cycle and behavior, click here - NatureWorks.

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