Carol DM
Sharing another critter photo with the Saturday Critters Challenge.
Sitting here looking out in my backyard I saw a rabbit. I have not seen one since last summer. It was a good sign spring is close. Hopefully before too long I will see more. They like eating the patches of clover in the yard.
Did you know that wild rabbits survive the winter by creating burrows in the ground or using thick shrubberies to protect themselves from the cold temperatures.
Some rabbits create their own burrows, while others will utilize abandoned burrows created by other rabbits or small creatures.
Photo ©CarolDM2019
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Did you learn something about wild rabbits?
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Have you seen rabbits in your yard?
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Very interesting facts about wild rabbits & excellent photo!!!
We don’t have rabbits roaming around here, but we have a lot of squirrels.
Yes, I like rabbits, unfortunately they are a pest in New Zealand as they are a threat to our environment.
People do have them as pets, and they are somewhat disapproved of.
Whole South Island fields have plenty of rabbits with farmers in tears as the rabbits eat every blade of grass.
They were introduced here as meat on the table but became a pest.
NZ is a model, about what happens to an environment with colonisation and so little planning.
I have seen two rabbits in my neighborhood; one looked wild and the other was probably an escapee…
Such a cute capture! I haven’t seen wild rabbits around here.
Thank you for sharing interesting information. I did not know that
It was interesting as a sign of changing seasons. I have never seen wild rabbits other than rabbits that are kept by people.
Yes, the rain must have brought him out. I see these wild ones from spring until the fall in my yard.
You are in a natural environment that is still friendly with them.
Yes that is correct.
I do not know how with you only in winter, you see a rabbit in winter … apparently, we do not sleep in winter … I do not see him in the yard, but I see him in the nearby meadows
The rain probably made him come out thinking it was spring.
This year you have never seen …. winters ago, I saw him in the snow