[Tweeters] birds and rabbits

[Martha Jordan via Tweeters]

While I have bird feeders up, I make sure I am not feeding the rabbits
here. I put seed catchers just under my feeders to make a tray for ground
feeding birds.   Eastern cottontails were introduced here in the 1930s as a
game animal and are still hunted. They are also proliferating at a rabbit
rapid rate in urban neighborhoods, eating all manner of vegetation,
including vegetable gardens.  My neighbors are frustrated at all the
fencing they now must use to keep the cute critters out of their gardens of
all types.
     Of note: at least two wildlife rehabilitation centers in this area do
not accept eastern cottontails into their facilities. This sends a message
about prioritizing our native wildlife.

Martha
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