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Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

Photo by Christine Y.
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

The eastern cottontail is chunky, has red-brown or gray-brown coloring, large hind feet, long ears, and a short fluffy white tail. Its underside is white. There is also a rusty patch on the tail. It has large brown eyes and large ears to see and listen for danger.

Habitat:

Spotted in a rural herb garden.

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Comments (5)

Thanks maplemoth and Danièle. This rabbit was *patiently* waiting for me to go away. It had been in an herb garden nibbling on plants when I came along. It got scared and ran into the brush next to the garden, but kept coming back out to see if I was still there. I stayed in the garden looking for insect pest damage for quite awhile, and this cute bunny kept popping out, hoping that I would leave so it could finish it’s breakfast :). I got pretty close to get this shot, and not surprisingly, it didn’t budge until I started to walk away, which was when it hopped back over to the garden.

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