Date: 2/19/25 5:01 pm From: Martha Jordan via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] birds and rabbits
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.
