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Wildlife Reports => Southern Ontario Wildlife => Topic started by: farmer on December 16, 2010, 09:10:13 PM

Title: Jack Rabbit
Post by: farmer on December 16, 2010, 09:10:13 PM

Jack Rabbit in hiding.

(http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm317/applefarmer40/Jackrabbit.jpg)

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Post by: Moira on December 16, 2010, 10:05:09 PM

nice catch, all snuggled in

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Post by: egret on December 17, 2010, 05:31:13 PM

adorable px

tks

and Happy Holidays to you!


Egret

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Post by: Axeman on December 17, 2010, 09:58:51 PM

Jackrabbit? I can't quite tell but are the ears long enough?

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Post by: tarnado on December 17, 2010, 10:41:09 PM

Definitely a Jackrabbit, a daily sight when I was in Calgary. I did not realize they range this far east, most maps have them to about the midwestern states.

Edit : Just did some digging and what we have here is introduced European Hare, they do look very similar to the White-tailed Jackrabbit.

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Post by: Axeman on December 18, 2010, 08:16:11 AM

ahhh you know what, I can see the ears now through the branches.....I think they have been out this way for quite some time -- I remember seeing a jackrabbit in a farmer's field in Milton in the mid 80's....I think they and the opposums arrived around the same time.