Subject: Re: addenedum-Thunder birds
Date: Sep 12 17:37:54 1996
From: steppie at wolfenet.com - steppie at wolfenet.com


Re: Snowy white bunnies,


In winter, I believe I've seen only snow-white snowshoe hares along the east
slopes of the Cascades and in the Okanogan Highlands.
Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA



>>On Wed, 11 Sep 1996, Mary Poss wrote:
>>
>>> (The snowshoe hare that I saw on this trip had not started to turn yet).
>>
>>I have always believed (I must have read it somewhere) that Snowshoe Hares
>>in Washington do not turn white during winter (or any other time). Can
>>anyone provide evidence otherwise?
>>
>>Kelly McAllister
>
>We have a large series of snoshoes from the Blue Mountains in winter, all
>snow-white. We don't seem to have any winter specimens from elsewhere in
>eastern WA (there are *never* enough specimens in museums).
>
>We have lots of winter snowshoes from western WA, and none is white exept
>one specimen from Mt. Rainier, 3000', Mickel Creek. It's a May specimen
>and is growing in brown fur but was probably all white in winter.
>
>Dennis Paulson, Director phone 206-756-3798
>Slater Museum of Natural History fax 206-756-3352
>University of Puget Sound e-mail dpaulson at ups.edu
>Tacoma, WA 98416
>
>