Subject: [Tweeters] rabbits
Date: Feb 18 13:30:38 2008
From: Angela Percival - angela at stillwatersci.com




I've seen wild/naturalized eastern cottontails here in my yard at Cooper
Point (I don't have a dog or cat). Are there no eastern cottontails at
Nisqually?

Which non-native Washington mammal is breeding like rabbits? I always
find it fascinating when humans who have reproduced or who plan on
reproducing point fingers at other non-native species for being
ecologically damaging. I'm just sayin... ;)

Angela Percival
Olympia, WA
Angela at stillwatersci dot com


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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 17:52:11 -0800
From: "Kelly McAllister" <mcallisters4 at comcast.net>
Subject: [Tweeters] A post about Thurston/Mason birds
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
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Here's a post I was asked to forward to Tweeters.

I'm going to respond about the bunnies at Nisqually National Wildlife
Refuge, though I'm not really sure how they've managed to survive there
for so long. I saw domestic rabbits on the refuge quite a few years ago
and thought it not so appropriate for a wildlife refuge. So, about all I
can say is that domestic rabbits have been there for a long time and,
no, they're not wild all over Thurston County, just at the refuge,
pretty much.

Kelly McAllister
Olympia, Washington

Also; what's the deal with domestic rabbits at Nisqually? Our first
'wildlife' observation as we left the visitor center was that of a
dusky-gray domestic rabbit in a low grassy area. Are these
common/widespread in the area? Is there a program to remove them?
Hopefully we're not the first ones to observe this species???? When I
worked for the USFWS on refuges, we wouldn't allow something like that
to persist...is there some special circumstance at Nisqaully?

David