And I'll add to that "what do you feed them?" I assume you're talking about the Eastern Cottontails that are all over western Washington at this time. I had never heard of feeding wild rabbits, which are basically leaf-eaters. We have them in our yard in Seattle every once in a while, and as we have no garden for them to damage, I have often wondered if we could keep them around by feeding them something, as we do the birds and squirrels.

Dennis Paulson
Seattle


> On Feb 19, 2025, at 11:30 AM, Karen Deyerle via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>

> you feed ... rabbits?!

>

> On Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 10:48:09 AM PST, creinsch via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>

>

> Found a dead male Annas this morning which left me with questions.

> Sitting on top of a rabbit feeding station, it looked healthy, but was

> soaked by the rain and had died sometime in the previous 12 hours.

> Note: It was not particularly cold last night, so I do not believe

> weather was a factor.

>

> Questions:

>

> Have there been verified reports of hummingbirds catching Avian

> influenza ("AI")?

>

> Have people suspended feeding hummingbirds (and other wild birds for

> that matter)?

>

> Have there been other reports in Tweeters possibly related to AI that I

> have missed?

>

> Any other thoughts?

>

> Chuck Reinsch

> Seattle, Magnolia

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