First Rabbits of Spring

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There they were, calmly munching on grass over a block away from home. They were my first sighting of rabbits this spring. Even yards away on the sidewalk, it was clear they were adults. I spotted them during a walk at 9:35 AM on March 26, 2026. Unfortunately, I only had my cell phone with me. It has a bad zoom, but I couldn’t resist taking a photo of them. 

First rabbits of Spring, in March, near a driveway

During five months of snow, rabbit tracks and spoor were the only evidence of rabbits. Occasionally we saw them in the dark. One night, through my kitchen window, I watched a rabbit gnaw at a hedge branch till it broke off. That rabbit ate the bark till it was satiated before it hopped out of sight.

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