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#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" --Apple-Mail=_406DD8AB-274A-4D8D-A766-36E4DC04429A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 JIM: The rabbit (or hare) went by me very quickly so I had little chance of = noting any details. Its coat however, was patchy - some dark areas and some = lighter. Rather scruffy looking. Maybe 12=94 - 14=94 in length. Not a small = =93bunny rabbit=94 type. Mike On Apr 8, 2014, at 1:18 AM, James W. Wolford <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> = wrote: >=20 >=20 > Begin forwarded message: >=20 >> From: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> >> Date: April 7, 2014 7:22:26 PM ADT >> To: Nature BNS <nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca> >> Subject: [ValleyNature] Hall's 'Harbour birds + 'rabbit'/hare? >>=20 >> Mike, please let me know if your 'rabbit' is not a varying hare, = alias snowshoe 'rabbit' (hare). Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. =20 >>=20 >> P.S. The well-known rabbits at White Point Lodge are true rabbits = (not hares), not native but introduced (and did not hybridize with = snowshoe hares), and are the same European rabbit species that was = unfortunately and infamously introduced to Australia and, like the cane = toad in some many warm places, became a huge pest for a long time until = the disease myxomatosis (and other measures?) was able to control the = rabbits. Also I recommend the book "Watership Down" by Richard Adams, = for a great fictionalized account of European rabbits and their society. >>=20 >> Begin forwarded message: >>=20 >>> From: Mike McCall <frogmore@xcountry.tv> >>> Date: April 7, 2014 9:25:56 AM ADT >>> To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca >>> Subject: [NatureNS] Hall's 'Harbour birds >>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >>>=20 >>>=20 >>> Today=92s dawn brought the sun and (probably) the three Fox Sparrows = that have been feeding=20 >>> voraciously beneath my feeders since last Wednesday. The usual crowd = of >>> Ch=92dees, Juncos, RB Nuthatch, Purple Finches (who are also = singing), Goldfinches >>> are here and a Raven did a low pass over the area where he (or his = twin) >>> scored a recently deceased Red Squirrel last week. >>>=20 >>> That Spring! is about to envelope us was signalled by an adult = rabbit munching=20 >>> parsley in the kitchen garden. >>>=20 >>> Mike McCall >>=20 >> _______________________________________________ >> Nature mailing list >> Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca >> = http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnaturalists.= ca >=20 --Apple-Mail=_406DD8AB-274A-4D8D-A766-36E4DC04429A Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;">JIM:<div><br></div><div>The rabbit (or hare) went by = me very quickly so I had little chance of noting</div><div>any details. = Its coat however, was patchy - some dark areas and some = lighter.</div><div>Rather scruffy looking. Maybe 12=94 - 14=94 in = length. Not a small =93bunny = rabbit=94</div><div>type.</div><div><br></div><div>Mike</div><div><br><div= ><div>On Apr 8, 2014, at 1:18 AM, James W. Wolford <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> <br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<a = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>></fon= t></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Date: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">April 7, 2014 7:22:26 PM ADT</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; = font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"><b>To: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Nature BNS <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" style=3D"font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: = Helvetica;"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] Hall's 'Harbour birds = + 'rabbit'/hare?</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><br></div> Mike, please let me know if your 'rabbit' is not a = varying hare, alias snowshoe 'rabbit' (hare). Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville. <div><br></div><div>P.S. The well-known rabbits at = White Point Lodge are true rabbits (not hares), not native but = introduced (and did not hybridize with snowshoe hares), and are the same = European rabbit species that was unfortunately and infamously introduced = to Australia and, like the cane toad in some many warm places, became a = huge pest for a