[NatureNS] re Hall's Harbour 'rabbit'/hare?

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> Subject: [ValleyNature] re Hall's Harbour 'rabbit'/hare?
>
> Thanks, Mike.  I'm sure it was a snowshoe or varying hare (same =20
> thing).  Jim in Wolfville.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: Mike McCall <frogmore@xcountry.tv>
>> Date: April 8, 2014 10:16:30 AM ADT
>> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Hall's Harbour birds + 'rabbit'/hare?
>> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>>
>> JIM:
>>
>> The rabbit (or hare) went by me very quickly so I had little =20
>> chance of noting
>> any details. Its coat however, was patchy - some dark areas and =20
>> some lighter.
>> Rather scruffy looking. Maybe 12=94 - 14=94 in length. Not a small =20=

>> =93bunny rabbit=94
>> type.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2014, at 1:18 AM, James W. Wolford =20
>> <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>
>>>> 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?
>>>>
>>>> Mike, please let me know if your 'rabbit' is not a varying hare, =20=

>>>> alias snowshoe 'rabbit' (hare).  Cheers from Jim in Wolfville.
>>>>
>>>> P.S. The well-known rabbits at White Point Lodge are true =20
>>>> rabbits (not hares), not native but introduced (and did not =20
>>>> hybridize with snowshoe hares), and are the same European rabbit =20=

>>>> species that was unfortunately and infamously introduced to =20
>>>> Australia and, like the cane toad in some many warm places, =20
>>>> became a huge pest for a long time until the disease myxomatosis =20=

>>>> (and other measures?) was able to control the rabbits.  Also I =20
>>>> recommend the book "Watership Down" by Richard Adams, for a =20
>>>> great fictionalized account of European rabbits and their society.
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Today=92s dawn brought the sun and (probably) the three Fox =20
>>>>> Sparrows that have been feeding
>>>>> voraciously beneath my feeders since last Wednesday. The usual =20
>>>>> crowd of
>>>>> Ch=92dees, Juncos, RB Nuthatch, Purple Finches (who are also =20
>>>>> singing), Goldfinches
>>>>> are here and a Raven did a low pass over the area where he (or =20
>>>>> his twin)
>>>>> scored a recently deceased Red Squirrel last week.
>>>>>
>>>>> That Spring! is about to envelope us was signalled by an adult =20
>>>>> rabbit munching
>>>>> parsley in the kitchen garden.
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike McCall
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
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>>
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size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[ValleyNature] re Hall's Harbour =
'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>  Thanks, Mike. &nbsp;I'm sure it was a snowshoe or =
varying hare (same thing). &nbsp;Jim in =
Wolfville.<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" color=3D"#000000" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: =
</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">Mike McCall &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:frogmore@xcountry.tv">frogmore@xcountry.tv</a>&gt;</font></=
div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: =
#000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">April 8, 2014 10:16:30 AM =
ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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#000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
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#000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Re: [NatureNS] Hall's Harbour birds =
+ 'rabbit'/hare?</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> =
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 &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt; =
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" &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</a>&gt;</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 =
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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 &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c=
a</a>&gt;</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). &nbsp;Cheers from Jim in =
Wolfville. &nbsp;<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 long time until the disease myxomatosis (and other =
measures?) was able to control the rabbits. &nbsp;Also I recommend the =
book "Watership Down" by Richard Adams, for a great fictionalized =
account of European rabbits and their society.<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">Mike McCall &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:frogmore@xcountry.tv">frogmore@xcountry.tv</a>&gt;</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>Date: =
</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">April 7, 2014 9:25:56 AM ADT</font></div><div =
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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"><a =
href=3D"mailto:NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca">NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca</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>[NatureNS] Hall's 'Harbour =
birds</b></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>Reply-To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" =
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</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: =
0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Today=92s =
dawn brought the sun and (probably) the three Fox Sparrows that have =
been feeding<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">voraciously beneath my feeders since last Wednesday. =
The usual crowd of</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Ch=92dees, Juncos, RB =
Nuthatch, Purple Finches (who are also singing), Goldfinches</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">are here and a Raven did a low pass over the area =
where he (or his twin)</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">scored a recently deceased =
Red Squirrel last week.</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: =
14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">That Spring! is about to =
envelope us was signalled by an adult rabbit munching<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp;</span></div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">parsley in the kitchen garden.</div><div =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Mike =
McCall</div> </blockquote></div><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
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