Happy Easter
by Janette Boyd
Title
Happy Easter
Artist
Janette Boyd
Medium
Photograph - Photo/texture
Description
Photo of Mother Rabbit with her babies on her back.
Texture Courtesy of FAA Artist, Pamela Phelps.
http://pinesingerimages.zenfolio.com/
Wild cottontail rabbits "nest" in shallow holes dug in the ground by the mother rabbit. The mother rabbit lines the shallow hole with fur pulled from her body and covers it and her babies with a mixture of dry grass and twigs to hide it from predators.
The mother rabbit feeds her babies 2 to 3 times a day. Once before early morning (dawn) and a couple of times right after it gets dark (dusk). She squats over the top of the nest so the babies can reach up and nurse her milk.
The mother rabbit does not continually sit on the nest or stay with the baby bunnies. Doing so would signal carnivorous (meat eating) birds and animals (like owls and fox) as to where her babies are living. By staying away from the nest, it protects them.
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February 24th, 2014
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