cottontail

Each morning, I knew when to scan the trails for cottontails just starting their day.

The one that the public will soon see there, however, isn’t a typical little brown cottontail.

Each morning, I knew when to scan the trails for cottontails just starting their days.

Listed as threatened since 1990, these long-lived reptiles don’t live alone; they can dig up to 25 burrows a year—and share the space with creatures from geckos to cottontails.

More damaging were the rabbits, specifically Eastern cottontails.