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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: ExGeeEye on October 02, 2011, 09:58:01 PM

Title: New England cottontail rabbits disappearing
Post by: ExGeeEye on October 02, 2011, 09:58:01 PM
(AP Story at link)

New England cottontail rabbits disappearing (http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2011/10/02/new_england_cottontail_rabbits_disappearing/)

Story does not state whether any Ptarmigans have been seen in the area.
Title: Re: New England cottontail rabbits disappearing
Post by: WinOne4TheGipper on October 02, 2011, 10:37:27 PM
(AP Story at link)

New England cottontail rabbits disappearing (http://www.boston.com/news/local/rhode_island/articles/2011/10/02/new_england_cottontail_rabbits_disappearing/)

Story does not state whether any Ptarmigans have been seen in the area.

Damned ptarmigans.
Title: Re: New England cottontail rabbits disappearing
Post by: longview on October 03, 2011, 06:12:46 AM
I thought that rabbit populations always ran in cycles.  Some say 7 years, I've seen 5-7.  I haven't noticed ptarmigans in the area when that happens but maybe others of that group are less forthright than our own.