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Monday, June 23, 2014

Aliens Among Us

I was out at Esquimalt Lagoon yesterday looking for birds when I spied about three of these rabbits browsing among the thistles and blackberry canes. I have tentatively identified them as Eastern Cottontail Rabbits (Sylvilagus floridanus), a species that is not native to this area but was introduced in 1964. As well as upsetting the local ecological balance in other ways it seems that this species' browsing habits are a threat to Garry Oak Ecosystems, a distinctive feature of this area.

5 comments:

s.c said...

Don't hope you get the australian rabbit problem then.

JoJo said...

They are cute but it's too bad that non native species are invading all over the place.

JoJo said...

PS You might as well remove the FB like and links from your page...I still can't share your blog or like it b/c Facebook is seeing it as unsafe. I've reported it to FB as an error too.

"You can't post this because it has a blocked link: The content you're trying to share includes a link that our security systems detected to be unsafe:Body of an error/warning message. Title is: You can't post this because it has a blocked linkPlease remove this link to continue."

William Kendall said...

It is cute, but invasive. Wascally wabbit!

Stephanie said...

They are cute and like the capture you have in this image.