Looks suspiciously like a desert cottontail to me--Peter Cottontail with jackrabbit ears! Too bad we can't eat the ears! The rest of 'em is certainly tasty....
Looks suspiciously like a desert cottontail to me--Peter Cottontail with jackrabbit ears! Too bad we can't eat the ears! The rest of 'em is certainly tasty....
I know the place and the critter well--have spent 'way too many days working with Irvine Ranch Conservancy on habitat restoration on the other end of Santiago Creek. Where you found the bunny is usually full of birds (and even more "birders"!).