Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus)
Who doesn’t love a little Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) in their lives? This furry little friend has a tick attached to it on the right side of its face. You know, the more we do to add to the proliferation of those parasites and their diseases, endangering human lives, the more we also make life more difficult for local wildlife exposed to the same conditions with unknown consequences and assuredly untold suffering.
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It is terribly ironic that just hours after my colleague, Audubon Connecticut Director of Bird Conservation Patrick Comins, uploaded some lovely cottontail photos to the Audubon Connecticut at Stratford Point page that I found our vixen Red Fox engaged in some hunting early this morning. I felt some eyes on me as I surveyed for avian migrants along Prospect Drive, and she was watching me from within our side of the fence. This is nothing abnormal, and the interaction was typical – a little curious stare down at one another before we both continue on. However, she then put her attention...
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