Day Eight and Nine - The End?
Yesterday I didn't have time to upload my photos and post. We spent most of the day with Andrew's family in Ann Arbor but before we left we took some pictures. The three rabbits were all snug in the nest. No real changes other than being a little bigger.
When I got home from work today we went out to the nest. It looked like the grass and fur weren't packed down as tightly as usual. We wondered if any of the babies were in the nest. We looked and only found one. His or her eyes were open and it didn't want to stay in my hands very long. And once it was back on the ground it didn't want to go back into the nest.
We're not sure if a predator (cat or bird) got the other babies or if they were off exploring. I did see the mom go to the nest this morning before I went to work. We didn't see any signs of another ground animal or a bird landing near the nest. But we also got some heavy rain today so marks could have been washed away.
Perhaps the lonely bunny was late with eyes opening so he or she was late leaving the nest to explore. I've read that that the babies will come back to the nest on their own for a couple of weeks. Who knows if we'll see them again. We'll keep checking each day to see if they're there for a while.
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