Goodbye Baby Bunnies

The bunnies have left their nest. We checked them Friday morning and they weren't in their hole in the ground. They aren't completely gone yet though. We found three of them still hanging around our yard. We have loved checking on them every night and morning, but it is time for them to move on. Goodbye Nick, Chloe, Gilbert, and Fatty. We will miss you, especially Kate.

Baby Bunnies

While mowing, once again Cary found some little critters. This time it was a nest of baby bunnies in the back yard. They are so tiny and must be just a few days old. They have no fur and their little eyes have not even opened yet. We have been keeping an eye on them hoping their mother had not abandoned them. We read that unlike birds, mother rabbits will return even if they have been handled by humans. They just need to be put back in their nest just like it was found. We also learned to put an X over the top of the nest made of twigs or yarn and if it is messed up in the morning then that means the mother rabbit has returned. We did this the last two nights. WE checked yesterday morning before church and it had not been disturbed. But when we woke up this morning our yarn X was intertwined in all the grass and rabbit fur. So we are assuming the mother came back and fed the babies last night. We have all been worried about these baby bunnies so much that Kate prayed for them last night during family prayer and I was ready to go and get some kitten milk to feed them today if the mother had not come back. They are super cute and we hope that they grow up to be furry little Peter Cottontails.