https://blog.wcs.org/photo/2016/06/22/counting-cottontails-rabbit-bunny/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=counting-cottontails-rabbit-bunny An Eye on Wildlife Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:22:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://blog.wcs.org/photo/2016/06/22/counting-cottontails-rabbit-bunny/#comment-76388 Sat, 28 Dec 2019 21:56:48 +0000 http://blog.wcs.org/photo/?p=2067#comment-76388 Most of the wild rabbits have disappeared since mass-development on the South Shore started in the mid 1960’s and exploded throughout the 1970’s and 80’s.Today all the forest is gone;except for some pockets of wooded parkland like the Blue-Belt and Bloomingdale Park.However,deer are pervasive today and did not exist on the island in the 1960’s or 70’s.Or if they did,were isolated and never really seen !

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