I snapped this cute little bunny enjoying an afternoon snack outside the Lopez Islander Marina during our visit last month. Rabbits are everywhere in the San Juan Islands today even though they are a favorite attraction for the tourists the critters aren’t native to the area and are seen as pests by the local farmers. The first rabbits were brought to Smith Island around 1900 by a light house keeper hoping to supplement his income with meat sales to the Seattle area but when the next keeper arrived he wasn’t interested in keeping up the small business and let them roam free. No one is sure how they traveled between islands but today they can be seen wherever grass and food are available.
Posted as part of Lens and Pen by Sally’s Phoneography and Non-SLR Digital Devices Photo Challenge: Animals.
Northwest Frame of Mind 
He’s so cute in that picture. I wish they were as cute in my yard when they eat all my flowers. 😉
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Yes, they are cute from a distance and on someone else’s lawn. 🙂
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I know that gardeners hate them, but I think they are sooo cute. Whenever I see one, it makes me smile 🙂
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I smile too, Joanne. 🙂
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Good catch of the day. Animals are cute in small numbers, When they multiple, they are considered as pesky. There was a problem at University of Victoria one time and I saw plenty running around. I don’t know how they controlled the population.
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We probably don’t want to know how they controlled the population, Perpetua… it’s a constant debate in the Islands too but so far they have decided to let them be.
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I guess if I am not a gardener I would enjoy watching them. But since I am, I don’t want them there.
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I wouldn’t want them in my garden either, Bebs but it was fun to watch this one. 🙂
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Geraniums are a year-round favorite of mine. I keep them inside during the cooler months. Happy Photo Challenge.
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Thanks, Sally I always enjoy geraniums too. 🙂
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So cute! What a cool capture, Lisa.
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Thanks, Amy!
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We have them in Mountlake Terrace as well, but in one small localized area, what is it about rabbits that always make them look cute
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Their cute factor has to be their saving grace, Tony. I’m sure there would be more traps set if they didn’t look so soft and fluffy. 🙂
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Kinda like squirrels and rats, the fluffy tail cute. The other, where’s the trap?
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Yep!
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A bunny ran across my path on my walk earlier.
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Nice. 🙂
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Beautiful garden and sweet bunny.
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Thanks so much, Ruth.
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A homesick Englishman introduced them to Australia in the nineteen hundreds – a very bad idea! But they are very, very cute. We saw a couple of little baby bunnies on the lawn of a Court building right in the middle of Canberra (national capital) a few months ago. I didn’t have my camera handy, unfortunately!
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I wonder what it is with the English bunnies that causes so many people to want to bring them along to new countries? 🙂 The San Juan ones are a blend of two different English rabbits as well. Very cute though. 🙂
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I think they wanted to eat them, rather than enjoy their cuteness…Lots of hard-up country people only survived in the ’30’s thanks to the thousands of rabbits, so maybe we should be a little bit grateful! Our tiny town used to be famous for it’s annual rabbit skinning competition, but all the experts grew up in the ’30’s and they are all gone now.
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He’s so tiny, and off the scale cute, LIsa. Nice shot. 🙂
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Thanks, Sylvia. 🙂
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Yes, they’re so cute until they start eating all your veggies and flowers. 😦 But a lovely, color-filled photo, Lisa.
janet
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Yes, I probably wouldn’t have taken a photo of a munching bunny in my own garden… They’re only cute somewhere else. 🙂
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Every year we get tons on our street because of the conservation land behind us, but this year there are way more than usual. Which can mean only one thing: fewer coyotes and fox out this year. 🙂
Great shot, Lisa!
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Good point, Nancy! We don’t have bunnies roaming here but there are plenty of coyotes…
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I love all the color and textures in the photo. And what a cute little bugger 🙂
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Thanks, Angeline. 🙂
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What a wonderful shot – brings real summer brightness! (As opposed to dusty, stuffy melting heat of the big cities)
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I’m glad you like it and agree, the end of summer isn’t the most comfortable time to be in a city. 🙂
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So cute! This reminds me of little bunny Foo Foo hopping through the forest who has somehow landed into an urban spot. 🙂
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He he, now I’ll be singing the song all night. 🙂
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cute photo
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Thanks so much, Suzanne. 🙂
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