Is someone dropping cottontails in Saratoga? Fewer predators? More native plants?ĭo you have suggestions for keeping them out of the garden? I think they are eating their way through one of my ceanothus.ĭEAR LINDA: I’m sure you’ve heard about how quickly rabbits reproduce.
Lately they seem to be everywhere - cute but pesky. For the last few years, we’ve seen one or two rabbits in the neighborhood when taking a morning walk. Some shove the chicks out and abandon the nest others may simply neglect the babies.ĭEAR JOAN: I live in the “golden triangle” area of Saratoga. The birds know that something has to be done with the chick they just don’t know what it is. Inexperience usually is to blame, however.
Baby finches disappear from nests – The Mercury News