How do I identify a baby rabbit from a juvenile or adult rabbit?
Ontario is home to several species of rabbits, but by far the most common species in Southern Ontario is the Eastern Cottontail. Cottontails nest frequently in urban and suburban areas; their nests are typically shallow depressions in the soil where the babies curl up together for several weeks, hidden from view by a nest covering made of dry grasses and bits of the mothers fur. Baby rabbits can often be identified simply by their location in one of these unique nests.
