The three apples I put out behind the wood pile yesterday were gone.  I know there are rabbits in the backyard.  They hide under the big raspberry patch in the corner of our yard.  Deer like apples, too but they usually are not spotted so close to the house.  I always wonder where the cottontails live.  We see them occasionally.  The adults are big so they have no lack of food.  Of course, I help.  Usually we see them in the back–not in the yard for our dogs are there.  They love chasing them.  They usually don’t get the opportunity to do so, though.

The cottontails keep finding the carrots I put out behind the wood pile.  Twice within twenty-four hours they were gone.  They hang out under the raspberry patch near there.  The first ones we put out were big stalks, then we put out baby carrots.  The stalk of celery is also gone.  The carrots were a little old.  It did not make any difference to the rabbits.  They ate them any way.