Weird, perhaps bunny related issue in my front yard

[Siwsan]

Has anyone seen something like this, before? There's another big pile of fluff to the left of the hole. I'm guessing a rabbit has created a warren beneath one of the pine trees, and is maybe doing some house cleaning? I know I'm going to be extra watchful when I mow.

[Zorro]

1. Could be that a predator was cleaning a bunny

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Depends on where you are.

North American rabbits (cottontails) don't dig burrows or warrens though they might use abandoned groundhog burrows for nests. That's a lot of fur. Maybe one got eaten.

[Siwsan]

3. There's no blood - just a whole lot of detached fluff

I've never seen anything like this, before, but I have seen a lot of small bunnies, over the years.

The opening looks kind of small for a groundhog. They usually burrow beneath my neighbor's shrubs. I haven't seen any, yet, this year and hope I DON'T see any, at all.

[jberryhill]

4. Around here, that usually means the turkey vultures were busy

[jberryhill]

5. Got It!

Lion coughed up a hairball



What do I win?

[Donkees]

6. Mycelium (?)

[IADEMO2004]

7. In iowa cottontails dig a small hole in open yard line it with fur and fill it with babies.

Calm summer nights you can hear their screams when discovered by a predator.

[SharonClark]

8. Had a rabbit nest in my front yard last week with naked bunnies and the nest lined in fur and

covered in grass. The next day the grass was pushed aside, the fur was scattered as in the picture, and the bunnies were gone. In my case, the nest was probably disturbed of a cat.

My sister had a rabbit nest in her yard a few weeks ago until she saw a red tail hawk fly off with a bunny.

[Siwsan]

9. There are a few feral cats that hang around

I sometimes think that's why there were no groundhogs invading and destroying any of my gardens, last year.

[Butterflylady]

10. That's a bunny nest.

Somebody's due to have baby bunnies.

[Wolf Frankula]

11. If you think it's a problem. This person would be happy to help.

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[LeftInTX]

12. It could be mycelium like Donkees said

Beat it with a stick and if it goes away, then that's what it is

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycelium

[Siwsan]

13. It's definitely fur fluff

And there's a burrow/warren right next to it. I'm going to keep an eye on that area. It's right under some bird feeders.

[LeftInTX]

14. Good to know

I wonder what it is??

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