The babies are mature in four or five months. They eat woody vegetation in the winter, including bark, twigs, buds, Douglas fir, and salal. During the summer, the diet is more varied. They eat grasses, berries, plantain, clover, and other plants. Common predators include foxes, coyotes, gopher snakes, and bobcats.
Tracks are often indistinct due to the hair on the bottom of the feet.
Tracks are in groups of four prints, with the cluster usually measuring six to nine inches long. These tiny cottontails are common, but not usually seen. I ve seen them active at odd times, such as during a rainstorm. Their tracks don t seem to stray too far from cover probably how they got the name brush rabbit. E-mail me and tell me about it.