In the early 2000s, I was sampling vegetation in the Middle Moors for a joint project between the Nantucket Conservation Association and Massachusetts Audubon. It was a hot summer with long days sampling transects through the dense brush. Ticks, poison ivy, thorns, and dehydration were my worst enemies. One day I thought I was hallucinating from lack of water when I saw a relatively small fluffy bunny nibbling vegetation in front of me. It wasn’t scared of me and just went about eating as if it was pleased to see me. This wasn’t the common Eastern Cottontail ubiquitous on Nantucket. This bunny was chocolate-colored with long fur and floppy ears.
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In this Issue
- Just Like Old Times
- Tidying-Up for Spring
- New Film Event Comes to Nantucket
- For the Love of a Caterpillar
- Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket Page by Page
- Limerick Challenge
- Keep Nantucket More than a Beach Hotel
- Rising Waters and Reality
- Watch the April 8 Eclipse on Nantucket with Maria Mitchell Astronomers & Staff
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In this Issue
- Just Like Old Times
- Tidying-Up for Spring
- New Film Event Comes to Nantucket
- For the Love of a Caterpillar
- Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket Page by Page
- Limerick Challenge
- Keep Nantucket More than a Beach Hotel
- Rising Waters and Reality
- Watch the April 8 Eclipse on Nantucket with Maria Mitchell Astronomers & Staff