Jackrabbit Crossing Traditional Cache
Geobun: The recent high tides have washed away the hide location. Time for this one to go. Thanks everyone who visited.
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This is one of my favorite spots to see black tailed jackrabbits.
If you ever walk along these trails at dawn or dusk, you will
undoubtedly see them bounding away from you.
If you bring your dog, please observe the leash law. Jackrabbits
are delicate wild animals, and can easily be injured while fleeing
from a dog. An injured jackrabbit is a dead jackrabbit.
Black tailed jackrabbits, Lepus californicus, are actually not a
rabbit but a hare. They weigh up to 6 pounds (the size of a small
house cat) and stretch to about 2 feet long. They can run for short
distances at 45 miles per hour and leap 19 feet in a single bound.
In the baylands, their diet consists mostly of grasses, foraging in
the early morning and at dusk. During the day they rest in a hollow
form dug into the soil, protected by brush. In mild climates such
as we have here, they reproduce nearly year round. The mother gives
birth to between 1 and 8 young, called leverets, as many as four to
five times per year. Unlike rabbits, hares are born fully furred
and with eyes open. The leverets are left in individual nests, and
the mother makes rounds twice a day to feed them. They are solitary
animals, though they occasionally forage in small groups.
I hope this cache doesn’t fall prey to the vandals that hit
the previous cache in this area. No need to walk in the mud, and
don't bother looking in any of those squirrel holes. Parking in the
Byxbee Park parking lot is recommended, open 8:00am until
sunset.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
ebpx pnir