Can someone tell me what kind of animal this was in my yard?

by Rita C. - Panoply

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I thought maybe a rabbit was burrowing in my yard, but it's almost dead center of my lawn (not a very smart rabbit). The hole is not very deep, and I replanted it once, only to find this about 10 days later. The downy had actual clumps of fur, looks like a rabbit. No signs of any carcass - could it have been a cat or hawk that snatched it?

The rabbit (?) hole and fur flying

Closer view of the remnants

The best kind of rabbit to have in the garden - a faux rabbit!

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The Garden Frog with C Renee on Apr 28, 2014
I think you are probably pretty close to what happened. LOL Hawk or even other furry creatures in the area like coyote, fox, or even a dog.

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- Rita C. - Panoply on Apr 28, 2014
  @The Garden Frog with C Renee, ok thanks. We are in city limits and even though a coyote or fox is unlikely, I know it could be possible. Our yard is fenced (brick) with gates, so the animal would have to be an agile climber, and fast. We live near a river, and we know we have hawks. And a cat next door (I haven't yet asked his person if they received a gift at their doorstep in the last couple of days).
  
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Pam Scarborough on Apr 28, 2014
Looks like a rabbit nest. I have seen them in our back field when mowing. Mother rabbit only comes back 2 times in 24 hr. period. They build a fur filled nest, Babies leave not long after birth

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Theresa Miller on Apr 28, 2014
That is a rabbit nest.A hawk has snatched it and flown off with it. There may be babies left behind.

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Florence on Apr 28, 2014
I wonder if it is a chipmunk hole because we have these in our yard sometimes until my dog or cats see them

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Pebbles Bartlett-Lewis on Apr 28, 2014
Could also be a cat. Seen that happen before

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Cinnamon Adamskie on Apr 28, 2014
Rabbit nest is what I was thinking too. Mothers will pull out their own fur to line the nest with.

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Heidy Blalack on Apr 28, 2014
So I know that in my area we have plenty of urban packs of foxes but they are smart and we don't see them that often. Also that looks like rabbit fur around the hole but unless I looked at it closer I wouldn't be able to tell for sure.

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Clea Spears on Apr 28, 2014
You probably have a mother rabbit making a nest for her young maybe since you messed with the fur she pulled herself she will nest some place else. Watch and if she replaces it again there will be tiny bunnies in the bottom .

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Mary Insana on Apr 28, 2014
Looks like a rabbit nest. A roofer we had here doing work found it near the middle of our lawn. He moved some of the fur and grass away and there were 3 baby bunnys in the hole/nest.

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Gloria Clayton on Apr 28, 2014
It is a rabbits nest.

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Barbara P on Apr 28, 2014
COULD BE A mole, I HAD THEM ONE YEAR

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Shelly S on Apr 28, 2014
I agree. Rabbits nest. Rabbits will pull out the soft fur on their bellies to line their nests with for the babies. But the way everything is all pulled out of the hole, I doubt a hawk. A hawk would have just snatched it from the air without much disturbance. This looks like something went down into the hole and pulled it out.

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Susan Edwards on Apr 28, 2014
It is definitely a rabbit's nest. They line it with their own fur. This is why you should always check your lawn for anything like this before you do your first mow of the season.

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Juanita Bailey on Apr 28, 2014
This is definitely a rabbit hole. We had this last summer 3 different times right in the center of our yard. They were raising babies, the mama lines the nest with her fir, and then covers it with more fur

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Jennifer Stone on Apr 28, 2014
Could be a Rabbit warren....

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Cheryl Olson-Mammarello on Apr 28, 2014
It looks like a rabbits nest. I had one right out side my front door in front of our sidewalk right by the side of an azalea bush and I saw a crow come right down and snatch the babies out of the nest. I chased it away several times as did the momma rabbit but it was relentless and after emptying the nest returned and totally ripped it apart.

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Mary Koehler on Apr 28, 2014
Prairie dog? (LOL just kidding)

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Sally Walsh on Apr 28, 2014
Before a female rabbit gives birth-she pulls the fur out from her chest area to line the nest. Looks like a rabbit nest.

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Edl335587 on Apr 28, 2014
Looks just like a rabbits nest in my back yard.without the babys of course.

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Kelli Blanton on Apr 28, 2014
Chuppacabra !!!

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Debra Sevier on Apr 28, 2014
Rabbits

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Kate C on Apr 28, 2014
we have moles in the yard in CT

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Paula Singleton Clarke on Apr 28, 2014
We had the same thing in our yard several years ago, it was a rabbit nest. Be careful cutting the grass around it because the vibrations will disturb the nest and the babies will come out.ths happened to ours and the go grabbed one :(

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Jennifer Northcutt on Apr 28, 2014
The rabbits nest in my yard looked just like this :)

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Tina Snider on Apr 28, 2014
Husband says it's a rabbit nest. He mows lawn at the school and says he always found them out in the middle of the yard. Since you messed with the original hole, the mother probably pulled the fur out because it smelled like humans.

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Debra Peters on Apr 28, 2014
Baby bunnies in the middle of the lawn?!? How amazing is that?!? I would love bunnies in the middle of my grass - if I had grass.... lucky you!!

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Mary PAstor on Apr 28, 2014
It's a bunny nest.....

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Barbara W on Apr 28, 2014
YES, be careful cutting the grass. Our neighbors yard man roped off the area in the neighbors yard.

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Norma H on Apr 28, 2014
we raised rabbits when I was a kid, I never knew they lived in holes like that lol...never too old to learn....

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Cindy Carley on Apr 28, 2014
Or could it be a "mole" hole.........they are very difficult to get rid of!!!

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Lorre on Apr 28, 2014
tell us when the bunnies are born, we will be bunny happy, lol

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Mary T on Apr 28, 2014
Looks like a nest. I usually have one of these in my yard every year.

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Cathy Montague J on Apr 28, 2014
Rabbit's nest. They line their nests with fur.

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Connie Mabley on Apr 28, 2014
It's a rabbits nest. I have one in my yard also!!

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Laura Dunkle on Apr 28, 2014
it's most definitely a rabbit nest!

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Max Cady on Apr 28, 2014
WABBIT!

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Emily Spivey on Apr 28, 2014
Looks like a rabbit's nest. I've had them in the middle of an acre before. They're not real smart...we had one right at the edge of the garden where the 3 dogs tour regularly.

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Kathy Deuel on Apr 28, 2014
rabbit nest, yes we have them too, should not be disturbed

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Kim Ruehle on Apr 28, 2014
They hide their nests in plain sight, figuring other animals won't go into the open or near a home to hunt for their food.

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Cheryl Riley on Apr 28, 2014
Definitely bunny nest. Have had that situation several times. Mama uses her fur to keep babies warm

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Terri C on Apr 28, 2014
I would be up early in the morning . . before sunrise to see what sneaks out of that hole . it looks like a rabbits nest . . lucky you!.

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Harriet Slifko on Apr 28, 2014
Definitely rabbit

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Sondra on Apr 28, 2014
This is most likely not the only hole as there is usually another one better hidden.

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Michelle Van Horn on Apr 28, 2014
a bunnys nest she may decide to have them someplace else now that her nest was disturbed

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Vicki Wheeldon on Apr 28, 2014
Rabbits nest. We used to have them in our old backyard. The dogs would find them and they never caught on from year to year to not go in the back and go out front instead.

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Dotti Johnson-Porrett on Apr 28, 2014
I have about 4 of these in my flower bed...FIIPPIN RABBITS..

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Linda L on Apr 28, 2014
It's definitely a rabbit den. For some weird reason we have a rabbit that digs a hole in the middle of our front yard every year. There are no shrubs or plants around to protect the den from predators, just lawn. Not a clue why?? I've resorted to putting broken glass in the hole and refillled it with dirt. She now digs a few inches away, but I'll continue the practice to try and defer. I used to like the little furry creatures, but when they continue feast on my gardens every year, my nerve gets shorter and shorter. I've tried all the 'solutions' to keep them out, but nothing deters these 'city' rabbits. Good luck!!

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- Maria DiTondo on Apr 28, 2014
  @Linda L broken glass? It wouldnt bother you if a rabbit got bloody paws and felt pain? I'd never hurt an animal just to avoid a hole in my yard. Thats just evil SMH
  
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- Michelle on Apr 28, 2014
  I thought the same thing and completely agree with you, Maria.
  
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- DeAnna Outlaw on Apr 28, 2014
  @Linda L What is wrong with you? Broken Glass?
  
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- Iskandar M on Apr 28, 2014
  Replace glass with, spicy hot red pepper putt lot of it inside a whole and putt the dirt back the will smell it and it will burn
  
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- Ashley Harris Slone on Apr 28, 2014
  How evil. How could you be so cruel putting broken glass for them to get cut. This is wrong and cruel to animals, I'd say you could prob get in trouble for torturing animals like that. So sad, just because it dug a hole in your lawn, I'd hate to see what else you do.
  
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- Rusty B on Apr 28, 2014
  @Linda L If the glass doesn't work, gas them with moth balls!!
  
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- Marie S on Apr 28, 2014
  @Linda L ferret poop works wonders on squirrels, rabbits
  
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- Rene Bradley on Apr 28, 2014
  I sincerely hope that someone who knows her, reports her for cruelty to animals. She should also have to dig all the glass out of the holes with her bare hands!
  
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- Maria DiTondo on Apr 28, 2014
  The more I think about this heartless person the more I wish I could report her for animal abuse.
  
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- Linda L on Apr 29, 2014
  @Rene Bradley I have NEVER been cruel to any animal. HOW DARE YOU IMPLY. No animal has ever been harmed by what I do to MY yard and gardens. I do not use any chemicals to deter or fertilize MY gardens or lawn. You however sound like some sick piece of work with your suggestion. Seriously?? Shame on you.
  
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- Linda L on Apr 29, 2014
  @Maria DiTondo Seriously people, no rabbits have ever been harmed by this practice. BRING IT ON!!!!! My post clearly states where I live and so does yours. You're all a bunch of judgmental *&&#%@#&. My practice (which I will continue) is a deterrent and seems to be working quite well. There are MANY rabbits on my small 1/4 acre property. NONE of them are injured. Feel free to call animal control in the area, they're the ones who told us to do it. SMH
  
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GilbertBibiana Henjum on Apr 28, 2014
Last time I seen something like this in my yard(Yesterday) Caught red handed, a skunk was digging for worms and left the lawn looking just like this, funny No fur.

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- Stephenie Klingler - Professional Master Gardener on Apr 28, 2014
  I saw not "I seen". Don't you notice that moist people don't say " I seen". Sorry I can't stand it any more.
  
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- GilbertBibiana Henjum on Apr 29, 2014
  Check your own spelling before you show your professionalism, type of person that feels the need in correcting others, to make themselves feel superior. Thanks for bring my English short comings to the whole home talk community.
  
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Karen B on Apr 28, 2014
Definitely a bunny. And she will only visit to feed two times a day and may move them one at a time to another location if they are disturbed. Very sweet but destructive!

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Carolyn Jagielski on Apr 28, 2014
I just learned something new. Now if I happen to find one in my yard I will know what it is and will know to put protection around the hole to protect the nest. Thank you for posting. :)

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Shirley P on Apr 28, 2014
cottontailed rabbit

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Donna Swiney on Apr 28, 2014
Just watch out for snakes! They love rabbits..

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Mary on Apr 28, 2014
Ive never seen one , but my cat last week killed four babies I was heart sick , does anyone know how to stop that from happening

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- Dianna B on Apr 28, 2014
  a cat outdoors natural instint is to hunt. keep your cat indoors
  
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- Tonya Marie on Apr 28, 2014
  Keep cat indoors or on a leash is best.
  
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- Geralyn Mott on Apr 28, 2014
  @Mjlo if your cat can find baby rabbits to kill, something bigger than your cat can kill him or her. keep him indoors, safe.
  
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- Anne on Apr 28, 2014
  That's sad but it's their natural instinct.......keep the cat in all spring, I guess!! I used to have the same problem!
  
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- JayBee57 on Apr 28, 2014
  @Mjlo Keep your cat inside. That's what you can do.
  
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Kme274488 on Apr 28, 2014
Rabbits nest. Had one in my flower bed and found 4 dead baby rabbits and the next day found rabbit fur.

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Kimberlyd on Apr 28, 2014
Its a rabbit hole.This past weekend my husband came across an exact hole and found a baby rabbit.Now that rabbit fur is anyone's guess as to why you see clumps of fur.It could be anything but with our experience was a cat.

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Rita C. - Panoply on Apr 28, 2014
Wow, thanks everyone for your input. Looks like I, along with a few others (based on comments), have learned a little on this subject. So, it appears the nest has been disturbed (by an animal and then by me, removing the fur, then by my husband mowing). What I'm not sure about is if there are/were any baby bunnies and whether it was the mama or babies that were apparently snatched (if mama pulled that much fur out BEFORE they were born she had NO IDEA what her kids could do to her AFTER they'd be born, lol). We do have crows in our area too, along with hawks. I'll post in a few days after the expected rains and give an update. I really don't want a rabbit nest in my yard, and certainly don't want them to feast on my plants. I lost all my asiatic lilies last year, and now I have a sneaking suspicion a relative of this rabbit family was casing the joint.

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- Geralyn Mott on Apr 28, 2014
  @Rita C. - Panoply some small mammals will pull out some of their own fur to pad their nests and keep the babies warm
  
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Joan on Apr 28, 2014
Native brown rabbit. Keep cats indoors, at least until after nesting season is over. Only hawks, large birds of prey, coyotes, racoons, mink, bobcats, etc. will kill rabbits. they will also take cats, small dogs...your cat probly killed the babies.

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- Rita C. - Panoply on Apr 28, 2014
  @Joan , thanks for the tips. I don't have any pets, but my next door neighbor has a cat.
  
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- Kimb on Apr 28, 2014
  @Joan I used to raise rabbits when I was a child, and the mother rabbit does pull out her own fur(starting she's pregnant but also after) to soften and insulate the nest, so it's hard to say what's going on down there currently...the babies "might" still be down there...??
  
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Janice Beckemeyer on Apr 28, 2014
Rabbit hole.

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- Peg on Apr 28, 2014
  @Janice Beckemeyer Yep,probably a nest and something scared her away.
  
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Sharril Swindle on Apr 28, 2014
My whole area in the back forty are covered with these ..tons of rabbits.. not doing a garden neighbors said last tenants lost pretty much of the garden to critters.. so I will do pots til next year supplement with farmers mkts... we are buying a house and will do a big raise bed garden hen

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- Rita C. - Panoply on Apr 28, 2014
  @Sharril Swindle , thanks. I don't do vegetable gardening, only landscape with flowers. Apparently they don't discriminate.
  
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Judy Nash on Apr 28, 2014
WE had a bunch of these last spring/summer and we found out it was a skunk digging.

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Kari on Apr 28, 2014
Momma rabbit lines the nest with fur that she pulls from her belly before she kindles(gives birth).

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Cee3P on Apr 28, 2014
If no bunnies are in the hole, then they're old enough to be out and about and usually hiding behind plants like hasta or underneath decks. The rabbits dig holes out in the middle of the yard where predators do NOT look for them, but dogs usually do find them. Until the grass covering dies and changes color, you have no idea it's even there. We've had them a few times and I've tried to put them back in the nest, protect the nest, and then finally rescue them, unsuccessfully. It's not that big of a deal. You can just repair the spot when they are done, which is a matter of weeks. If an animal got to the babies that weren't ready to leave the nest, then it could be momma searching for them or the same animal checking for more. The fur lines the inside of the nest, and the grass covers it.

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JayBee57 on Apr 28, 2014
I think rabbits nest.

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Jean Marie on Apr 28, 2014
Yep -- tis the season for the bunnies multiplying ... my dog can catch a momma on a nest.

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- Ellen R on Apr 28, 2014
  @Jean Marie Bad dog
  
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- Mary on Apr 28, 2014
  @Jean Marie bad dog
  
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- Jean Marie on Apr 28, 2014
  @Jean Marie I do not let him does this on PURPOSE I must say! Yes naughty!
  
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Debra Anderson on Apr 28, 2014
It's a rabbit's nest. They pull fur from their chest hair to line the nests for their pink hairless babies. I used to raise rabbits, and had wild rabbit nests in my yard several times.

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SueC on Apr 28, 2014
Common place for rabbits to burrow, they say make sure to check before mowing as the little bunnies are difficult to see. Probably is fur as someone mentioned, coming out of the nest is all.

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Terri R on Apr 28, 2014
Rabbit burrow? I hope a fisher cat didn't get the babies. They are viscous!

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Patricia Downs on Apr 28, 2014
This is a rabbit. I have them in my yard also. I also have a problem with moles.

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Duffy V on Apr 28, 2014
Def a rabbit. Had her babies there.

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Doreen Gregorchik on Apr 28, 2014
It's a bunny nest. We get them every spring.

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Dwight N on Apr 28, 2014
Definitely rabbit nest. Had one a few years back. Nearly stepped on youngsters while mowing

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- Tressia Langston on Apr 28, 2014
  They pull their hair out when they are nesting for their babies
  
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Meg D on Apr 28, 2014
Yep, rabbits. I have a nest just like this right now in my yard. We even have a big black dog. What's this momma thinking?

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- Mary on Apr 28, 2014
  @Meg D watch the dog.
  
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Mary Anne Frick on Apr 28, 2014
definitely those d#*m rabbits. They do this to our front lawn EVERY year including this year. visit your lawn and garden shop and pest spray or they WILL wreak havoc

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- Rita C. - Panoply on Apr 29, 2014
  Thank you. I don't want to hurt them but I don't want them taking up residence in my landscape garden that we've worked so hard to make nice, either.
  
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Dianne Sconiers on Apr 28, 2014
armadillos will do this to

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- Rue DeDay on Apr 28, 2014
  @Dianne Sconiers LOL armadillos don't have hair!!!!
  
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Tina on Apr 28, 2014
It's rabbits, put talcum powder in the hole and a couple mothballs around your yard, it will usually keep skunks and rabbit's away.

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Jo Dee Bradley on Apr 28, 2014
snake or maybe an armadella

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- Marie Michels on Apr 29, 2014
  @Jo Dee Bradley snakes and armadillos do not have fur
  
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Mary on Apr 28, 2014
awww its bunnies. Don't hurt them.

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Pamela Jordan on Apr 28, 2014
Definitely a rabbits nest, they are not the smartest when picking their nesting places and it will continue to come back. They can't be very deep when nesting so be careful with the lawn mower.

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Meg D on Apr 28, 2014
Oh definitely. We built a cage around the nest up a few inches off the ground and mom just comes and goes as she needs to

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Diana C on Apr 28, 2014
I agreee with the majority -- a rabbit is making it's home there

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Cheryl Ulrich on Apr 28, 2014
Mabe a squirrel' next?

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Pamelee Keyser on Apr 28, 2014
Looks like a snake hole with the fur left from rabbits that have been eaten. Seen them here and we put whirly gigs that vibrate the ground to keep them away.

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Meloney Gainey on Apr 29, 2014
Definitely a rabbit, something might have scared it away before the babies were born and then it looks like something got in the nest and ransacked it. Good thing maybe momma was gone by then.

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Brenda D on Apr 29, 2014
That is a Bunny nest. They always put their fur in them to keep the babies warm/hidden.

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NanaWells on Apr 29, 2014
dang rabbits I get them to I have 2 big dogs that are always chasing them and the rabbits tease them all the time

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Linda B on Apr 29, 2014
Have baby bunnies and their mama almost every year. You can actually lift the turf of grass sometimes the nest is that shallow. You can watch them squirm and the grass moves...so sweet.

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Marry Gebhardt Butler on Apr 29, 2014
@ Rita: This is definitely a bunny home. They pull their fur out to make their nest for the babies. The only way I know to deter rabbits is what I do for my garden, plant marigolds. They do not like the smell or taste of them. I hope this helps you resolve your issue! It would be a shame for the babies to get run over even if, they are pesky little buggers. :)

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Debbie Sue Gardner on Apr 29, 2014
Not sure bout fur but when in Alanama mine were mole holes

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Mary Chowning on Apr 29, 2014
I have these same holes in my yard and so does my next door neighbor. They are rabbit nests.

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Lauri on Apr 29, 2014
Rabbit - no doubt

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Denise Andrews on Apr 29, 2014
Rabbit!

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Che304331 on Apr 29, 2014
No , raccoons !! They make those holes. They are looking for insects.

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- Elaine T on Apr 29, 2014
  @Chen No, not raccoons
  
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Sherrie on Apr 29, 2014
In my yard it's my dogs digging straight down to catch moles. My dogs dig straight down after watching area's in my yard, they have caught tons of moles this way. But I agree it looks like rabbit nests.

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Mildred Tate on Apr 29, 2014
mole or salmander

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Audrey Molle on Apr 29, 2014
I say rabbit nest...and she was scared away or changed her mind...maybe even a cat got to the nest...but my money is on bunny nest. We have these all the time filled with squirmy babies

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- Rita C. - Panoply on Apr 29, 2014
  @Audrey Molle, I hope no babies.
  
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Dale Parten on Apr 29, 2014
Look like mole holes to more...careful when you walk over it the ground might cave in.. That happen to once'

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Lillie S on Apr 29, 2014
ground moles. they dig mine up like this. also ground squirrels will dig like this

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Grangerite on Apr 29, 2014
Rabbit they pull their fur out to make nest.

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Ruth K on Apr 29, 2014
we have similar but it is a gopher Tortoise . and it is illegal for us to move him or fill up his domain. They are protected here in FL.

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Elaine T on Apr 29, 2014
Definitely rabbit the fur is the key

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Patricia Clark on Apr 29, 2014
It looks like the Mole holes that my neighbor has in her yard. But the fur has me stumped.

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Debbie Plummer on Apr 29, 2014
Bunny nest - we get them all over. Stupid rabbits since one of our dogs loves to "play" with them and she's not gentle. You would think they would learn to stay on the other side of the fence.

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- Penny T on Apr 29, 2014
  @Debbie Plummer if you already have a fence in place how is she supposed to get outside of it to build her nest on the other side of it? Basically she is trapped inside the fence.
  
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- Christine Kotlark on Apr 29, 2014
  @Penny T if the rabbit got in the yard, the rabbit can get out.
  
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- Rita C. - Panoply on Apr 29, 2014
  @Debbie Plummer, I guess they're so prolific to make up for what they lack in instinct.
  
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- Penny T on Apr 30, 2014
  @Christine Kotlark not necessarily. The rabbit could have gotten in through an open gate or already been there when the fence was put up.
  
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Gerri on Apr 29, 2014
Bunny nest because of the fur. Had plenty of them.

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Nancy on Apr 29, 2014
Hole. It's like a mole but does come above the ground and uses bunny fur and bird feathers. They look something between a large mole and a huge mouse.

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Nancy on Apr 29, 2014
Vole

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Bunny on Apr 29, 2014
yes rabbit nest

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Lisa Ray/Life Can Be Simple on Apr 29, 2014
Probably a bunny and a Hawk could have gotten it,it happens here all the time,they do actually get small doggies

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Mindy Mallette on Apr 29, 2014
That is a rabbit nest. They line them with their own fur. You might soon see small bunnies, but if you don't then something got them. Cat or dog or other predator. The rabbits just make shallow scrapes like that...look for others in your yard.

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Janice Huston on Apr 29, 2014
Just like most others said, it looks like a rabbit nest. My neighbor had one in the middle of her yard too, had to mow around it.

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- Rita C. - Panoply on Apr 29, 2014
  @Janice Huston, my husband already mowed over it, but the fur had flown before that. When I amended it the 2nd time, I did not find any babies. Will check once the rain pushes through in a day or so.
  
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Angela Crenshaw on Apr 29, 2014
Yes, that is definantly a rabbit's nest. The babies are very small and may be hard to see at first. From my experience the mother will come to the nest usually in the mornings early and again at night and sit on the nest to feed the babies. The fur along with other pieces of grass, pine tags, etc. is what the mother uses the cover the nest with.

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Katherine Kadolph on Apr 29, 2014
Rabbits pull some of their fur out to make a nest. She is about to be a mommy. They always seem to put their nest anywhere...middle of the lawn .. in the garden, ect.

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Suzi Hickman on Apr 29, 2014
Rabbit nest. It's a good thing they multiply quickly because they have no sense when it comes to hiding a nest. We had them try to nest in the mulch around our trees. Of course the neighborhood cats could see them, the nest was only about 3 inches deep and in plain sight.

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- Rita C. - Panoply on Apr 29, 2014
  @Suzi Hickman That's what this is - very shallow. I don't know if the mama had already had the babies when my husband discovered the disturbance the 2nd time, but I hope they're all gone - for their sake and mine.
  
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Judy on Apr 29, 2014
It looks like a bunny nest. I had the same in my yard with four babies. I found the nest accidentally and the mother moved them the next day!

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- Rita C. - Panoply on Apr 29, 2014
  @Judy , did she move them to where you found them in another area in your yard? I hope mama moved them - next door!
  
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Linda G on Apr 29, 2014
I've had skunks dig in the lawn grubbing for bugs. But the fur is confusing. I had cottontails under the house but never saw any fur.

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Kat on Apr 29, 2014
It looks like rabbit fur. They are cute but not the smartest animals. They nest and have their babies in our dogs yard. They don't even dig a burrow. They just hallow out the ground (less than 2" deep). When we know they're there we have to let the dogs do their "business" in the big yard. Stupid rabbits.

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Melanie Ritchie on Apr 29, 2014
I would say it was a rabbit nest.

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Susan Haynes on Apr 29, 2014
Its a rabbit burrow.Here in Texas they even burrow into our flower pots.They pull out their own fur to line the nest.My dog digs the babies up and eats them.Though I've tried to prevent it,they nest all over.

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Chris Anderson-Montgomery on Apr 29, 2014
mole?

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Linda on Apr 29, 2014
Bunnies. We have had many teary eyed bunny funerals due to the combo of their poor nesting sites & bunny loving daughters. :(

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Debbie George on Apr 29, 2014
Rabbit...just dumb ones. My lawn man hits them quite often. Gets him all upset.

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Judy on Apr 29, 2014
I'm pretty sure she moved them across the street where there is more vegetation. But now that I knew what a bunny nest looked like, I walked the entire yard (1/2 acre) just to make sure. A few years ago I was standing at the fence talking to my neighbor and I looked down and there were two baby rabbits in the grass which was going to be mowed the next day. I kept checking on them all day but they were not there the next morning. I also walked the entire yard before I would let it be mowed!!

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Jo Dee Bradley on Apr 29, 2014
Marie Michels of Live Oak Fl on my screen the fur did not show up! Before being so rude you may take into consideration that not every one is sitting at a monitor. The whole looks like a snake whole or where rooting has been done. Have you ever lived in WV I have.

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Lilli H on Apr 29, 2014
Rabbits are known for nesting in lawns. Most I know have nests that are merely slight depressions in the lawn but yours actually dug a hole.

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- Rita C. - Panoply on Apr 29, 2014
  @Lilli H, the hole really wasn't that deep even though the photo somehow makes it look that way. It did, however, look a tad deeper the 2nd go round - perhaps the culprit rooted a little deeper to get to the mama and/or babies.
  
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Janice Oleszczuk Houck on Apr 29, 2014
its a rabbit. we have them in our yard and they come back to the same spot every year crazy

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Inita Bermudez on Apr 29, 2014
Squires dose the same thing. They have craws, is there craw marks?

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- Rita C. - Panoply on Apr 30, 2014
  No, no marks.
  
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Denny Faver on Apr 29, 2014
Yep....looks like rabbit to me. Same thing goes on here, right out in the middle of the yard.

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Connie Likens on Apr 29, 2014
absolutely a rabbit nest

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Kathy on Apr 29, 2014
Bunny nest..mama will move them :)

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Dee Cortez on Apr 29, 2014
Turtles burrow in the winter and then come out in the spring. You might have a turtle about to have babies.

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Delores Clements on Apr 29, 2014
Rabbits pull their hair out to make a nest when they get ready to have their babies.

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Donna H on Apr 29, 2014
Looks like a gopher to me.

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Suzanne Schultz on Apr 29, 2014
Rabbit -- they usually make shallow nests, then line them with their own belly hair for warmth. I hope they did move somewhere less likely to be discovered until the babies are big enough to fend for themselves or make it without mom rabbit around.

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Doug McCauley on May 30, 2014
its a armadillo , we have them in Bama

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Cathy VandenBrook on Jun 24, 2014
Rabbit for sure. I unfortunately ran over a nest once. Boy am I careful now. Dumb bunnies! Middle of the yard! Crazy place but repeat offenders!

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Grangerite on Nov 20, 2014
Rabbit. You may see babies sleeping out side the hole one day. You tube would have something about rabbit nests

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Adrianna Jackson on Nov 22, 2014
Possimum? Based on the light colored fur and the size of the hole.

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Anthony Raffaele on Apr 23, 2015
I may look like rabbit....with fur ball clumps... it looks like it ended up with a bad result..

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Cindy Sobels Sniecinski on Apr 29, 2015
Rabbit nest

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- Rita C. - Panoply on Apr 30, 2015
  @Cindy Sobels Sniecinski thanks, Cindy. Yes, I finally figured it out, and nature took its course. Tis the season for return visitors, but I'm trying a different approach this year!
  
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Grady on Apr 30, 2015
It might just be fur from an animal that died and got taken by another animal who left the fur. Got any mountain lions near you?

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- Rita C. - Panoply on May 01, 2015
  @Grady, no mountain lions, but hawks, yes. We think that's what got the rabbit.
  
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Tammy Clouthier on Sep 05, 2015
Rabbit nest

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Juanita Bailey on Oct 02, 2015
yes it is a rabbit's nest, we have had several for the past several years, right in the middle of the yard. Exactly as you described it!!!!!!

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Cha on Mar 07, 2020

mole

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Morgan on Dec 26, 2021

I had found some fur in my backyard and showed my mom and she never knew what it was but it looked like coyote fur or something but I might need help trying to figure out what it is but it has to be online please sorry for any inconvenience:).

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Yvonne on Dec 27, 2021

Maybe a gogfher.rat

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Deb K on Mar 03, 2023

Hello, definitely rabbit nest, and yes looks like one got snatched up.

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Mogie on Mar 06, 2023

Looks like rabbit fur but that doesn't necessarly mean that somebody had the rabbit for lunch since rabbits also loose fur when stressed.

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Karen on Mar 06, 2023

probably a rabbit nest; they lay in the ground,and 'mama' carefully whisps the grass over the hole. One time a neighbor found one; had about a dozen babies!

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Jessica Schmid on Feb 15, 2024

I’m sure you got your answer already but that looks just like mine did and it was bunnies

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Redcatcec on Feb 16, 2024

Looks like rabbit fur.

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