Quote Originally Posted by acovert View Post
We live so close to Powell Butte (not sure if either of you know that place?) that we tend to get some interesting stuff, including rabbits.
Sure, I know it. As far as rabbits are concerned, i see them in empty urban lots. They live almost any place there's grass and blackberry patches. They even live along I-5 in downtown Vancouver, right across the street from the red lion. (by the interstate bridge) i'm used to seeing those popup almost anywhere. Even the Clark County courthouse lawn.

The problem with snakes is, just having good summer habitat and a food source isn't enough. If they lose their overwintering den or half of them get killed every year on the way to and from the den because of a new road or development, they're going to eventually vanish.