# Rabbit Sitting in Our Yard **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 27, 2012, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113 "2012-04-27T11:41:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tim\_mcdonough](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@tim\_mcdonough](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim_mcdonough)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/1 "2012-04-27T11:41:16Z")
Each morning a rabbit comes to our side yard and sits like a statue for a couple of hours, then leaves. Same exact spot each day. I’m dying to know why. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/2 "2012-04-27T12:00:30Z")
Is it sitting on its nest? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/3 "2012-04-27T12:34:45Z")
> [@ratatoskK](#): > > Is it sitting on its nest? 😕 Rabbits don’t make nests on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/4 "2012-04-27T12:35:29Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > 😕 Rabbits don’t make nests, or sit on them. Well then, where do Easter eggs come from? ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/5 "2012-04-27T12:36:16Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Well then, where do Easter eggs come from? Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/6 "2012-04-27T12:44:25Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > 😕 Rabbits don’t make nests on the ground. Yes, [yes they do](http://www.indianahrs.org/rabbit-care/wild-rabbits.aspx). ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/7 "2012-04-27T13:11:55Z")
I am amazed, and stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/8 "2012-04-27T13:19:51Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I am amazed, and stand corrected. Maybe that’s what’s happening to the rabbit. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/9 "2012-04-27T13:22:35Z")
rabbit nests are well concealed under grass, you can stand right over it and not see it. they build nests in fields of tall grass. they pick a location that is hidden and conceal it further. rabbits will try to hid from predators, when out in the open by staying still. it is the lawn gnome defense. ---
**Author:** ![kombatminipig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5ac83/32.png) [@kombatminipig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kombatminipig)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/10 "2012-04-27T13:48:07Z")
It’s probably standing there trying to figure out why some dude shows up at the window for two hours at the same time every morning 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/11 "2012-04-27T13:57:53Z")
He wants you to kill and eat him. I get that vibe. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/12 "2012-04-27T14:07:57Z")
I have a rabbit that does a similar thing. I have rocks in the back yard, and the rabbit has pushed aside the rocks and made a spot the size of a dinner plate to lay in. He lays there and suns, rolls in the dirt and otherwise enjoys his little dirt spot. The really funny thing is I find him on top of my wild bird feeder eating the bird seed, in the company of the birds. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/13 "2012-04-27T14:44:58Z")
> [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](#): > > He wants you to kill and eat him. I think it’s the other way 'round. He’s lying in wait; when your curiosity gets the better of you you’ll go in for a closer look and - _ **POW!** _ - you’re rabbit chow. ---
**Author:** ![Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@Emtar\_KronJonDerSohn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emtar_KronJonDerSohn)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/14 "2012-04-27T14:51:04Z")
Could be. Better stock up on holy handgrenades just to be safe. ---
**Author:** ![tim\_mcdonough](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@tim\_mcdonough](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim_mcdonough)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/15 "2012-04-27T16:17:52Z")
I checked, there’s no nest out there. My wife says it might be doing some weird pregnant rabbit thing. I walked around a bit, found what looks like a small burrow dug under my next door neighbor’s house; I’m thinking that might be the nest. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/16 "2012-04-27T16:24:16Z")
Is it sunning itself? It is my understanding that lots of rabbits build complex burrow systems, but some species (mostly cottontails) just dig shallow burrows, reuse another animal’s burrow, or nest in a depression in the ground. Hares (and jackrabbits) do the depression thing, too. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/17 "2012-04-27T16:30:53Z")
It’s waiting for you to turn your back so it can eat the flowers you just planted. ---
**Author:** ![Hero\_From\_Sector\_7G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@Hero\_From\_Sector\_7G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hero_From_Sector_7G)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/18 "2012-04-27T16:32:40Z")
I learned the lesson that rabbits make their nests in long grass the hard way: with a lawnmower. I always bag my grass now. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/19 "2012-04-27T17:39:05Z")
Have you asked him? ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113/20 "2012-04-27T18:03:30Z")
He’s probably trying to tell you that in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 12 seconds, the world will end. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rabbit-sitting-in-our-yard/620113.md?page=2)