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PP METRO Continued from page 12 THE SEASON FOR BABY
BUNNIES IS HERE!
The PPMD Board applied to Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO)
for a Planning grant to complete the design, engineering and Kathy Meyer, LVT...
planning for Wauconda Park. Unfortunately, this project was Licensed Colorado Wildlife Rehabilitator
not funded. We will continue to pursue grants and other sources 303-726-789
of funding to complete this project.
It’s wildlife baby season and we will be seeing more and more
To encourage Perry Park residents to better prepare their prop- cute little things in our neighborhood. Some of these cute little
erty and community for a wildfire event, the PPMD is making things will be baby bunnies (eastern cottontails) and mom is not
funding available to all PPMD residents and property owners picky about where she builds her “nest.” I put “nest” in quotes
through a residential mitigation grant program. because you may not even see a nest. You may find these little
guys in a hole in your favorite flower pot on the deck, in a pile
This program has a total of $25,000 in funding made available of mulch next to your house, under your front porch and hid-
to the FIRST 50 successful applicants and will help defray den right in the middle of your front lawn in the grass, just low
resident mitigation costs billed by third party contractors (see enough so you can’t see them.
specifics in the PPMD website for details: http://perrypark.
org/resident-information/resident-mitgation-grants/. First of all, if you do find a nest of baby bunnies, leave them
alone! Mama bunny is around. She will only come to feed them
Committee Reports: dawn and dusk and does not stay there as she knows her pres-
The Social Committee has had its first meeting and is putting ence will attract predators to the babies. She will stay just close
together a list of ideas for social/community events. enough to watch the nest and chase a predator away or get the
predator to chase her instead. She can be very elusive. You could
The Parks & Rec Committee is planning its first meeting on sit and watch for her all day, but I guarantee you will miss the
April 8, 1 p.m. at 6465 Perry Park Blvd (Linda Black’s house). few minutes she comes to the nest to feed and is gone again. If
If you are interested in this committee please plan on attending you haven’t seen mom and are concerned that she is not caring
or contact Linda for additional information. for the babies, a simple trick is to spread cooking flour around
the nest area so mom has to walk through it to reach them. You
Respectfully submitted, will see that the flour has been disturbed or tracked around and
Linda Black, Secretary know that she is caring for them. If after 24 hours you do not
Perry Park Metro District see signs of mom it is ok to call a rehabilitator for advice. Do
not try to feed the babies as they have a very sensitive gastro-
intestinal system that can be upset very easily. The babies grow
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