Where Do Hares Go in Winter
When Hares Aren’t Feeding, They Hunker Down in Depressions, Called “Forms. ” These Are Typically Protected by Low Hanging Branches That Are Weighted Down with...
When hares aren’t feeding, they hunker down in depressions, called “forms.” These are typically protected by low hanging branches that are weighted down with snow, or under a mess of woody debris.
How do hares survive the winter?
Food can be scarce in the Arctic, but the hares survive by eating woody plants, mosses, and lichens which they may dig through the snow to find in winter. In other seasons they eat buds, berries, leaves, roots, and bark. Traditionally, the arctic hare has been important to Native Americans.
Where do winter hares live?
Snowshoe hares live in the coniferous and boreal forests of the Rocky Mountains, the Appalachian Mountains, the Pacific Northwest, New England, Alaska, Minnesota, Michigan, and Montana.
James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.
