"California's record-setting winter is providing a much-needed boost for wildlife, including blooming wildflowers and the fish and ducks that depend on thriving rivers and streams.

Still, for other animals, the rising waters are perilous. Just ask the bunnies.

In the Central Valley, evacuations are underway for endangered riparian brush rabbits. The small brown cottontails, only about a foot-long, are finding themselves stranded on small areas of dry land as nearby rivers overtop their banks."

Lauren Sommer reports for NPR May 4, 2023. [2]