Guess this will finish up this non-bird discussion but I received a reply from Cory Stearns at the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. He shared this info:
This rabbit was released as part of Maine's translocation program. He was born at Queen's Zoo in New York this summer, and was released at Two Lights SP on 9/21/18. Being born in captivity he is probably just used to having people around, so he didn't perceive you as a threat until you were very close to him.
So it's a New England Cottontail, not an Eastern, and there's an article about their recent southern Maine re-introduction program:
(thanks to Scott Richardson for the link)
I hope it can somehow avoid the Gray Foxes which are crazy prolific around here. Been seeing families of Grays all season, and I snapped some pics of a very well-fed looking bunch dining on fermented crab apples on someone's lawn in broad daylight a short time ago.
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