What makes you think that was done by rabbits? I highly doubt it.

for starters ... its full of rabbit $hit. not to mention, i see them in my lawn nightly (pre liquid fence)
my neighbors around the corner yard has been decimated the same way ...another neighbor hasnt had a lawn in 5 years because of them. several other neighbors have expressed there sympathy and have fought the same battle.

way to have a constructive response.

MulchMama had a legit question. Why the snide reply?
What's your lawn care procedure?
We have many rabbits in my neighborhood and several in my yard every night and they don't leave our lawns looking like that.

I have never seen rabbits damage a lawn like that. Rabbit poop is a fabulous fertilizer though. Maybe the green areas are where the rabbit pellets are more concentrated?

What is your lawn care regimen and water schedule?

I see this so often -- people assuming what they see in their garden is responsible for the damage to the garden. Ants always take the rap for the damage done by aphids. Pillbugs get blamed for damage they don't usually do -- just because they're there.

Rabbits do not do that kind of damage to a lawn.They eat ornamental plants. They eat my pepper plants. Boy, do they love vegetable gardens -- and rose bushes.

Maybe you have a turf fungus, or maybe a soil problem or watering problem. I don't know, but considering the tone of your reply, I'm not going to offer any help. Go see your Extension service and watch them roll their eyes when you blame your problem on bunnies.

Oh, wait. I volunteer at Extension. Rolling eyes at crazy questions is very much frowned upon.

Please bear with us. Finding solutions to lawn issues here sometimes requires more information from the original poster. It is very normal for me to simply ask the questions, "Where do you live, (because both climate and soil issues bear directly on which grass type you are growing); "What is your watering regimen," (because most people water incorrectly); "What kind of grass do you have," (because some 'normal' treatments will exterminate a lawn if used on the wrong grass); and "When did you fertilize last," (because most people do that wrong and use the wrong product). Asking those three questions might be my very first reply. Clearly they offer no advice except to hint at the issues the OP might be facing.

I've been on this forum for over 10 years and nobody has ever complained about rabbit damage to the lawn. I would think if rabbits were eating the lawn, there would be no grass left. Rabbits like sweet juicy food. Grass is not what rabbits eat. And, as was mentioned, rabbit poop makes excellent organic fertilizer. So if you only had rabbits I would expect to see much better looking grass.

Your lawn looks like it was wiped out by improper watering. See that green patch just downhill from the little tree? That's green because you water the tree and the water soaks in just down hill. I can't account for the other green spots, but the browning looking grass does look drought stressed. The gray looking grass is clearly dead. I'm just guessing but do you water every day for 10 minutes?

What kind of grass do you have? (it looks like a cool season grass buy you say you live in Zone 10)
Where do you live? (Zone 10 tells us nothing about your soil or summer climate. I believe the San Diego beach area is Zone 10, and cool season grasses grow there with no problems at all)
What is your watering regimen (frequency and duration)? (if you are watering 10 minutes every day, then that is your problem. If you are properly watering one full inch, all at one time, once per week, then I would start looking at grubs or fungal issues)

And in this case I don't care about your fertilizer. I can't think of a fertilizer issue that would have caused that...unless you applied too much but then the entire lawn should be gone.

You might need to get a soil test. The fact that others in the neighborhood seem to have trouble growing a decent lawn leads me to think you have a much more systemic issue. Do you know of any mining activities in your area? If so, what are they mining? And if they are mining boron, you're just screwed. The best soil test in the country is the $20 test from Logan Labs in Ohio. That test gives you more information than a series of tests costing up to $50 from most universities or county extension services.

Rabbits do in fact eat grass, but never do that kind of damage. Rabbits will eat a circular section of grass down do about 1" and move on. I guess it is possible that if many rabbits eat your lawn down to 1" it can brown out in the heat. I have about 5 or 6 wild rabbits that eat my lawn each night, mostly just minor damage in a few small areas.
Your lawn looks like it got hit with a fungus, maybe grey leaf spot. Or maybe your soil is deficient in something or heat stress.

"Like dog urine, rabbit urine is acidic and will kill grass in
spots wherever it occurs. You might be able to train your dog to use out
of the way places for its elimination needs, but you can't train wild
rabbits, so when they visit your garden, they urinate as well as eat
grass and other plants." - http://www.ehow.com/info_8692937_wild-rabbits-kill-outdoor-grass.html

(ALSO TO NOTE: there is a parasite that is DEADLY to humans, and whose life cycle is in rabbits and raccoons: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-03-31/news/8501180333_1_raccoons-parasite-baylisascaris    --- It is rare because you'd have to come in contact with rabbit poop or raccoon poop. But though it is very rare to come in contact, it is also DEADLY. So watch young kids anywhere around where there could be rabbit or raccoon poop!)

From

http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-03-31/news/8501180333_1_raccoons-parasite-baylisascaris

"The eggs can survive as long as 12 years, which greatly increases the
risk that they will be ingested by other animals or humans, especially
children who eat soil or other objects contaminated with the eggs, he
said.

After they are swallowed, the eggs hatch into roundworms
that can burrow through the intestine and enter the bloodstream, where
they can be carried to the brain or eyes, Raymond said. A Kentucky
teenager developed eye disease six weeks after she brought a pet raccoon
home, he said.

Kazacos said that the number of eggs ingested
appears to be critical to the development of serious disease. If only a
few parasites reach the brain they probably will not cause any
noticeable symptoms, he said. The roundworms obtain their nutrition from
cells in the brain or eyes, which are then destroyed. "

My 2 cents. Round up it all now than in sept verticut starter fert and over seed. And keep moist. As for rabbits? Paint ball guns work wonders! Lol

One more thing: I hate rabbits around because of raccoon ringworm (see above), so I am always looking out to keep them far away. And this summer, because we planted a garden for the first time, the rabbits went crazy even though they can't get into it, they still come to our yard like magnets now!!! We have started to see them everywhere. And, with very little rain this summer, we have lots of yellow patches in the yard. Guess what is inside of 99%, just about each one without exception? Rabbit poop. Of course the yellow spot is from the rabbit urine. If dog urine kills grass, of course rabbit urine will too. I will re-start to use the rabbit repellent, It is all natural, find it on Amazon, made from desiccated eggs, smells terrible but is harmless. But you have to reapply after it rains. Any better ideas?... And a low wire fence to keep rabbits out - but that will be $ hundreds or a thousand in a large yard..... any better ideas? I don't know how to restore the grass back, though.... re-seed?

Rabbits for sure! We have the same problem and our lawn company said it’s rabbit. The acid in their poop damaged lawn

Many years ago we had rabbits. During periods of the year we kept them in what I always called a ground cage. It was basically a wire box about 3' X 7' with no bottom. We would leave it in one place for a period and move it to another.

I never saw damage to the yard that looked like the OP yard, even after 3 to 5 rabbits had been in the ground cage for several day.

It would take hundreds of rabbits confined to the space of his yard for a long period to make enough urine to cause that amount of grass kill.

I think that anyone with a similar problem should look at Fungicides. or nutrient problems for the solution for their problem

I have rabbits too. They've never done that. Really the only problem is sometimes they dig up the lawn in spots.

Lear, I started applying rabbit scam the last couple of days and saw improvement. I was told by our lawn company to take the area to remove the dead grass, get a screw driver and poke holes in the soil and water. I’ll post before and after photo after a week and let you know if it’s working.