[AT] Re New things was: The last question I had on my list for December. (OT
Bob McNitt
nysports at frontiernet.net
Sat Jan 2 11:49:39 PST 2010
Ed -
In my 30+ years as an outdoor writer and magazine editor, the changes
that occurred in that short span in nature still amaze me. Our variety
of coyotes have gotten increasingly more brazen and can now be seen in
villages and even small cities, where they prey on cats, small dogs and
anything else that's readily available. When mowing hay, several will
appear in the field and follow the tractor, as they catch and feed on
mice and young cottontail rabbits that are flushed or exposed by the
mowing. A few years ago I photographed tracks in the snow of a large
male mountain lion that a friend had seen and tipped me off to. The
wildlife biologists I showed the photos to grudgingly admitted it was a
large male puma, but stopped short of admitting it "could be a wild
one." SOP answer is these big cats are domestic "escapees." Must be a
lot of people have mountain lions for pets and then let them go when
they get too big. A friend who's a NYS Trooper had a pair cross in front
of her patrol car, but was told by DEC they were just large coyotes
whose tails were wet that made them "look like cats."
Bob
On 1/2/2010 2:05 PM, edchainsaw at aol.com wrote:
> We here have coyotes and have for 30yrs or so-- they are a big help
> fighting off the ground hogs on the river-- but they just can't keep up
> with the beavers (not that I think they try much) we've not had much
> livestock loss either now my cousins have lost a goat and another's dog
> got in a fight with some. Now what does bother me is we have neighbors
> that think the coyote needs eliminated and hired guys to come onto
> our property and shoot them... that's stepping over the line
>
> he here also have 'big' cats.. I saw a black one several years back
> , so has my uncle and a friend ( 3 witnessess) and this spring our
> helper who knows tracks saw the tracks... again in our river
> bottom area .
>
>
> In a message dated 1/2/2010 12:05:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> at-request at lists.antique-tractor.com writes:
>
> [AT] New things was: The last question I had on my list
> for December. (OT)
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