Mountain lions in NY
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Mountain Lion caught in North Tulsa
Comments (21)There is nothing new at this point. To me that means there is a real chance it is wild since they didn't see any obvious signs on the initial inspection. A lot of times there is obvious evidence with the claws, teeth, markings etc when it was recently released. On the side of being wild: - It was the weight and age expected of individuals dispersing into new areas to find home ranges. - It was not comforatable around people. - It had enough ticks to mean it was roaming for at least a week or two. On the side of NOT being a wild, native cat: - It is female. - There are no reproducing cougars within at least a few hundred miles and females do not disperse that far from home, just males. - The cougar was not behaving "normally" when caught (but any female dispersing this far would not be normal anyway). - Oklahoma has not seen near as many cougars as other states this far east in the last few years meaning the saturated home areas are way to our north and the nearest home areas are not increasing much if any in population, so why here for the first female this far east....See MoreMountain Lion Siting in Massena NY
Comments (2)Folks, We spotted a mountain lion in Hamlin, NY, right off Rt. 19 where the town just put in a new trail system. We had a similar experience to others posted here. Two of saw the cat as were hiking today. At first, I spotted the cat as it ran across the main path, but I thought it was a VERY big fox, because of the red color (not really thinking cougars here). After we got deeper into the woods, on a side trail, we came across it dead on about 100 feet ahead, but thinking at first it was a deer -- until I saw the cat's head, and thought geez, that looks like tiger. Then, I realized OMG --that is, it's a mountain lion! We both saw it at the same time, and I never turned, tucked tail, and ran so fast! We hauled out of there scared skinny that cat saw us. We made a narrow escape, when I saw that head my animal instinct kicked in, I knew we were in big danger. I felt like we were back on the steppes of Africa suddenly exposed, like in a dream, where you are suddenly confronted with an attacker. So there you have it, sighting of cougar along Lake Ontario, western NY, about 30 miles northwest of Rochester. Anyone else care to verify?...See MoreMountain Lions in NY
Comments (1)http://www.pressrepublican.com/breakingnews/local_story_041154001.html...See MoreMountain lion in the neighborhood
Comments (30)Alligators scare the snot out of me. When I visit my relatives in Fla. I am always on the look out for alligators in the canals. My brother's place backs up on a pond (swamp) where some have been sighted. I haven't heard of any more mt. lion sightings but not doing as much outside work. The summer garden is winding down, though it is getting time to plant the winter/fall garden. We use to find lots of black widow spiders when we first moved in. The horse shed, which later became my garden shed, was full of them as was the garage. Both places needed major cleaning. The previous owners were a little strange, another story another time. Sort of hoarders. We keep the place neat and tidy with snap lid containers in cabinets so don't seem to get them as much anymore, though there was one in the corner by the front door. Raid took care of her. Clare...See Moredonnie-2010
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