[ValleyNature] re Lynx? Bobcat? in Wolfville

[James W. Wolford]

Harold, I think you should tell Paul that both the bobcat and lynx  
have black on the end of the tail -- a good look is necessary to see  
if the terminal black on top of the tail goes also to the bottom side  
of the tail tip -- if yes, it's a lynx, which is highly unlikely here  
in the Valley.  I believe that lynx occurs in Nova Scotia almost  
entirely in Cape Breton and especially in the Highlands of C.B.   
Sometimes in very snowy winters when snowshoe hares are not  
plentiful, lynx can spread out of the Highlands to other parts of  
Cape Breton and to the northern Mainland.  I stand to be corrected on  
this, and I am forwarding to some experts, namely Fred Scott of  
Acadia Biology Museum (formerly curator of mammals and birds at N.S.  
Museum, and several biologists in the Wildlife Division (Kentville)  
of the N.S. Dept. of Nat. Resources (formerly Lands and Forests).

Cheers from Jim in Wolfville

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Harold Forsyth <harold.forsyth at ns.sympatico.ca>
> Date: January 14, 2010 6:41:51 PM AST
> To: ValleyNature <nature at blomidonnaturalists.ca>
> Subject: [ValleyNature] Lynx in Wolfville
>
> Paul Elderkin reports 3 sightings in the last 2 days of a lynx on  
> his property at east end Wolfville.  He says he saw it clearly with  
> book in hand describing the differences between a lynx and a bobcat  
> and it clearly had black on the end of the tail.
>
> Keep a lookout.
>
>
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