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--Boundary_(ID_rEwxAG2TiRggaZJbWBiYPg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT 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 -- also the Bobcat shows other dark bands on top of the tail. Both species have ear tufts, which are much longer in lynx than in bobcat. 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@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: January 14, 2010 6:41:51 PM AST > To: ValleyNature <nature@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. > > > _______________________________________________ > Nature mailing list > Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca > http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/ > nature_blomidonnaturalists.ca --Boundary_(ID_rEwxAG2TiRggaZJbWBiYPg) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">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 -- also the Bobcat shows = other dark bands on top of the tail. Both species have ear tufts, = which are much longer in lynx than in bobcat. = <div><br></div><div>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).<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, = 0, 0); "><b>From: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Harold = Forsyth <<a = href=3D"mailto:harold.forsyth@ns.sympatico.ca">harold.forsyth@ns.sympatico= .ca</a>></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = "><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">January 14, = 2010 6:41:51 PM AST</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: normal = normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = "><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = ">ValleyNature <<a = href=3D"mailto:nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a>></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: normal normal normal = 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = "><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; = "><b>[ValleyNature] Lynx in Wolfville</b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2">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.</font></div><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"></font> </div><div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Keep = a lookout.</font></div><div> </div><div><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"> </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = ">_______________________________________________</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nature mailing list</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"mailto:Nature@blomidonnaturalists.ca">Nature@blomidonnaturalists.c= a</a></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><a = href=3D"http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidonnatu= ralists.ca">http://blomidonnaturalists.ca/mailman/listinfo/nature_blomidon= naturalists.ca</a></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div></div> </div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_rEwxAG2TiRggaZJbWBiYPg)--
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