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Index of Subjects James, all others; recently I've done quite a bit of hiking in the Long Lake/Herbert River area of Hants County. Much of it has been clearcut in the last 15-20 years, and the place is full of young hardwoods. One day I've seen five porcupines, a fair number for a day. All the tree trunks here were too narrow to hide the furry/spiney bundles, so the porcupines were easily visible. Porcupine tracks were among the most common mammal tracks seen. Perhaps there is a bit of an observer bias here. The porcupine population appeared to be healthy at this place. A fisher heaven... Dusan Soudek ---- james simpson <desolatechair@gmail.com> wrote: > Followup observation.. > > Fishers are specialists at preying on Porcupines. There is evidence that > the Fisher population is recovering over much of its range. Locally (and > anecdotally) I have the impression the Porcupine population is down in the > last few years. I certainly see much less Porcupine roadkill. > > Logically the two are not unrelated but I'm wondering if anyone is aware of > any evidence or has observations on status of the relative populations of > Fishers and Porcupines in NS? > > On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Annabelle Thiebaux <hamst@xplornet.com>wrote: > > > me too! > > > > > > On 06/03/12 12:17 PM, cjknndy@mta.ca wrote: > > > >> Once it has been determined what the tracks were, please share with the > >> rest of > >> us. I, for one, am curious. :) > >> > >> Chris Kennedy in Hali > >> > >> Quoting Paul MacDonald<paulrita2001@yahoo.**com <paulrita2001@yahoo.com> > >> >: > >> > >> Hi Jamie > >>> send them along to > >>> paulrita2001 at yahoo dot com > >>> and maybe we can figure them out. > >>> Paul > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ______________________________**__ > >>> From: "desolatechair@gmail.com"<deso**latechair@gmail.com<desolatechair@gmail.com> > >>> > > >>> To: ">"<naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2012 10:57:58 AM > >>> Subject: [NatureNS] Looking for Track Identification Help > >>> > >>> > >>> Hi > >>> > >>> I have some photos of some tracks I came across in snow last week in > >>> woods in > >>> Hants County. They are in pairs, about 2' apart. The prints are > >>> roundish, > >>> about 2" diameter, 5 toed, no claws visible. > >>> > >>> I believe they are some type of cat but not sure - they seem small for a > >>> bobcat but too far apart for a domestic cat. At one point where the > >>> trail > >>> crossed a logging road the animal must have broken into a lope because > >>> all > >>> four feet were landing in the same spot and the landing points were 4' > >>> apart. > >>> > >>> Any thoughts? Haven't been able to find any good NS references online > >>> yet. > >>> Can email photos if interested let me know offline. > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> Jamie > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >>
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