Rare photo of lynx using Banff highway overpass delights wildlife experts

CalgaryHerald via EdmontonJournal ^ | Valerie Fortney,

[Daffynition]

He weighs in at up to 14 kilograms, but thanks to his enormous feet shaped almost like snowshoes, looks as though he is floating on air as he ambles along the snow.

His legs are long and powerful, his coat is thick and grey, and the patches of fur that frame his face look like the kind of beard sported by aristocrats.

[gymbeau]

That’s about an hour west of me!

Beautiful area.

Cheers,
Jim

[Hot Tabasco]

I think we need to allow more deer permits

I don't think the permits are an issue since I know several guys who couldn't fill the ones they had.

Most of the deer/vehicle accidents that are occuring here in Michigan are in the most densely populated areas where the deer live in the pockets of wooded areas that cant be hunted safely.

My sub is a typical example, on the southeast side of it is a wooded area that is only about a tenth of a mile on each side and on the east side is another condo complex, on the west side is a hospital and the south side is M-59 which is an eight lane highway.

A year ago there was a small herd of approx. 8 deer as witnessed by my neighbors who saw them standing in the field between the woods and the hospital. Since then, I've seen one carcass on M-59 and another one in March on the two lane highway on the extreme east side.

And as a side note, in February, a friend of mine who lives about a mile and a half east of me in another sub, his wife hit an 8 point buck while driving past a golf course a mile south of his house......

Another friend of mine lives in Sterling Heights and he has a big buck coming into his backyard from a wooded area behind him almost daily.......

It's crazy, these damn things are growing in numbers in areas that defy the imagination.......

[cripplecreek]

Most of the deer/vehicle accidents that are occuring here in Michigan are in the most densely populated areas where the deer live in the pockets of wooded areas that cant be hunted safely.

True, I know of a few places around the outskirts of Jackson where you are guaranteed to see large herds of deer.

[Daffynition]

Here in CT we have overpasses to no where .... millions of dollars wasted by the DOT....the most famous one is called *The Stack* in Farmington, west of Hartford on the I-84 corridor...the 7-lane mess a monument and testament to a Democrat bureaucracy out of control.

[Daffynition]

Bobcats are so much alike lynx...amazing animals.

[SJackson]

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Great photo, can't even see the road.

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

[Slings and Arrows]

You’re very welcome.

[Slings and Arrows]

Very true.

[TheOldLady]

That is truly lovely, Daffy, just beautiful.

[goat granny]

love that picture and whoever puts the words to animal pictues are genius’. Always good for a chuckle....GG

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Knock him out, John!

[CatherineofAragon]

I love that picture.

A co-worker of my husband, who lives near here, used to have a bobcat who would come up and eat out of the cats’ dishes. The bobcat got so used to being around that when a storm came, and the thunder started, he would scratch on the door with a paw. They would open the door, he’d run in and dive under a bed or some other furniture, and when things quieted down, he’d go to the door and disappear again.

[Daffynition]

Thank you...have a fondness for these smaller cats...seem less predatory to people, than the mountain lions...that can take you in one bite...these guys seem more *manageable*..if that's the right term. Plus they are so rare and elusive.

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

Thanks GG!

[Daffynition]

A good restoration project for ya! ;)

[goat granny]

I love all kittys, big and little, wild and tame except Lions. Don’t know why, but I don’t like lions...:O)

[Rebelbase]

Lynx sightings are getting rare.