Subject: Lynx near Raymond
Date: Jan 10 11:46:59 2002
From: Paul Webster - PWebst25 at concentric.net


I was interested to hear about a lynx spotting near Raymond (probably a
bit far south to be placed on the Olympic Peninsula). My wife and I
spotted what we felt was a bobcat crossing Highway 101 about a mile
north of Raymond just over the top of the hill on a rainy late Sunday
afternoon in January about ten years ago. Weather and traffic kept us
from stopping to look further. The immediate surrounding habitat was
forested -- not the preferred habitat for bobcat -- but the area also
has regenerating clearcuts that would perhaps have served.