Subject: bobcat or lynx
Date: Mar 24 20:39:13 2004
From: Rob McNair-Huff - rob at whiterabbits.com


Some decent information about Lynx and Bobcats is offered on eNature.com:

Lynx - <http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesGS.asp?
sort=1&curGroupID=99&display=1&area=9
9&searchText=lynx&curPageNum=3&recnum=MA0016>


Bobcat - <http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesGS.asp?
sort=1&curGroupID=99&display=1&area=9
9&searchText=lynx&curPageNum=4&recnum=MA0017>

It would be really exciting if you could confirm a Lynx sighting in
Western Washington. My inclination from the description is that the cat
in question was more likely a Bobcat, which would still be a great sighting.

--
Rob McNair-Huff ---------- Tacoma, WA
Author of Birding Washington (Falcon Publishing, 2004)
and Insider's Guide to the Olympic Peninsula (Globe Pequot, 2001)
White Rabbit Publishing ---- http://www.whiterabbits.com
Mac Net Journal ---------- http://www.macnetjournal.com
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>Hello,
>Lynx are larger than Bobcats, large footed, have a black tail tip, long
>ear tufts and an over all gray tone in the pelage. These spectacular wild
>cats live in the Selkirk, Okanogan Highlands with an apparent small
>population in the Blue Mountains. I spent several field seasons
>determining Lynx prey base abundance and habitat preferences in the
>Northern Blue Mountains in Oregon and Washington.
>If you believe you have seen a Lynx please report it to the nearest U.S.
>Forest Service Field Biologist or Washington Dept.of Fish and Wildlife
>Biologist. This species is on the endangered species list and public land
>managers must manage accordingly.
>Later Mike
>
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