for some excitement. The scarlet pimpernel, a sprawling plant with scarlet flowers, is a non-native species brought over from Europe. Course like Sue said you have to see it and it's not always that visible. I'm Peter Biello in for Laura NOI. And the second question is this a behavior mountain lions exhibit. But before I go any further I want to say we do not have sufficient game. Sam Evans Brown. They're the generalists that made it through both the arrival of the Clovis people with their with their spears and then the Europeans with their guns. Pat humans people leave deer carcasses up in trees. Good morning guys. Overview and Background You've got you've got biologists right who are trying to make their make their way in the world make a career if you are the biologists who confirmed a sighting of mountain lions in the state that would be very good for you like you would be all over the news. Hear the full interview: Megafauna mania: our obsession with mountain lions and other large predators. McEnroe: It is an uphill challenge. On the other side, there are those (as represented here by Bill Betty and Bo Ottmann, along with a number of others I spoke with) who say the overwhelming quantity of anecdotal evidence suggests otherwise. Mistaken reports of mountain lions in Massachusetts are most commonly Bobcats. Patrick Tate: If I could just say one thing. Thom Smith answers readers' questions about mourning dove sounds, when bird feeders can be put out again and where bats go during the colder months. Well they are the same. And it was you know 10 or 12 people saw it all at once. Well Is DNA the most reliable means we have of identifying whether or not what we saw is actually a mountain lion. I'm sorry go ahead you're on the air. Open MF, 8 a.m.4 p.m. (closed noon12:30 for lunch). Its quite an uphill challenge for us to manage that situation right now. On a dirt road. I've actually had to walk in on one or two now and look at what was going on and figured out what was going on. Patrick Tate: It's wow interesting that you brought this up because I've had people report I saw cardamom. Its OK, he told me. ; track sets or photos of track sets; other tangible physical evidence verified by qualified professionals. Two independent labs confirmed the scat found at the site came from a mountain lion. Now the bears, they dont even care if people are home, theyll go right in the house. Many people do not realize how large a grown Bobcat is. I noticed it had a really big sweeping tail that kind of curled up behind it and all but still at that point because everyone says there's no mountain lions here. Seal pup cuteness best observed from a distance, 70% ineligible in start of NH Medicaid unwinding, We also hear excerpts from an interview with, Read about the most recent cougar "sightings". Re(3): Webster update - Misunderstanding. Upstate residents are spotting mountain lions, but experts disagree I wasn't employed as biologists at the time of a situation that's been reported but so I started digging into this report and spoke with another wildlife biologist with the agency and said Do you know anything about this. Information that weed family automotive dot com sunny for today high temperatures low to mid 80s clear tonight overnight lows in the 50s tomorrow sunny highs in the upper 80s. So one thing I'll add. I must have looked doubtfulwe were within spitting distance of a heavily traffickedroad and only 12 miles from downtown Hartfordbut both Ottmann and Betty told me that cougars actually prefer more populated areas, since thats where deer tend to congregate. Like Tate, he gets a lot of photos and . Patrick Tate: While a juvenile not a juvenile I guess if you want nodes to the base of the tail for juvenile that wouldn't be small at all. Which which I think Pat and I have both experienced. Alleged Athol MA picture - By weather01089 September 8, 2016 at 12:35:45 PM. Pelosi story here we go. I just want to tell you a story that I read. Fish and Wildlife Service unofficially declared the Eastern cougar extinct. Because I mean as we've heard in the past 10 minutes like there's there's some disagreement or at least some some vagueness about what an actual mountain lion should appear like in the wild assuming we can even get close enough. A lock icon ( In Massachusetts Wildlife magazine (No. Residents from Bedford to Berlin have been reporting sightings for years. I dont ever say to people, Thats not what you saw. I say, I hope you saw one, Spatz told me when I called him at his home in upstate New York. Were there any differences between these two that we could have noticed right off. And the clincher, What would you say was the most distinguishing feature? And as the biologist who's gonna stand on this and if I'm going to say this is a proven picture I need to be able to stand on it so soundly and have the evidence so I going to go through it with a fine tooth comb kept picking pieces apart trying to answer these pieces. It is considered an invasive species brought by early settlers from Europe (my guess Great Britain) for medicinal purposes and grown for a variety of ailments, among them in those days, leprosy. An adult male bobcat can reach four feet in length and 35-40 pounds. Re (1): Mountain Lion sighting in Brookfield ct - By russ January 30, 2016 at 05:10:25 PM. Tracking experts Paul Rezendes, Charles Worsham, George Leoniak, and Dr. Mark Elbroch examined the photos. The regions top predator, the coyote, is classified by biologists as a mesopredator (a type that in New England includes skunks and raccoons), which feeds primarily on smaller animals. New England Mountain Lion Sighting Bulletin Board's Message Board It's you know I recognized their report and. Sam Evans-Brown: Well first I want to sort of explain why what the theory is but then also throw a bit of cold water on it because I don't think there's much much logic behind it but essentially is that if fish and game were to acknowledge that there was a population of Mount lions in the state there's a chance that something like a listing under the federal Endangered Species Act might happen and then there'd be you know some they'd have to put a plan in place to protect the species there'd be you know restrictions put on development. And boy it was big it had to be at least 200 pounds the thing was you and and it just made a little bit of noise and it was gone. Well just that I have evidence and it was not it was denied by fishing game at the time and I you know there's I don't need to prove to anybody that I saw one just like some of your callers said okay. Most mountain lion sightings are reported without any evidence other than eyewitness descriptions. No I saw a camel. Yes. The deadline for fuel assistance applications is Sunday, but most state emergency funds are still unspent. Over a period of a year and a half, this mountain lion left DNA evidence in at least four states. And its not just Vermont. Responding to complaints about a predator eating a local farmers sheep, Crowell and a small group of fellow hunters had tracked the big cat through the snow. Oh well, not much I can do about that., William B., of Pittsfield wrote, I learned something from your column about invasive species. You need to understand that every biologist that works for the state has a duty to deny mountain lions. I think as Pat was saying you know 35 to 50 pounds on a male be reasonable range whereas mountain lions you're up to 100 110 maybe even 130 pounds on a big male. Is this kind of a typical story. The young adult male was killed by an SUV on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Milford, Connecticut on June 11, 2011. but won big 2night. They get a lot of media attention but compared to the the amount of times that a mountain lion could attack a person but doesn't because they don't typically view us as prey. Connecticut Dept. For me as a person who's handled many bobcats and looked at many pictures Bobcat the White chin Bobcat right off is what comes out to me and then the black the the roughs on our Bobcats we'll have sometimes have black fringes on them. New Hampshire Public Radio | ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the official website. October 24, 2010. in News World. Peter Biello: This is the exchange on an HD PR fine Peter Biello and today we're talking with folks who can tell us about the mysterious elusive mountain line and whether or not it is actually here in New Hampshire. Well let me ask maybe Pat and Rick about this. We mentioned that one cat that was hit by a car where it has it that it was a male looking for me. They're just moving around freely. Sam Evans-Brown: One in fact Helena silver in that sort of tome that Rick van de Poll read from at the beginning is she. There is also a small population in southern Florida. Peter Biello: This is NHK PR Good morning and HP are summer car raffle is back and now's the time to get your early bird tickets. Mountain Lions | Wildlife | New Hampshire Fish and Game Department Hawley: I feel strongly that we need a harvest here in Connecticut. Patrick Tate: So it's interesting it's brought up. Thanks for taking my call. The last catamount in Vermont is finally, officially, certainly dead. So there's even debate about that very subject. Confirmed reports of mountain lions in Massachusetts I also had the vague notion that when it comes to cougars, people tend to sort themselves into one of three camps. Peter Biello: The number is 1 800 8 9 2 6 4 7 7. Sue Morse: First and foremost if you have color or if you could see details of color look at the front of the face around the Pumas muzzle the muzzle itself is pure white. But that was OK. Bo Ottmann. Michael Brindley is our program manager our producers our Jessica Hunt and Christina Phillips and our theme music was composed by Bob Lord.
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